The blogger drives 14 miles out of town on a little-used, roughly paved road and continues for two more miles on this even less-used gravel road:

The blogger parks outside this locked gate:

The blogger gathers his gear, climbs over the locked gate and walks legally another one and a half miles on the still less-used gravel road behind the gate:

The remote trekking is for the purpose of swimming in this lake, which is in a national wildlife refuge:

Approaching the lake shore, there's a sign post up ahead:

The blogger is astounded to find that it reads:

Handicapped Parking — Permit Required

Experiences like this make the blogger think it's not such a good idea to have the federal government run everything.