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melhow
Explorer
Sep 13, 2013

Federal Park Camping and Looming Government Shutdown

The family (10 of us with four sites total) and I have our annual 12-day trip planned for Elkmont in the Smokies beginning October 2. I am sweating the very real possibility of a government shutdown e...
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RoyB
Explorer II
Sep 13, 2013
If that happens it will mess up a bunch plans for all of those that love that high country area for the fall foliage.. We always tried to get down that way at the end of September and early October. The last couple of years however we have gone to the north Georgia state park area up on Lookout mtn Cloudland Canyon at the Trenton GA exit of I59. Don't think we are going anywhere this season due to our own sequestration issues.

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