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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’m torn on this. Would the service
station stay open at <st1:place w:st="on">Old Faithful</st1:place>? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What about breakdowns? If you’re at
FPP in the evening and your car won’t start, what do you do? It’s
one thing when it is 60 degrees, or even 40, but what if it’s -5 and
falling? Would the NPS have a final sweep of the roads at 6PM and not allow
driving after that? I do think this is an issue, because an accident on an
unpatrolled road could be extremely dangerous no matter how many blankets you
carry along.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also, would more facilities have to be
open? Probably not – I would assume that the Xanterra facilities open in
the few weeks before the Nov close handle the crowds OK. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Access to places like Norris or Canyon
would be a challenge. Over-snow vehicles couldn’t make a loop. Would
visitors pick them up at <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Madison</st1:place></st1:City>,
and return there? Just wondering.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am a strong proponent of easier access
to OF in the winter, and the stuff about the park needing a period of “rest”
is anthropromorphizing. (I have some sympathy for the staff needing rest!) But
I would like to hear how the issue of safety in terms of vehicles would be
handled. If these could be factored in, I would like the idea of plowing. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>How would this affect <st1:place w:st="on">West
Yellowstone</st1:place>? Some businesses would suffer, but I’d guess
for the most part it would help them. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So what are the drawbacks?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Paul Strasser</span></font><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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