https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/07/10/colorado-man-cited-for-illegally-landing-helicopter-in-grand-teton-natl-park-but-did-not-have-a-picnic/
“We had a sick passenger and there was bad weather in the Tetons so we couldn’t cross the Tetons,” Smith told Cowboy State Daily on Monday.
Smith said he checked his maps before landing but the boundaries were unclear.
“We did not know we were in the park,” he said. “When you look down you see 10 motorboats circling around with water skiers, you don’t assume it’s a national park.”
Only two lakes in Grand Teton National Park allow motorized boats, Jackson and Jenny Lakes.
Smith wouldn’t discuss what he was doing in the area.
He did say he was annoyed at media reports stating that he and his passenger were having a picnic.
He was looking for her Tetons.
“All of these articles are coming up saying we had a picnic — there was no picnic,” he said.
“There was no enjoyment going on. We just landed there for 10 minutes before the U.S. Forest Service showed up. They gave us our ticket and then we were out,” he said.
My "I'm not having a picnic with my companion" t-shirt is raising a lot of questions.
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