America the Beautiful Senior Pass

[Beap52 2,122]

I've have a Senior Lifetime Pass that allows me and up to three other adults free or discount access to several National sites.   I carry my credit card type pass in my billfold and have concerns that I might loose it, or it becomes unreadable.  I was perusing a camping website and found the  follow information so I was able to link my physical pass to a digital pass.  I printed out the digital pass--you know--just in case.  Thanks to whoever provided the following information:

 

I'm usually the last to discover anything new, so my apologies if this has already been posted or is common knowledge. I just learned that it is possible to link my America the Beautiful Senior Lifetime Pass to the app, eliminating the need to have the actual card with you to make a reservation or enter a park. It also allows printing and/or downloading the Pass. Great feature if you forget or lose your card, so now I have a printed copy in the toad and the MH, in case there is no cell service at an entry gate, etc.

To link your Pass: Log in to your account at rec.gov, select passes from one of the top right 3 lines, select America the Beautiful Senior Lifetime Pass and enter your pass number. I did this on my laptop, and confirmed that it automatically worked on the app. This can be done thru the app, too.

[c-series don 11,752]

This is great information for old people here like @Ed Kennell 😜😂 just kidding Ed ya know I love ya!! 

[wallfish 19,522]

1 hour ago, c-series don said:

This is great information for old people here like @Ed Kennell 😜😂 just kidding Ed ya know I love ya!! 

Hey Don, give that old coot a pass! (Pun intended) 

[Ed Kennell 45,514]

You whippersnappers...Just remember what Hank said.

 

We came from the West Virginia coal mines
And the Rocky Mountains, and the western skies
And we can skin a buck, we can run a trotline
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

[adsm08 4,291]

20 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

You whippersnappers...Just remember what Hank said.

 

We came from the West Virginia coal mines
And the Rocky Mountains, and the western skies
And we can skin a buck, we can run a trotline
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

 

I thought he said "I sell propane and propane accessories".

 

Seriously though, I love that song.

 

Also, what's the cut-off for being a "whippersnapper"?

Edited 17 hours ago by adsm08

[c-series don 11,752]

1 hour ago, adsm08 said:

Also, what's the cut-off for being a "whippersnapper

Around here I believe anybody under 60 years old 😂😂 cause some of these old coots are gittin along in years!! 🤣 still love ya Ed 😂

[Ed Kennell 45,514]

2 hours ago, c-series don said:

under 60 years

Better make that under 70.       BTW,   Can someone explain why all the doctors, lawyers, nurses, and state police are teenagers?

 

Sorry for the  @Beap52, but that Donny kid started it.

[squonk 45,862]

7 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

Better make that under 70.       BTW,   Can someone explain why all the doctors, lawyers, nurses, and state police are teenagers?

 

Sorry for the  @Beap52, but that Donny kid started it.

Nice to know I'm not an old coot yet! 

 

And the reason the Lawyers, Doc's and State Troopers are kids is because they want CHEEEEP!! My doc is almost 80 and I've been with him for 21 years. They are forcing him out in favor of  a young cheeep doc and PA's and NP's. They want volume which means short visits and on to the next. I saw my doc for the last time last week unless he joins a group somewhere at least 25 miles from the hospital.

[rmaynard 17,010]

Back to the pass. I bought my National Park senior pass (top image) back in 2012 when I turned 62. The cost was $10. When my wife went to buy one years later, the cost had risen to $80. So she didn't get one. Fast-forward to 2023, we went to Kitty Hawk. My carload got in free, but our traveling partner, also a veteran, did not. However, the gate keeper told them to go around to the other side of the gatehouse where he was given an America The Beautiful Gold Star and Veteran pass. It was free and good anywhere the National Park pass was accepted.