Tom Wharton: Put more thought into that national park fee hike

Thinking about the National Park Service proposal to raise entrance fees to $70 at popular parks such as Zion, Bryce, Arches and Canyonlands, I took my memory bank back to a time when my family was young and struggling to make ends meet.We couldn’t afford much, so we would pack the old van with camping gear and head out to public lands, national and state parks and forests.Public lands such as Flaming Gorge or Mirror Lake did not charge day use fees in those days like they do now. State an