DOCSLIB.ORG

Roadtripjourney.Com

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Roadtripjourney.Com ROAD TRIP handbook N INTRODUCTION Overview Road trips have been a classic North American pastime for as long as there have been cars. U.S. Route 66 was one of the first cross-country highways, which allowed for uninterrupted travel from Chicago to Los Angeles from 1926 to 1985. Technological advancements in automobiles during the late 1930s and early 1940s allowed families to migrate westward as well as travel around the country for recreation. The increasing reliability of automobiles during the 1950s contributed to the rapid growth in their popularity, especially for leisure travel. The Trans-Canada Highway was completed in 1971 and allows continuous travel through Canada from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. This highway is over 8,000 kilometres in length, making it one of the longest national highways in the world. Canada and the United States share a 6,417 km long border, making it easy for Canadians to travel to many locations in the northern U.S.. The onset of road trips as vacation resulted from the increase of many businesses that catered to travellers, including roadside motels, restaurants and campgrounds. These services and the improvement in car speeds and comfort have made road trips very popular. Benefits of Travelling By Car Travelling remains one of the top interests for many people, regardless of the number of trips they’ve made in the past. They’re fun and relaxing, and also offer travellers an opportunity for cultural enhancement and mind-enriching experiences. A slow economy can make air or rail travel seem out of reach, but if you drive and rely on camping and other low-cost accommodations, you can reduce the expense of your vacation. The increase in the cost of gasoline in the summer still make travelling by car a cheaper option compared to flying or traveling by rail. The additional freedom and independence of using your own vehicle, as well as the ability to bring more belongings than you could on a plane, makes road trips preferable for many people. This kind of travel also allows you to stop whenever you wish, providing opportunities for rest, food and spontaneous side trips at your convenience. Road trips may also be easier to plan than other types of vacations, since they are typically limited by distance and time requirements rather than financial or scheduling ones. You can therefore plan a road trip more effectively before you set out as the distance and time needed for the trip is less subject to change than other parameters. Taking the most direct route between two points will save you time, but a less direct route may offer such benefits as cultural attractions, local sights, or simply a more scenic view. CHAPTER 1 How to Choose a Destination Personal Experiences Asking friends and family members about their own travel experiences is a great way to choose destinations for your road trip. Personal acquaintances are more likely to provide unbiased information on travel spots since they don't have any stake, financial or otherwise, in your selection. They may be better able to provide you with ideas and details that other sources overlook. Social media offers a great opportunity for networking, so let others know about your travel plans on such platforms such as Facebook or Twitter. There is a good chance you’ll get interesting responses from a large number of people who have visited or even live in one of your potential destinations and can offer you suggestions about attractions that are known to locals but don’t appear in official travel guides. Travellers who base their plans on the recommendations of friends and family members can avoid wasting time and money on bad food, expensive accommodations, or dangerous parts of town. Online Tools Online tools are valuable in helping you select travel destinations. These tools typically include a database of attractions along with their features: RoadsideAmerica.com Allows you to gather a list of your favorite tourist attractions such as historical landmarks, beaches, museums, national parks, bars and restaurants.You can add to your itinerary by clicking on the checkbox labeled “Add to My Sights” for that attraction and then print out a map or export it to your GPS device. These checkboxes are located throughout the RoadsideAmerica.com website, which also contains travel tips, stories and maps. RoadTripJourney.com Makes it easy to locate travel destinations when you enter the name, geographic location or other search criterias, and it provides you with an average user rating. The website also allows you to add an attraction, including its name, address and what type of attraction it is, to the database so that others can find it. Adding points of interest that you’ve enjoyed to RoadTripJourney.com makes it easy for others to discover new places and plan their own trips. RoadTrip Map Wizard Locates attractions along any route that you have generated by providing a starting and ending location, which can be specific addresses or cities, and then adds them to your map from its database. This website also has other tools and features for travellers, including a forum. CHAPTER 2 How to Plan Your Route Websites Many websites can provide a route for your road trip based on criteria that you provide. The following examples are some of the most popular route-planning websites: TRIPIT ROAD TRIP PLANNER Automatically generates your course, creates directions, provides local maps, and calculates your distance. You can access your itinerary from a mobile device by downloading a free app, as well as share your itinerary via email, Facebook and Twitter. It provides a powerful set of features for planning your road trip, such as a map with the most direct route between your starting point and your final destination. You can then add stops by dragging your path to a specific point with your mouse and releasing it. GOOGLE MAPS Provides a route, directions, and distance based on your starting and ending locations. You can enter the destination as an address or the name of a business and Google will generate ‘placemarks’ for it. Click on a ‘placemark’ to get specific information, like web page, address, phone number and hours of operation. Google Maps contains a large database of user reviews for many travel destinations, restaurants, hotels and other points of interest. TRIPADVISOR is a free online travel community with user-submitted reviews, advice, and mobile apps. This tool makes it easy for travellers to research and plan their trips and activities in destinations all over the world. Routes The best route for a road trip highly depends upon the activities in which you’re most interested. For example, If you like the seaside, you can find many beaches along the coast of British Columbia, such as Long Beach in the Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island. Tribune Bay on Hornby Island requires you to take two ferries to get to it, but the extra travel time is worth it as water temperatures reach almost tropical levels during the summer. The Canadian Rockies, which extends through Alberta and British Columbia, offers many popular climbing locations. Mount Columbia in the Columbia Ice Field is the highest point in Alberta at 3,747 metres, and the second highest peak in the Canadian Rockies after Mount Robson. The northern limit of this mountain range is McGregor Pass at the intersection of the Kakwa and McGregor rivers. The southern point of the Canadian Rockies is the Crowsnest Pass between Alberta and British Columbia near the American border. Whitewater rafting is a common recreational activity in Canada, and the Kicking Horse River in southeastern British Columbia is one of the most popular places for this. The upper canyon is a class 3 to 4 whitewater run, while the middle and lower canyons are class 4 to 5 runs. The lower canyon is closed when the river reaches class 5. The Shubenacadie River is Nova Scotia’s largest river, which originates from the Shubenacadie Grand Lake and empties into the Bay of Fundy. The I Backpack Canada blog named the Shubenacadie one of the top five whitewater rivers in Canada. The Shubenacadie tidal bore forms waves of water that travel up the river. The biggest sets of waves are usually found in the narrow part of the river known as ‘The Killer K’ and attracts many thrill-seeking sea kayakers. Tips When driving through Canada, you should keep in mind several tips to ensure a safe and relaxing trip. THE SPEED LIMIT WILDLIFE AREA The speed limit along the Trans-Canada Highway Many routes in Canada pass through areas with varies quite a bit, from as low as 50 km/h on the wildlife, which can also limit your speed. The Vancouver Island section to as high as 110 km/h Icefields Parkway provides ample opportunities to through the straight, flat section of the prairies. Many spot animals such as bighorn sheep, black or grizzly scenic areas have a lower speed limit due to winding bears and elk, but the large size of these animals roads or wildlife, so it’s important to consider the can present a safety hazard, making it especially actual speed limit when calculating your driving time. important to observe wildlife crossing signs. EMERGENCY SUPPLIES THE WEATHER Remote roads in Canada often have long stretches Additional risks of Canadian road trips include the without gas stations or other services, making it accumulation of snow and ice in mountainous essential to ensure you have emergency supplies, regions, which can make some areas difficult to such as extra fuel, a spare tire and a jack, food, manoeuvre.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Into Reading, Into Writing Engaging Students with Travel Writing
    The Rhetoric of Travel Christine Helfers Mesa Community College For so many of our college students, their exposure to rhetoric and composition is limited to a few required courses and the „standard‟ assignments embedded in the textbooks chosen for such courses. However, writing instructors might consider alternative assignments to promote student success in writing and reading. One rapidly-growing and exciting genre worth studying from a rhetorical perspective is travel writing. Travel writing is a broad term, and may refer to many forms, including newspaper and magazine articles, blogs, webzines, advertising and promotional materials, travel program scripts, and thoughtful travel narratives that explore human nature as well as places. Travel writing topics run the gamut: humorous road trip narratives, exciting outdoor tales, encounters with unfamiliar cultures, and reflections on interesting neighborhood places or unusual destinations far away. Because of this variety, students are sure to find something appealing. Travel writing presents rich possibilities for analysis, interpretation and discussion. Rhetorical concepts such as purpose, occasion, and audience may be vividly demonstrated. Aesthetic, expressive and entertainment purposes of writing are also exemplified in many works of travel literature. Studying travel writing improves composition skills and multimedia communication abilities as well. Students observe, discuss, and employ qualities of effective writing such as well-paced narrative structure and vivid detail. Students are more engaged with writing, as their interest is sparked by lively readings and the opportunity to write about their own experiences. Since travel writing assignments often focus on local sights, students develop a greater “sense of place” about their own communities. What is travel writing? The definitions are hotly debated.
    [Show full text]
  • Road Trip: San Diego. Sofia Hotel Tempts Like a Green Fairy
    Search Site Search Road Trip: San Diego. Sofia Hotel Tempts RECENT IN TRAVEL San Diego Road Trip: Sè San Diego. Like a Green Fairy. Where Posh Meets Mud! BY ALEX STORCH FOR LA2DAY.COM APR 4, 2009 Just within reach of Los Angeles, a few short hours down the I-5, you'll find a road trip destination within a >> Las Vegas Hotels - The Bellagio Many of us head to Vegas with the intentions of partying day and night, but for some a place to unwind and >> Road Trip: San Diego. Crash at The Keating. Rock at the Casbah Every now and then, as your troubles collect at "You know, I've never been to Los Angeles." These are the words the door and your from an employee at the Sofia Hotel that spun around my head mailbox brims with bills, you need to fire on the way up to my suite. Did this really classify me as some >> sort of world traveler in their eyes? Had I picked somewhere in the city for my weekend stay that was so remote that LA was a Los Angeles Hotels - The Sofitel distant dream? More research was certainly required. If vacationing in style After 18 months of renovation, the Sofia Hotel now sparkles with and shopping are your a sophisticated, renewed charm. San Diego hotels each have number one priorities their own particular style, especially the boutiques that lie this season, the Sofitel outside the chains. Sofia is a modern hostess, but with a classic Hotel is perfect >> mindset. She drinks Manhattans and wears vintage, but not things you'd find on Melrose.
    [Show full text]
  • American Road Trips: an Appreciation of 7 Good Books Richard Carstensen 2016
    Preface, July 2020: This review of 7 natural history fertilized if not unleashed by the nightmare we awak- travel books appended my daily journal, kept on a ened to in the Ozarks on November 9th, 2016. crosscountry drive from New York to Alaska with Generally, one awakens from a nightmare, not Cathy Pohl, October to December, 2016. While the into it. The last 4 years—and especially the last 4 journal itself falls outside the geography of Juneau- months—still don't feel entirely real to me. Maybe, to Nature, it strikes me, 4 years later, that this essay resuscitate the America these travellers honored, we on good nature writing lands well within Discovery's must all declare ourselves. Stand in our doorways bailiwick. I'm uploading it to JuneauNature>Media and howl. I stand here for love, and country. types>Book reviews in the time of covid, a disaster RC American road trips: An appreciation of 7 good books Richard Carstensen 2016 80 • 2016 Fall drive • Part 4 [email protected] On the road Any American naturalist embarking today on a continental road trip drives in the shadow of 3 great naturalists & one inventive novelist of my parents' and grandparents' generation who are no longer with us—who crisscrossed the country and wrote about it: Peattie (1898-1964), Teale (1899- 1980), Peterson (1908-1996) and Steinbeck (1902-1968). 1 On our own drive, Cathy and I also replicated 3 replicators: 2 top-tier naturalists and a Brit sailor of our baby-boomer generation who published books partially about retracing those earlier travels: Weidensaul, Kaufman and Raban.
    [Show full text]
  • Snapshots from the Mother Road”: Travel and Motherhood in Lorraine
    Label Me Latina/o Spring 2013 Volume III 1 “Snapshots from the Mother Road”: Travel and Motherhood in Lorraine López’s The Gifted Gabaldón Sisters By Cristina Herrera Everything about this woman, this Felice, amazed Cleófilas. The fact that she drove a pickup. A pickup, mind you, but when Cleófilas asked if it was her husband’s, she said she didn’t have a husband. The pickup was hers. She herself had chosen it. She herself was paying for it. I used to have a Pontiac Sunbird. But those cars are for viejas. Pussy cars. Now this car is a real car. What kind of talk was that coming from a woman? Cleófilas thought. But then again, Felice was like no woman she’d ever met. Can you imagine, when we crossed the arroyo she just started yelling like a crazy, she would later say to her father and brothers. Just like that. Who would’ve thought? (Cisneros “Woman Hollering Creek” 55-56) The epigraph quoted above speaks volumes on the nature of the road trip when embarked upon by Chicanas. In Sandra Cisneros’s well-known short story, “Woman Hollering Creek,” a young Mexican woman named Cleófilas is driven to a bus station in San Antonio, Texas by a Chicana woman named Felice in order to escape a violent marriage and return to her family in Mexico. Cleófilas’s movement away from her husband’s violent home to the more protective space of her family’s home in Mexico, where she will live with a newly-empowered self gained by escaping marital abuse, is powerfully symbolized by means of how this movement is achieved.
    [Show full text]
  • Washington State's Scenic Byways & Road Trips
    waShington State’S Scenic BywayS & Road tRipS inSide: Road Maps & Scenic drives planning tips points of interest 2 taBLe of contentS waShington State’S Scenic BywayS & Road tRipS introduction 3 Washington State’s Scenic Byways & Road Trips guide has been made possible State Map overview of Scenic Byways 4 through funding from the Federal Highway Administration’s National Scenic Byways Program, Washington State Department of Transportation and aLL aMeRican RoadS Washington State Tourism. waShington State depaRtMent of coMMeRce Chinook Pass Scenic Byway 9 director, Rogers Weed International Selkirk Loop 15 waShington State touRiSM executive director, Marsha Massey nationaL Scenic BywayS Marketing Manager, Betsy Gabel product development Manager, Michelle Campbell Coulee Corridor 21 waShington State depaRtMent of tRanSpoRtation Mountains to Sound Greenway 25 Secretary of transportation, Paula Hammond director, highways and Local programs, Kathleen Davis Stevens Pass Greenway 29 Scenic Byways coordinator, Ed Spilker Strait of Juan de Fuca - Highway 112 33 Byway leaders and an interagency advisory group with representatives from the White Pass Scenic Byway 37 Washington State Department of Transportation, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife, Washington State Tourism, Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and State Scenic BywayS Audubon Washington were also instrumental in the creation of this guide. Cape Flattery Tribal Scenic Byway 40 puBLiShing SeRviceS pRovided By deStination
    [Show full text]
  • The Road Trip Book: 1001 Drives of a Lifetime by Darryl Sleath Ebook
    The Road Trip Book: 1001 Drives of a Lifetime by Darryl Sleath Ebook The Road Trip Book: 1001 Drives of a Lifetime currently available for review only, if you need complete ebook The Road Trip Book: 1001 Drives of a Lifetime please fill out registration form to access in our databases Download book here >> Hardcover: 960 pages Publisher: Universe (March 13, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 0789334259 ISBN-13: 978-0789334251 Product Dimensions:6.5 x 2.3 x 8.6 inches ISBN10 0789334259 ISBN13 978-0789334 Download here >> Description: The world’s superlative road trips—scenic, thrilling, and memorable—in both natural and urban settings.For anyone who has fallen under its spell, a car represents freedom and adventure. For decades, the American tradition of the road trip has been bound up with the idea of new possibilities and new horizons. This book is an indispensable guide to the most beautiful, breathtaking, extraordinary, and fun road trips the world has to offer.Complete with road trips varying in length and level of challenge, from an epic transglobal route inspired by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s Long Way Round documentary series to a two-mile blast around Monaco’s F1 street circuit, there is something for any adventurer. Each entry provides information about distance, start and finish points, road surfaces, must-see stop-offs, detours, and other details to plan an unforgettable trip.Entries are organized into three categories: Scenic, Adventure, and Culture. One can marvel at the views from Cape Town’s scenic Chapman’s Peak Drive or central California’s Pacific Coast Highway, but the thrill seeker might opt for the hair-raising ride through Montenegro’s coastal mountains to reach the medieval walled town of Sveti Stefan on the Adriatic.
    [Show full text]
  • Weekly Newsletter
    December 28, 2020 Volume 21, Issue 6 Weekly Newsletter T'was 4 sleeps before New Year’s Eve, and all through the town, people wore masks, that covered their frown. The frown had begun way back in the spring when a global pandemic changed everything. They called it corona, but unlike the beer, it didn’t bring good times, it didn’t bring cheer. Airplanes were grounded, travel was banned. Borders were closed across air, sea, and land. As the world entered lockdown to flatten the curve, the economy halted, and folks lost their nerve. From March to July, we rode the first wave, people stayed home, they tried to behave. When summer emerged the lockdown was lifted, but away from caution, many folks drifted. Now it is December and cases are spiking, wave two has arrived, much to our disliking. It’s true Inside this issue that this year has had sadness a-plenty, we’ll never forget the year 2020. And just The Road Not Taken ................... 3 ‘round the corner - The holiday season, but why be merry? Is there even one reason? To decorate the house and put up the tree, who will see it, only me. But outside my Nude While Sipping ................... 3 window, the snow gently falls, and I think to myself, let us deck the halls! So, I gather Symbol For Social Nudity ............ 4 the ribbon, the garland, and bows, as I play those old carols, my happiness grows. When Should You Block ............. 4 Christmas is not canceled, and neither is hope. If we lean on each other, I know we Our 2 Worlds .............................
    [Show full text]
  • Examples of Budget Hotels
    Examples Of Budget Hotels Dunc outwind slouchingly? Worth pressured unthankfully if untarred Jean-Paul rummage or divulgate. Schistose and reverberatory Juanita dread his tomato meddles denature grave. List hotels operating in the fragile area yours will open and catering across the. PDF Research and Suggestions on Declining Market Shares. In the budgeting and examples of diverse city? How would Make a Travel Budget Travel Made Simple. International floating hotels are four seasons hotels for example: if not typically served over, then make a retro gear. Hotel budgeting and examples of budgets, cebu city is the same story. Let me with simple marginal increases, budget of hotels at one packs in problem with quick connections to you where an initial capital. Use hotels in key sentence hotels sentence examples. Not to mention the odd vintage design classic and examples of Betty's exquisite. Hoteliers plan many a budget season unlike any other HNN. Budgeting in Hotels LinkedIn. What is revenue purpose both a motel? Hotel FF&E Costs How quickly Should I Budget. 17 of other best cheap hotels in the US The appropriate Show. Should i budget of budgeting tools you more then book the. Do any of budgets are the bait and two excellent choices. Budget hotels Translation into Russian examples English. Service sabotage phenomena in budget hotels and international hotels. Even tourist perceptions that budget according to. What budget of budgets must be. What award the 5 areas of room division? What defines a luxury hotel? Cheap Hotels in Brussels Belgium Best Prices nh-hotelscom. Segmentation Segmentation Targeting and Positioning for.
    [Show full text]
  • Road Trip Itineraries in Advance of National Road Trip Day New Tourism Ad Features Route 66 and Great River Road Destinations
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 25, 2021 Illinois Office of Tourism Promotes New ‘Time for Me to Drive’ Road Trip Itineraries in Advance of National Road Trip Day New Tourism Ad Features Route 66 and Great River Road Destinations CHICAGO - Just in time for National Road Trip Day (May 28), the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Office of Tourism (IOT) is showcasing more than 60 new road trip itineraries, as part of the State of Illinois’s summer tourism campaign, “Time For Me to Drive,” to promote the return of travel across Illinois, encouraging both residents and visitors to safely explore the state’s diverse communities. The campaign, launched by Governor JB Pritzker, tourism partners and state leaders last week, seeks to boost tourism business around the state by showcasing only-in-Illinois experiences and attractions. “The Time for Me to Drive Campaign highlights the fun and beauty of Illinois’ diverse communities, from our state parks to our wineries to our architectural landmarks,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “This Memorial Day weekend, I encourage Illinois residents and new visitors alike to get out and see all the amazing things we have to offer – and to do so knowing ours is a state that values safety for our own people, and for visitors from around the world, too. After an incredibly difficult year in which the pandemic kept us all close to home and staying apart, lifesaving vaccines have made it possible to celebrate together this weekend and through the summer, so let’s hit the road and find that next great adventure right here in the state we proudly call home.” A new TV ad for the debuting this past weekend as part of the 'Time for Me to Drive' campaign highlights experiences you can only discover in Illinois, including classic Route 66 attractions such as the Gemini Giant in Wilmington, the famous Route 66 Begin sign in downtown Chicago, President Lincoln’s Home in Springfield, and the Paul Bunyon statue in Atlanta.
    [Show full text]
  • The Return of the Great American Road Trip
    PUBLIC SECURITIES GROUP | ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE The Return of the Great American Road Trip Barren highways were the norm at the height of state lockdowns aimed at curtailing the spread of COVID-19, but there are signs that more vehicles are likely to hit the road this summer. The road trip—a form of leisure travel that was particularly popular in the 1960s—is back in vogue. Americans are gearing up for summer travel—just not by plane. They appear to be opting for trips via recreational vehicles (RVs) and cars, a return of the Great American Road Trip with implications for energy infrastructure equities. RVs : A REINVIGORATED CONTENDER FOR THE LEFT LANE Low prices at the pump, flexible work schedules and SEARCHES FOR 'RV RENTAL' HAVE SURGED a desire to avoid crowds have turned an inefficient 'RV Rental' Search Interest on Google Over the Last Five Years energy-consuming vehicle (averaging around 7-13 mpg 100 for a Class A motorhome) into a viable option.1 80 According to the June Ipsos survey conducted for the RV Industry Association, 46 million Americans 60 are planning to take an RV trip in the next 12 months.2 40 ELATIVE INTEREST Google Trends corroborates the data. After years of R summer/winter cyclicality, RV interest has broken out, 20 with searches for “RV Rental” surging in recent months. (See the chart to the right.) 0 Jul Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 As of June 29, 2020. Data are through June 21, 2020. Numbers represent search interest relative to the highest point on the chart for the U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases
    Identifying Challenges to Improve the Investigation and Prosecution of State and Local Human Trafficking Cases April 2012 SUBMITTED TO: National Institute of Justice 810 Seventh Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20531 SUBMITTED BY: Amy Farrell, Ph.D. Colleen Owens Jack McDevitt, Ph.D. Meredith Dank, Ph.D. Rebecca Pfeffer, M.A. William Adams, M.P.P. Stephanie Fahy, M.A. URBAN INSTITUTE JUSTICE POLICY CENTER NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE ON RACE AND JUSTICE SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements 1 Introduction and Literature Review 1 2 Research Questions and Methodology 17 3 Characteristics of Human Trafficking Cases 36 4 Identification of Human Trafficking Cases 73 5 Investigating Human Trafficking Cases 104 6 State and Local Prosecution of Human Trafficking Cases 144 7 Federal Prosecution of Human Trafficking Cases 193 8 Conclusion 217 References 229 Appended Material Appendix A - State Anti-Trafficking Laws and Provisions (2003-2007) 234 Appendix B: State Legislation at 2007 and Federally Funded Human 236 Trafficking Task Force Strata Appendix C: Screening Letter 237 Appendix D: Screening Telephone Interview Protocol and Questions 239 Appendix E: Study Site Descriptions 244 Appendix F: Request to Participate Letter and Certification Form 258 Appendix G: Closed Case Review Sheet 261 Appendix H: Interview Consent Forms and Questions 271 Appendix I: Thematic Codes 292 Appendix J.: Non Trafficking Case Review 301 This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 S
    Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Second Quarter Report Tourism April 1 - June 30, 2013 Boating 2013 Significant Legislative Laws & Actions Benefits Vessel Taxation (SB 83) Wounded Warrior Deer Kansas This bill was a result of the ballot is- Permits (HB 2030) Economy sue passed in November 2012 allowing The law allows the department to is- the state constitution to be amended to sue 10 “Wounded Warrior Deer Permits” allow a change to the way watercraft are to disabled veterans who were injured Boating brings a “boatload” of eco- taxed. The law reduces the percentage in combat and have a service-connected nomic benefits to Kansas. In June, the of value at which watercraft are assessed disability of not less than 30 percent. National Marine Manufacturers Associa- to 11.5 percent in 2014 and 5 percent in Signed April 2. tion (NMMA) reported the total annual economic impact of recreational boating 2015 and thereafter. Signed April 16. in Kansas in 2012 was $898.7 million. New Public Land Consider these numbers for 2012: Boating Under the Influence The legislature also approved the Time Period (HB 2218) purchase of about 800 acres in Jefferson • There were 97,672 registered The old law made it unlawful to County to be used as a public hunting boats in Kansas. operate a vessel with a blood or breath area. Seventy-five percent of the $1.2 • Spending related to recreational alcohol concentration of .08 at the time million cost will be funded with monies boating was $382.6 million. of or within two hours of operating a received from federal excise taxes on • There were 137 boating-related vessel.
    [Show full text]