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Originally Posted by Jonas Pilot
I think it's a good idea too. How would you verify who has paid and who has not?
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That's a good question and to get an good answer, you should visit a White Mountain National Forest campground entrance to see what they do. I believe the self-service WMNF campgrounds cost sixteen dollars/night plus five dollars extra for a second vehicle and the payment is made by the campground user with no campground employee present at the time of check-in.
Basically, the cg user pulls a brown paper payment envelope from its' holder, fills out the appropriate info, keeps one stub for himself, and places the envelope w/ sixteen dollars into the fee deposit tube. The fee tube are fabricated from a 8" diameter steel pipe. So, it's an honor sytem plan with delayed supervision later on some time when the FS worker makes the rounds.
To paraphrase President Ronald Reagan, the way to go is 'to trust, and then verify."
The WMNF campgrounds have a large sign that goes "Campers must pay for their site within 30 minutes of arrival or be subject to a two hundred dollar fine."