tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115343295204483748.post2564052803922188393..comments2023-12-04T02:50:46.722-06:00Comments on LeFlore County Blogs: Save the RunestoneCraig Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11265567466052776075noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115343295204483748.post-57547182580584179112012-04-06T23:47:13.900-05:002012-04-06T23:47:13.900-05:00For the past three years my family has been sendin...For the past three years my family has been sending most of our spring and fall breaks and summer time outtings in Oklahoma at our state parks. With gas prices being so high we decided to spend our time and money in Oklahoma. The Ruinstone state park is one of the many parks we have been to. The Ruinstone is a place that I went to while attending Carl Albert State College during the summer of 2009, along with Cedar lake state park. Our biology class went on field trips to these 2 state parks. Spring break of 2010 we went to Bartlesville and went to 2 state parks in that area. Fall of 2010 we went to Ruinstone state park as well as cedar lake state park. Spring break of 2011 was spent at Sulfer Springs at the Chickasaw state park and another state park in the area. During the summer we went back to cedar lake state park. This spring break we went to Natural Falls state park at West Siloam Springs, and just over the state line in Arkansas to Pea Ridge National Military Park. We have been to Robbers Cave state park several times, Sardis Lake in Clayton and several other parks in Oklahoma. These parks are not only recreational, they are educational and great fun and exercise. Our government has made a big deal about fitness, and getting children away from the T.V. and video games, so why close the state parks where families go for all the reasons listed above. After reading the reason for Ruinstone park being closed I find it ridiculous. To save $4,ooo., we spend money in each of these towns and cities in and near these parks, which in turn keeps people employed and generates taxes, which Snodgrass apparently never counted. I wonder if our Govenor had something to do with this! We are spending my son's 10th birthday in a cabin at a state park, fishing and cooking out. What a shame to start closing our state parks. I happened onto this article by accident while looking for things to do in Leflore County. Yes, I am local in Leflore County, but as the author of the article said when you start closing state parks people will begin going to other states. Thank you for the information Craig Hall, for telling the truth about how much will really be saved or rather lost by closing the Ruinstone.My name is Beckie Johnson and I know my family will want to visit The Ruinstone again before it closes. I will be looking to see what other parks Snodgrass will be closing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com