Reply #6: Good thing they screwed up the borders of the park

[sweetheart]

If they were realistic about the grandeur of the river basin, they
should have extended the park to incorporate the entire san juan
and colorado river basins up to colorado. As it stands, the existing
park is overbuilt and overtravelled... but one need only drive up
stream a bit to visit a much more pristine area not marked on the map
as "grand canyon".

It seems that parks of convenience have become less than preserves...
and that were we interested in preservation, another kind of park
system s necessary that reduces the traveller footprint.