Park Closing

MAN THIS SUCKS!

NOOOoooooo that sinks

wow... this breaks my heart.. i moved up to albrightsville when i was 7 years old and spent sooooo much of my time in Hickory run on school field trips and family outings and stuff... A big part of my childhood and some of my best memories were from going to Hickory run even before i discovered Knight Realms. if they realize how much it will effect the money coming into the area, why would they even close it?

This kind of thing is not as inevitable as it seems. Gov. Corzine of New Jersey tried to pull the same thing on us a few months back, closing many of our few state parks including Monmouth Battlefield. The state pulled together and made sure Corzine had zero chance of reelection if he went through with his plan. We flooded his office with phone calls, letters, and email, made the whole thing really public. Corzine gave up on the closings.

I suggest everyone here who is a PA resident sign that petition, along with sending a letter to your assemblyman or state senator, as well as the governor. Petitions have an impact, but a dozen new letters on the governor's desk every morning about the same thing is very effective.

This is probably one of the saddest things I've ever read. I've only been going to KR for a little bit over a year. Attending KR is something that I look forward to. It has become one of my favorite things to do. I am going to do ALL I can to combat this.

Other than on the petition, I couldn't find anything last night that said anything about Hickory Run. Is there a list somewhere of which parks are closing?

I hope this doesn't happen - having grown up about 30 minutes away from Hickory Run, not only is it one of my favorite camps for LARPing, but it's also just a great place to spend the afternoon, or go for a hike... not to mention grade school field trips to the Boulder field. Love that place!