@ai6yr oh, things like this are happening across the country because half the people working in heritage at the federal level have lost their jobs

and at this point most of us who are qualified to do the work are willing to take federal work only on a contract basis, because they're not a good employer

@ai6yr

This is one of those odd things you'd expect to happen in a monarchy and not a modern democracy, but our bureaucracy has become so extensive, and our spending on random things like this is bleeding us dry. The house may have local historical significance, but not national significance, and we would do better to sell the property to a private collector.

That said, little side projects like this number in the tens of thousands throughout the country. They add up. And in an instance like this — where it is in the middle of Death Valley, where most sane people aren't spending their holiday — it really is a pointless niche expense.