In May of this year I posted a blog entry titled: "Clayoquot's Ultra-Luxury Privatized Wilderness" and offered this comment:

Because the parks commercialization and privatization agenda is further advanced in Canada than it is here in the states, looking North provides a clear peek into the future that awaits our own National Parks and Wilderness areas. THIS is the direction things are headed. And while this future has already arrived in Canada, it may yet be avoidable here in the USA.

In August the LA Times ran a story on "Glamping"  — which is precisely what I had written about in May.

I has prepared to let this article pass without comment — until I ran across a version of it that began with these words:

Campers can take the wilderness out of the experience

Camping is not just for ordinary folks anymore. "Glamping - glamor camping -  is in vogue for families who want nature neatly packaged.

THIS is the direction things are headed — and while this particular article is about glamping on private property, many outfitter/guides practice glamping within designated Wilderness. This is the trend being promoted by public lands administrators. And as everyone in the business knows, there's more money to be made in glamping than in camping.

Unfortunately, the future portended by these articles may no longer be avoidable.

Scott  

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