snowcrustracer wrote:
The closings will be more severe this year. Last year they just reduced staffing and closed some of the smaller parks. It makes no sense to close the beach parks...they are the cash cows of all the state parks.
I should of known something was up when I was able to book two sites for the Fourth of July. Ha!
I hate this Gov. he is horrible.
Hehe- you got a 4th of July reservation because I dinna book U-38 for 3 solid weeks this year:B.
Much agreement from my end. Hammo's and Rocky Neck's revenue would appear to capably fund the remaining 9 parks. Hammo has been upgraded a lot the last few years: cabins and more electrified sites in Dowd's BUT at the same time there appears to be less patrolling of the park's perimeter. Now that the greenway has been built up outside the park I kind of worry about the ease that outsiders can enter. Last year the kids figured out how to enter the park w/o detection and I suspect others can work it out as well. Oh and the lack of lifeguards at the point of Beach Rd dinna sit well w/ me either.
As for Devil's Hopyard...it's closing could have been prevented by upgraded the facility. The well water pump was quaint but the trailer stye bathroom looked like......House on Haunted Hill meets the Nightmare on Elm Street. It was quite convenient to the shore, has a totally different topography and should have been a natural instead of party central for bachelor parties and uhmmmm...David Bowie Memorial celebrations Yeah. The one I was organising was cancelled by the closing but a smaller group was able to move it upstate NY instead. Still it left a bad taste in my mouth.
This year, decided it was time to move on after 9 straight yrs of fall and summer camping in CT and revisit NYS' campgrounds. It won't really be cheaper since the lower NYS resident daily camping fee ($18.00 vs 35.00 in CT) will be offset by the need to rent a boat AND car (sigh) yet I hope the locale and friends met are as memorable as our times in CT.
Here's hoping the govt of CT can join the 20th century (Yess I KNOW what century we are in ;)) and put a "lock" on the box and remove the state parks' revenues from the general allocations.
You live in a beautiful place!
