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our land for camping to earn money

to put toward the harp.

But as time went on, my feelings

began to change. I didn’t have a

problem with having people on our

land, but it was the concern I felt as I

watched what was happening in our

valley. Some hotels were raising the

prices as high as ten times the normal

rate. Many people who opened their

land for parking and camping were

also charging astronomical prices. A

friend said he decided to rent the

bedrooms in his house and wanted to

be reasonable, but the price he

charged was far beyond anything I

could afford.