From the LVRJ:
The government was shut down but the great outdoors was still open, so Gina Borchers and her sister decided to duck under the locked gate at Red Rock Canyon to go for a hike.
Then the two tourists from Southern California ran across a law enforcement ranger who decided to make a federal case out of it.
Borchers said she and her sister, Donna Kanehl, 53, were ticketed by a Bureau of Land Management officer for “creating a nuisance” by entering the closed Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Saturday.
“Obviously we were bad, bad old ladies with our visors and our water bottles,” the 55-year-old said.
The citation could wind up costing each of them $275, though Borchers might challenge hers in federal court.
“We were not trying to get away with anything. We were walking,” she said. “We’re not the kind of ladies who get into trouble.”
The two came to town for a dental convention and were staying at the Luxor. Borchers said their run-in with the law put a damper on the rest of their trip.
They planned to hike for an hour or two, but about 20 minutes into their walk they heard the ranger’s voice booming over a loud speaker on his vehicle.
“I thought he was going to tell us to be careful or watch out for rattlesnakes,” Borchers said. http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/fine-day-hike-leads-blm-fines-red-rock
I wish we could get a bunch of hikers, bikers and walkers and just blow by these gestapo type BLM rangers who obviously have no common sense.
It really time for civil disobedience against the Federal government. If the World 2 Vets can do it why can't the rest of us sheep?
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