hi, i am furmiliar with the hot springs. Infact very furmiliar, i am the one in the picture, and that is my dog shina. i do not remember giving permision to put it on but its fine. I had owned 2 trailers that had burnt in the fire. also animals that had excaped and were attacked. after about three years, I have started to go back to the hots springs. i can see that it doesnt look that bad.
i do agree with you abut the prices, and I disagree with Mike, saying he didnt care. I remeber seeing all the guns on his wall, to protect the good from the bad i suppose.Wizard wrote:
>
> I agree with your points FOF. I was told by Arizona Mike that
> Mike Castro takes the money as a deterent to prevent " bad "
> people from accessing the springs. Arizona told me that Mike
> Castro is not interested in the money and doesn't need it. I
> asked " Why then did Mike Castro raise his fee after the
> Willow Fire " ? The truth is that Mike Castro was frustrated
> by this fire closure and raised the rate to make up for his
> losses. That is my opinion. I don't beleive for a minute that
> it was because he thought it would keep more " bad " people
> out. If charging money was a realistic means of stopping "
> bad " people from reaching the springs then why not raise the
> rate higher and keep out all of the bad people :-) It is my
> opinion, as I'm sure it is with most of you that having
> available money does not determine the worthiness of the
> individual so this argument is bogus. In reality, by far, the
> vast majority of people who use the springs access through
> the Bowen Ranch so in some real way the Bowen Ranch could be
> described as the major conduit for people who degrade the
> springs since the bad come along with the good. I place no
> blame on Mike Castro for this reality. I accept that Mike has
> the right to let people cross his property but on the other
> hand don't lay blame at my feet for all the troubles at the
> springs because people communicate by differant means in
> thier desire to access a beautiful place like DCHS.

Wizard wrote:
>
> I agree with your points FOF. I was told by Arizona Mike that
> Mike Castro takes the money as a deterent to prevent " bad "
> people from accessing the springs. Arizona told me that Mike
> Castro is not interested in the money and doesn't need it. I
> asked " Why then did Mike Castro raise his fee after the
> Willow Fire " ? The truth is that Mike Castro was frustrated
> by this fire closure and raised the rate to make up for his
> losses. That is my opinion. I don't beleive for a minute that
> it was because he thought it would keep more " bad " people
> out. If charging money was a realistic means of stopping "
> bad " people from reaching the springs then why not raise the
> rate higher and keep out all of the bad people :-) It is my
> opinion, as I'm sure it is with most of you that having
> available money does not determine the worthiness of the
> individual so this argument is bogus. In reality, by far, the
> vast majority of people who use the springs access through
> the Bowen Ranch so in some real way the Bowen Ranch could be
> described as the major conduit for people who degrade the
> springs since the bad come along with the good. I place no
> blame on Mike Castro for this reality. I accept that Mike has
> the right to let people cross his property but on the other
> hand don't lay blame at my feet for all the troubles at the
> springs because people communicate by differant means in
> thier desire to access a beautiful place like DCHS.