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ghdarnell
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As I am sure many of you know, the government shutdown looks like a possibility as of midnight tonight. If this happens all National Parks would CLOSE.

How will everyone handle this? We have reservations at SkyLodge in Shenandoah National Park in October, so we may need to find a new place to go.

Thoughts?

Sep 30, 2013 at 11:24 AM

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Just hop the gate.... if they are really closed and the workers are furloughed at home, there won't be anyone to catch you right?

Sep 30, 2013 at 11:27 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · All National Parks Shutdown....

So how am I supposed to get my car through if the gate is locked?

Sep 30, 2013 at 11:30 AM

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Well the best parts of Grand Teton National Park are outside the gates with the exception of OxBow Bend. Schwabacher was already closed.

I wonder if through roads like the one at Zion or Rainier will be closed to traffic?

This is a stay at home year for me but I am sorry if your plans are ruined.

Sep 30, 2013 at 11:40 AM

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ghdarnell wrote:
So how am I supposed to get my car through if the gate is locked?

4 wheeler.

Sep 30, 2013 at 11:57 AM

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It is (at least somewhat) useful to contact your house representative's office and tell him/her to knock of the political theater and do what republican and democrat controlled legislatures have done under republican and democrat presidents virtually every single time in the past.

Sep 30, 2013 at 12:10 PM

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gdanmitchell wrote:
It is (at least somewhat) useful to contact your house representative's office and tell him/her to knock of the political theater and do what republican and democrat controlled legislatures have done under republican and democrat presidents virtually every single time in the past.

We're the schmucks that put them in there!

Sep 30, 2013 at 12:18 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · All National Parks Shutdown....

So, let's guess, which party might landscape photographers NOT vote for next election?

Sep 30, 2013 at 12:23 PM

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I spoke with a ranger this weekend when we stayed at Mt LeConte Lodge in the Smokies. He said the plan was to close the Park so that no permits or reservations would be honored. That includes all campgrounds and loop roads like Cades Cove. US441 would remain open for through traffic as would the Little River Road though stopping within the Park would be prohibited. Seems a bit drastic to me. How would stopping at an overlook cause any issues? Or how could it be enforced? Anyway, I expect the Blue Ridge Parkway would also be gated. Not sure what people out backpacking would be expected to do. How would they know? Seems so silly, just for some political grandstanding.

Sep 30, 2013 at 12:36 PM

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I'll be staying in the vicinity of Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon the last week of October. If that clown circus in Washington DC still doesn't have their heads pulled out of their collective rear ends by then I'll spend that week roaming the back roads around those national parks, which I was planning to do anyway.

Sep 30, 2013 at 01:37 PM

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CarlG wrote:
We're the schmucks that put them in there!

In the end, there will be a resolution to this made-up "problem." Pressure from constituents on all sides is likely to encourage them to get to it sooner rather than later.

Sep 30, 2013 at 01:51 PM

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If I was headed to a NP I surely would do whatever it takes to get to the spot I had my heart set on...
Getting arrested ain't as bad as you think

Sep 30, 2013 at 04:24 PM

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John Zeman wrote:
I'll be staying in the vicinity of Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon the last week of October. If that clown circus in Washington DC still doesn't have their heads pulled out of their collective rear ends by then I'll spend that week roaming the back roads around those national parks, which I was planning to do anyway.

That is an insult to clowns....and circuses

Sep 30, 2013 at 05:00 PM

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Matt Anderson wrote:
If I was headed to a NP I surely would do whatever it takes to get to the spot I had my heart set on...
Getting arrested ain't as bad as you think

My concern isn't about getting in trouble for being in the park. However if the spot I had my heart set on was 75 miles inside the gate, and the gate is locked (with no way around), how do you propose I get there?

Sep 30, 2013 at 05:38 PM

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ghdarnell wrote:
My concern isn't about getting in trouble for being in the park. However if the spot I had my heart set on was 75 miles inside the gate, and the gate is locked (with no way around), how do you propose I get there?

All you need my friend, and trust me, it's a good one…

Sep 30, 2013 at 08:20 PM

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This is all my fault I am afraid. We drove 750 miles today to Albuquerque and plan to make Durango by noon tomorrow. After a few days around highway 550, we planned to make our way to Zion, the North Rim, and Yosemite. Being my first 14 day trip after 31 years on the job, the Obama karma knows I have elected not to vote for our president either time and now I will be payed back by being locked out of OUR national parks. So, I will set in the room tonight and attempt to come up with an alternate plan that won't be affected by this little side show in Washington.
For those that will have their pay check affected, my thoughts are more for you and your family than on my pictures!
Regards to all,
Greg

Sep 30, 2013 at 09:01 PM

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Matt Anderson wrote:
All you need my friend, and trust me, it's a good one…

Sep 30, 2013 at 09:20 PM

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They have to lock everything down. How in the world could we possibly be safe without the government there to protect us.

I'm heading in to Teton and Yellowstone tomorrow, so we will see how pissed off anyone might get when I don't pay attention to their locked gates.

Sep 30, 2013 at 09:39 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · All National Parks Shutdown....

I need a little chainsaw. Do they have a tiny one?

Sep 30, 2013 at 09:44 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · All National Parks Shutdown....

Boner and Cruz owe me $20 for my park pass to Acadia not to mention the many grand my 401K is taking a hit for because the markets panicking.

Idiots!

Mike

Oct 01, 2013 at 04:06 AM

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