I’ve got a secret spot in Death Valley National Park that I visit when I need some time away from people. It’s 45 miles from the nearest paved road, and the trails that lead there are challenging enough that you need to use a modified 4x4, dirt bike, or ATV to navigate them. You know what my favorite thing about that spot is? The silence. It’s strange to me, then, that the chief arguments people use to complain about ATVs in parks is the noise they make.
