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12/18/2009 at 10:38 pm #1729272
sandlanders
MemberNeed a last minute idea for a Christmas gift? We just picked up some 2010 state park stickers today, two for gifts and two for ourselves (the second one half-price). They can actually be used now and are good until December 31, 2010. All Wisconsin state parks all year long. Go as many times as you want, any property.
What a bargain! See DNR page for specifics.
12/19/2009 at 1:39 am #1918515furfool
Member@sandlanders wrote:
Need a last minute idea for a Christmas gift? We just picked up some 2010 state park stickers today, two for gifts and two for ourselves (the second one half-price). They can actually be used now and are good until December 31, 2010. All Wisconsin state parks all year long. Go as many times as you want, any property.
What a bargain! See DNR page for specifics.
Is this the same DNR that is raping hunter’s wallets for permits and really has the deer population estimates screwed up? 👿
Other than that, not a bad idea.
12/19/2009 at 2:27 am #1918516MemberParks stickers are good for 365 days, not just nine. And you don’t have to wear special orange clothing, and you’ll have lots of good memories. 😉
12/19/2009 at 5:08 am #1918517labrat_wr
MemberSo how do you give them as gifts??? Don’t you need to enter the license number and vehicle info?
That would be a great FTF prize 😉
Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.
12/19/2009 at 11:49 am #1918518hogrod
Member@labrat_wr wrote:
So how do you give them as gifts??? Don’t you need to enter the license number and vehicle info?
That would be a great FTF prize 😉
I was thinking the same thing.
12/19/2009 at 4:59 pm #1918519Member@hogrod wrote:
@labrat_wr wrote:
So how do you give them as gifts??? Don’t you need to enter the license number and vehicle info?
That would be a great FTF prize 😉
I was thinking the same thing.
The ones we give are to family members. We just pick them up at a state park when the office is open. You can do that also at a DNR service center, if any of those are open after budget cuts. 🙄 You get a gift card holder and envelope if you want them, and you can mail them to the recipients or stick them under the tree, or put them in a larger wrapped box so they can’t guess what they’re getting.
As far as license and vehicle info, they didn’t request any. They used to want our license plate numbers when we got the second sticker at the same home address for half off, but they haven’t in quite a while. (We always get two because we never know which car we’ll have when we’re driving around, plus we load up and take both cars camping on our main trip not too far away.) The sticker colors are different for regular stickers, half-price stickers, and out-of-state stickers, so if you try to get by cheaper with some underhanded tactics, there is a way for them to tell if a sticker isn’t on the right kind of vehicle.
You can also order the state park stickers online, but they probably wouldn’t get here in time for Christmas now. And for seniors 65 and older, the half price sticker is good for your first vehicle, too. We have also had a windshield replaced once, and gotten new cars during the season, but if you carefully scrape off the existing sticker and bring in the remnants, they will issue a replacement sticker for that vehicle.
12/19/2009 at 6:52 pm #1918520amita17
Participant@labrat_wr wrote:
So how do you give them as gifts??? Don’t you need to enter the license number and vehicle info?
When I bought mine at the campout last year at High Cliff, they didn’t request any information. I gave them the money, they gave me the sticker.
12/19/2009 at 8:05 pm #1918521MemberOkay, maybe it was because I had to pay at the winter parking lot at Roche-a-cri last January (BRRRRRR)
had to have the temporary slip on the dash and they sent my sticker later.Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.
12/20/2009 at 2:38 am #1918522Todd300
MemberGuess I’ll have to pay out of state prices.
I plan on returning to Gov Thompson State park in the spring to clean up the caches there, then hit some other state parks that has multiple caches.
12/20/2009 at 2:45 am #1918523Member@Todd300 wrote:
Guess I’ll have to pay out of state prices.
I plan on returning to Gov Thompson State park in the spring to clean up the caches there, then hit some other state parks that has multiple caches.
Only ten bucks more for out-of-staters. All the same advantages. Since you’re in Wisconsin all the time, T3, spring for the annual sticker.
12/20/2009 at 2:48 am #1918524Member@labrat_wr wrote:
Okay, maybe it was because I had to pay at the winter parking lot at Roche-a-cri last January (BRRRRRR)
had to have the temporary slip on the dash and they sent my sticker later.Yep. Before you need a sticker this time, just go to Hartman Creek (or any state park) when the office is open and pick one up for yourself, or you could go to the Wautoma DNR center if they still do over-the-counter stuff. Slap it on the vehicle when we get a warm day. You’re set for another year.
12/20/2009 at 3:33 pm #1918525Member@sandlanders wrote:
@Todd300 wrote:
Guess I’ll have to pay out of state prices.
I plan on returning to Gov Thompson State park in the spring to clean up the caches there, then hit some other state parks that has multiple caches.
Only ten bucks more for out-of-staters. All the same advantages. Since you’re in Wisconsin all the time, T3, spring for the annual sticker.
It’s funny how close to 4 miles is the difference between me being a MI resident and a WI resident. I live about that distance from the border.
Back on topic, yeah, I’ll get the annual sticker. Now that I have a real GPS, I can VENTURE out on long hikes in the state parks.
For those of you that didn’t get the pun, my GPS is an Etrex Venture HC 😉
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