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melhow
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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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Mich_F
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Oct 01, 2013
Oakman wrote:
Mich F wrote:
Ray552 wrote:



All Corp of Engineers and other federal parks campsites are closed as is the reserve America site.


The Reserve America site is still working. At least it is on my computer.


Yes, the other poster probably meant the Recreation.Gov website is temporarily closed. The Reserve America website is still up and running.


No, he's posted numerous times on at least three different threads that Reserve America is shut down. :h

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