{"id":672878,"date":"2014-04-04T13:37:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T13:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stjusvi.posthaven.com\/interview-with-bob-garrison-the-trail-bandit"},"modified":"2014-04-04T13:37:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T13:37:10","slug":"interview-with-bob-garrison-the-trail-bandit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjusvi.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/interview-with-bob-garrison-the-trail-bandit\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Bob Garrison, the Trail Bandit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Seestjohn.com has a great interview with Bob Garrison on their website. \u00a0It is definitely worth reading. \u00a0The Trail Bandit map is THE best map for StJ. \u00a0The Trail Bandit is a controversial figure, but he loves StJ&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My favorite pull from the interview &#8211; Emphasis MINE:<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The Park is being run by \u201cProtection Rangers\u201d, also known as Cops or Goons with Guns. They do very little to help a tourist get to know the park or give information. They ARE IN CHARGE and their ticket pad is never far from their hand. Ever since Superintendent Mark Hardgrove retired, they have been deleting hiking trails from the park by enforced neglect. It is sad to watch and I choose not to watch. Remember, the National Parks belong to the people. <b>The Parks are to be maintained so that people can come visit them and enjoy the experience. The Park Service is supposed to maintain the place and preserve the old buildings, roads, trails, etc. for the enjoyment of future generations.<\/b> If you look around Virgin Islands National Park you can judge how good a job they are doing. It is not supposed to be a retirement home for Superintendents.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; See more at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/seestjohn.com\/st_john_life\/life-on-st-john\/last-trail-bandit-guide-to-the-hiking-trails-of-st-john\/\">http:\/\/seestjohn.com\/st_john_life\/life-on-st-john\/last-trail-bandit-guide-to-the-hiking-trails-of-st-john\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seestjohn.com has a great interview with Bob Garrison on their website. \u00a0It is definitely worth reading. \u00a0The Trail Bandit map is THE best map for StJ. \u00a0The Trail Bandit is a controversial figure, but he loves StJ&#8230; My favorite pull from the interview &#8211; Emphasis MINE: &#8220;The Park is being run by \u201cProtection Rangers\u201d, also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stjusvi.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/04\/interview-with-bob-garrison-the-trail-bandit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Interview with Bob Garrison, the Trail Bandit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dfZd-2P2S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":651584,"url":"https:\/\/stjusvi.com\/index.php\/2014\/02\/07\/america-hill\/","url_meta":{"origin":672878,"position":0},"title":"America Hill","author":"tjadmin","date":"February 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"America Hill is above Cinnamon and Maho. 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