PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvanians trying to renew their driver's licenses, get birth certificates or spend a few days camping in state parks got rude awakenings during a one-day partial state government shutdown.

While essential government services continued without interruption, the budget impasse between Gov. Ed Rendell and the Legislature forced the closure of state parks, driver's license centers, state museums, state-run historic sites and other offices Monday.

The governor and legislators hammered out a deal shortly before midnight Monday restoring all services. But the closures left many people — some unaware of the shutdown until Monday morning — fuming.

Among the first to suffer were campers at state parks who were rousted early by rangers or awakened to find signs telling them they must leave.

"I don't care about getting my money back, I just want my vacation," said Kay George, 53, of Philadelphia, as she put her canoe atop her SUV at Black Moshannon State Park near Philipsburg.

A sign posted at Codorus State Park, near Hanover, read: "Sorry for the inconvenience. State parks are closed until the state budget passes." Next to the notice, somebody posted their own, which said "WHEN DO WE GET OUR MONEY BACK!" and included a name and telephone number.

Marjorie Huff, 51, who lives outside Hanover, had been camping in a tent with her friend for the weekend. They planned to leave around 3 p.m. but had to pull up stakes early.

Huff saw no reason why the government should shut down with plenty of money in state coffers. "We live here," Huff said. "We work hard to pay our taxes."

Her camping partner said Rendell and the Legislature were ruining the summer vacation season.

"I don't think they should take away people's summer fun," said Gloria West, 52, of York.

People trying to accomplish regular bureaucratic tasks were also thwarted by the shutdown, which forced the furlough of 24,000 state workers.

Lorrie Sexton visited the state office building in Pittsburgh hoping to get a birth certificate for her 16-year-old son, who needs identification for a planned flight to Florida.

"My son's not going to be able to get on a plane and go visit his dad tomorrow," said a frustrated Sexton. "Hopefully, they'll take his school ID."

In Philadelphia, a woman who said she had recently been released from prison tried in vain to get a driver's license. Her brow furrowed and her hands on her hips, LaTanya Anderson was beyond annoyed to find the center closed after she had spent more than an hour on the bus.

"So what am I supposed to do?" Anderson asked. "I can't believe I came all the way down here. This don't make no sense."

While many people expressed anger and frustration, some also said their sympathies went out to the temporarily furloughed state workers.

"It's an inconvenience, but the people I really feel sorry for are the employees," said Elaine Sprinkle, whose family had to leave their campsite at Codorus State Park.

Still others worried about how the shutdown would smear Pennsylvania's reputation for out-of-staters who might not come back.

JoDee Dyerson, whose family camping trip at Black Moshannon State Park near Philipsburg was cut short, worried that the state could be stigmatized.

"It's embarrassing enough for Pennsylvania residents, but you have out of state vacationers going 'What!"' said Dyerson, of State College. "The image for Pennsylvania is stunningly bad."

She even tried to turn the budget saga into a civics lesson for her four children, some of whom woke up in the morning asking, "Is there a budget yet?"

Reality hit Monday morning as the family gathered for their last breakfast at the picnic table. One son, McClane, with a dejected look on his face and his backpack on, said the state government had committed a cardinal sin in the eyes of a 7-year-old.

"They made it the worst summer ever," he said.