Morning base camp!

Gawwwddd. I've just spent the entire morning waiting for some Lucene indexes to be re-built

so bored...

@Liam: Sounds bad. Hope you have a better day ahead..

@WedaPashi It's fine, juts dull!

afternoon all

@Sue Hmm there's not really a British accent (the closest to what you get on TV is probably just Home Counties Queens English). I'm from a county which is well known for not having any accent at all! It's kinda like the difference the US has, like a New Yorker accent vs the deep South accent... both American but so different :)

Did you know that the National Park Service turns 100 tomorrow? And to celebrate this big birthday, entrance to all national parks will be free from August 25 to August 28. Learn more about the centennial celebrations. nps.gov/resources/…

@JamesJenkins If only I was that side of the water :-)

Here entrance to all national parks is free

You pay to get into parks in the US? Why?

Christ the uproar that was caused when denbighshire started charging for parking in Snowdonia!

@Liam Because if you don't pay they don't let you in? In reality it just a culture difference you pay to get into the park also. It's just that in your country, you all pay the same if you visit or not.

There are lots of variables, and not everything costs, but if you are going to one of the high visitor areas of a National Park, plan on a fee.

@OddDeer -- I just wanted to take a moment an praise the fact that you're putting so much effort into getting this site out of Beta. Thank you.