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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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Quartermoon
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Oct 04, 2013
Wavesprite wrote:
Quartermoon, they cancelled your reservation for 8 days from now and are returning your money?


Apparently. Not sure what happens to our reservation if G-men work it out before Oct 11th.

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