Kayak & bicycle NH annual stickers?

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Maybe paying ten dollars/year to the State of New Hampshire for a kayak/bicycle sticker with the 'Old Man of the Mountain' design on the sticker could be a good money raiser for the State.

Supposedly, seven different states including Alaska, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, Iowa, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania (when using state access ramps) all have annual sticker requirements for small paddle boats like kayaks and canoes.

The money could go to pay for launch ramps to access the lake, river, ocean bay, and bicycle trails including the WOW Trail. It does take money to create, build and access places to use a kayak or bicycle, and paying ten dollars/year could be money well spent.

The NH Fish & Game has built some super-duper launch ramps on Newfound Lake, Lake Winnisquam, Squam Lake, and at Downing's Landing at the southern tip of Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton that can be used by small paddle/row boats/ s.u.p. paddleboards that share the water with the motorboats. Good access to the water, and good bicycle paths make a big needed difference to the paddle/pedal user, so paying ten dollars/year for a sticker could make you good to go 'betterer.'

Good access to the water needs a ramp, a dock, a parking lot, and sometimes a public rest room which is what you have at the NH F&G state ramps.

NH requires a 14' Sunfish sailboat to be registered every year which costs either $39 or $44, depending where the paper work is done, at the MP-HQ or at your town hall, so paying just 10-dollars/yr for a kayak/canoe that can be 14' or longer seems pretty reasonable. Plus, including some space on the sticker for the owner's name and phone number could be useful.

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Google this: "Kokanee two-person, sit-on-top kayak" Lifetime Products, color-bright orange, or lime green, weight 76-lbs, length 10' 6", capacity 425-lbs, price $299 ..... such a deal....at the Plymouth Walmart ...... the price for this two person sit-on-top, two back rests, three positions, bow-center-stern, well designed kayak is so low, and the quality is so good, (do I sound like the Donald or what!) that paying just ten bucks/year for a state sticker for access to the water seems like a steal of a deal!

Actually, this looks like it would make a good cold water, winter ice rescue boat-sled for a fire department to rescue someone or some dog from a frozen, iced, lake or river, plus it is a nice bright orange, fire department type of a color, and the factory list price is 549 .....selling at the Plymouth Wal-Mart for 299...... a virtual high quality, cold water/ice rescue machine at a low price. Just add two energetic fire rescue people with paddles and pfd's, maybe 100' of line, and it is good to go save an ice victim .......... GERONIMO!!!!!