Greetings from your Idaho Parks & Recreation Dept.

Over the weekend we got a letter from the Idaho Park

And Recreation Dept. saying they need information on

our boat and us, before they can send us our registration

papers to register our boat for the year of 2017.

They want us to verify the HIN (better known as the

Hull identification number).  Now the state of Idaho’s

Agency over 8 years ago, climbed in to the back of

said boat, to check HIN with the one listed the title

we had.  When we went to register the boat into our name.

and he gave us the proper number stickers and other stickers

at that time.  8 years ago.  Since that time, we have register

that said boat each year.   During that time.. in fact just this

past summer, I was greeted out side of the bathroom at the

Hope dock, by one of their gentlemen, asking  me, to see if

I, in fact had a valid fishing license.. And checked my drivers

license to see if I, in fact, was entitled to a Senior combo

license. I would have thought the grey and white hair with

the wrinkle dry skin face would have been a great clue.

As we walked down to the dock where the boat, my husband

and his partner were finishing up checking my husband’s

Sportsman’s package license (damn well spendy) AND checked

the HIN to see, if in fact that it was the numbers and etc. that were

listed on our registration and also the numbers on our said boat.

Having been satisfied they were the true deal, they bid us good

fishing…and left.. This was not our first rodeo. We have been inspected about 4 times over the years.

So we have been inspected over all 5 times, verifying we are

the true owners of said boat. That it has the proper HIN on

said boat, and the proper numbers and stickers on said boat.

for 8 YEARS.   

 But now they want our date of birth? Why?  What has that

got to do with owning a boat?  Age is not a requirement.

Frankly I have not been asked my age for over 10 years,

because of said description above.. it was pretty obvious

I was of age.

It seems the U.S. Coast Guard federal branch decided they

needed to know certain information from the state before

They allow the state to issue registrations.  Now why does

the US. Coast Guard want this information?  Good question.

Being we don’t travel with said boat.. What are they concerned

about?  That we might become rum runners?  Drug runners?

Is this a new invasion of my privacy a new HOMELAND SECURITY?

Are they threaten by senior citizens?  If I was going to blow

something up, or protest the government, I would have done it

50 years ago. But I was too busy changing diapers, washing up

kids, and keeping them out of trouble, than to bother with what

THE MAN was doing during those days.

Oh, yea.. if I was going to hide or lie about this information,

I don’t have to.. because they gave me all the answers to

the questions..  And why do they need my drivers license?

One in Idaho, does not need a drivers license to drive a

boat.. Besides I don’t drive it.. I get all this invasion of my

Information due to the fact my name is on the title with my

husband .. who does own, drive the said boat.