Page 6 University Daily Kansan, March 3, 1981
Breaking away
Lakes offer students water fun during break
By DALE WETZEL Staff Reporter
For KU students looking to spend spring break in the Lawrence area, Clinton and Perry reservoirs—helped by unseasonably warm late-February temperatures—are beckoning for
Clinton, after almost four years of filling, is now "only about eight inches down" from what it should be at this time of year, according to Mike Ensch, the reservoir's chief ranger.
"We've got a very wide variety of Kansas game fish, for those who like to do that," Ensch said. "We've got northern pike, walleye, bass and smallmouth bass, and many others."
THE RESERVOIR'S deliberately slow fill rate helped to nurture the development of the game fish, Ensch said. Immediate filling of the reservoir would have caused lake-bottom organic materials, normally used for shelter by the fish, to decompose rapidly. Hardier fish such as carp would have dominated the lake if the reservoir had been filled quickly, Ensch said.
"We had fishermen on this lake early this January," he said. "Then the lake froze over for awhile—about three weeks—and the minute we were out, people calling back out, wanting to fish again."
Bloomington East, Clinton's main campite,
currently offers 350 camping pads, 202 having
"some form of water and electrical hookup."
Ensch said. Located between the northern and
southern arms of the lake. Bloomington East will eventually have 1,000 camping hookups.
"We already have a marina and a beach there," Ensch said. "We opened them last fall. They were first on our priority list. We've been doing most of our work over there."
CAMPISSES AT Bloomington East are $4 without a hook up and $5 with one.
"These are overnight charges," he said.
"Unless someone stays overnight, the facilities and
Ensch said that Bloomington West was also being whipped into summer sunrise.
"We've been clearing brush, doing some landscaping, setting out picnic tables and garbage cans," he said. "The contractor who did the original clearing and construction work around the lake would we weren't to work around the lake until he finished. He just completed the work last fall."
"We have space for about 25 campers there." Right now, what's out there is a parking lot and a washhouse. We hope to have a ball field and a picnic table, it will probably be next year before that's done."
ENSCH POINTS with pride to Woodridge
Park, on the reservoir's west side as being especially suitable for student use.
"It's really good for backpacking," he said. "There aren't any trails built yet, but one has been staked out by the Kansas Trails Association. It's purposely being kept in a native state; there's only one loop road, leading about 150 yards into the park."
Fishing and boating should also be good at Perry Reservoir this year, according to George Hathaway, Army Corps of Engineers manager of Perry's federally owned land.
"The federal facilities don't include hookups," Hathaway said. "The state park at Perry has them, but not us. We operate buildings with water supplies, showers and toilet facilities."
THESE FACILITIES will not open until April 15. Hathaway said.
"We wait until then because it's historically the last day that you can get freezing weather," he said. "If we had our stuff open and there was a freeze, it would cause a bit of damage."
Perry also has several beaches and two privately operated marinas, which the Corps leases.
"The marinas have a limited number of boat slips where you can dock your boat," Hathaway said. "They also have some pretty extensive dry-storage facilities."
Hathaway is anticipating a big summer crowd, given the recent unseasonably warm weather.
"We've got a nice place here," he said. "And,
in the face of a lot of visitors, we hope to keep it
there."
A water skier glides across the waters of Perry reservoir as the setting sun reflects off the surface. Soon students will head for area lakes as the temperatures become warmer.
Travel agencies urge students to start planning
By ROB STROUD Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
For students planning vacations during spring break, area travel agents have a bit of advice:
Plan.
During this peak travel time, discount air fares to such popular student retreats as Fort Llanderdaid, Padre Island and the Rockies where guests sell out more than two months in advance.
Students who still want airline tickets to these destinations might be able to find them, but at rates perhaps $200 more than at the lowest discount fares.
Another advantage of planning ahead is that airline prices increase by about 5 percent each month, but tickets bought before an increase are not affected by the raise.
Joa Missione, assistant manager of Sunflower
Travel Service, 709 Massachusetts St.
*A lot of students are saving the cost of airline
travel by driving to places like Florida, Texas and
California.*
BUT THE DEMAND for tickets to the perennial student favorites is down, according to
Flying to Padre costs about $300 round trip, but drives taking at 18 hours each way and $50 for a round trip.
A Fort Lauderdale trip costs from $222 to more than $450 in the air, depending on available discounts, and about $65 in gas for the 14-hour drive. Denver is about nine hours and $30 away by car, while round-trip airline tickets cost about $150.
BUS TICKETS cost the same as the least expensive air fares, although bus rides are usually several hours longer than the same trips. The bus fare to Lawrence to Miami takes 44 hours and costs $238.
Messinae said that while fewer students were flying to these places because of increasing
airline costs, overall interest in them seemed to be waning as students were looking for different
"I think a lot of students have been to Padre and Florida and are looking for something new," she said.
Two places that have rise in popularity have been Arizona and Mexico, she said. Cancun and Mazatlan have been the most popular Mexican destinations among students.
"We've sent a lot of them to Mazatian, maybe 22," she said. A seven-day package there, including air fare and hotel accommodations, costs about $360 at discount rates.
STUDENTS ARE probably too late to qualify for discounts now, even to more obscure vacation destinations. Messinae said. Most airlines require that tickets be purchased at weeks in advance to receive lower rates, which usually provide the same services as coach rates.
And while airline tickets are becoming scarce, students without reservations might also have difficulties finding hotel accommodations in prime vacation areas.
Double-occupancy rates at well-known hotel franchises, such as Ramada Inn and Best Western motel, are about 600 a night in vacation spots and vacancies are difficult to find.
Rooms for no more than $20 a night are usually available a few miles from the main tourist spots to the traveler who checks for them early in the morning.
Travel agents can attend to almost any vacation needs, including plane tickets, hotel reservations and car rentals, and their services are free to their customers.
But to find the best vacation discounts and the best accommodations, Messino suggests, travelers should make plans early-"and the sooner the better."
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