点评:Trine SRA is a beautiful park with paved trails, picnic shelters with restrooms, a majestic Welcome Center. All nearly brand new (by state park standards). The lake is not accessible from the shore other than a large floating fishing pier. However, this glacial "kettle" lake is very unusual in that it's 5 feet deep near the shore, but maybe 20 feet from the shore, it suddenly drops off to 30-40 feet deep. So, the best (only?) way to fish it is in one of the rental fishing boats with electric motor. I've fished it from the rental boats and it's been very productive for panfish.
Based on the information recording on Trine's phone line that clearly states (or, stated, until I threw a fit) that the Welcome Center/Boat Rental is open DAILY, I drove 200 miles, spent $300 for lodging at Potawatomi Inn, bought an out-of-state fishing license, and my wife took 3 days off work of her hourly $ job. I get there Tuesday morning and they're CLOSED. I called the park office and some snotty "receptionist" informed me "they're only open Fri/Sat/Sun". The only reason I arranged this trip was to rent one of their boats and fish that lake . I'm retired, have surgery-induced health issues I have to plan around when traveling, and money's tight. I was nearly reduced to tears when she told me they were only open Fri-Sun. This was one of two 3-day vaycays we're planning this year. Ruined because they didn't update their information line. And, there were two couples and an older gentleman in the parking lot when I was there, equally dismayed that the place was closed.
Hey, I get it - budget/staffing constraints, blah, blah. But UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION RESOURCES!!! The public relies on your accuracy. When it's not accurate, lots of disappointment ensues.
So, yeah, Trine SRA is an absolute gem of Indiana DNR's park portfolio, but human incompetence can screw up even the best's reputation.
翻译:Trine SRA 是一个美丽的公园,有铺砌的小径、带卫生间的野餐棚和宏伟的游客中心。所有设施几乎都是全新的(以州立公园的标准来看)。除了一个大型浮动钓鱼码头外,无法从岸边进入这个湖。然而,这个冰川“壶状”湖非常独特,靠近岸边时水深 5 英尺,但距离岸边大概 20 英尺的地方,水深突然下降到 30-40 英尺。所以,在这里钓鱼的最佳(唯一?)方式是租用电动渔船。我曾经在租来的船上钓过,收获颇丰。
Trine 电话里的信息记录清楚表明(或者说,直到我大发雷霆之前一直这么说)游客中心/船只租赁处每天都开放。我开了200英里,花了300美元住在波塔瓦托米旅馆,买了一张州外钓鱼许可证,妻子还请了三天小时工的假。我周二早上到那里,发现他们关门了。我打电话给公园办公室,一个傲慢的“接待员”告诉我“他们只在周五/周六/周日开放”。我安排这次旅行的唯一原因是想租一艘他们的船去那个湖钓鱼。我退休了,有手术后的健康问题,旅行时需要考虑到这些问题,而且手头拮据。当她告诉我他们只在周五到周日开放时,我差点哭了。这是我们今年计划的两个三天假期之一。结果泡汤了,因为他们没有更新信息。而且,我去的时候,停车场里有两对夫妇和一位老先生,他们也对这个地方关门感到沮丧。
嘿,我明白——预算/人员限制等等。但是,更新你的信息资源!!!公众依赖于你的准确性。如果信息不准确,就会带来很多失望。
所以,没错,Trine SRA 绝对是印第安纳州自然资源部公园组合中的瑰宝,但人为的无能也会毁掉即使是最好的机构的声誉。