Government shut down killing our vacation!!!!

Photomike wrote:
I was wondering how this would effect the US parks.

IN my warped mind I was thinking if the US government is shut down I should go to a park and claim it as mine as it has been abandoned (yah I need help) :-)

According to what we hear, the parks will be closed. We're in Moab, Utah and planned on going to Canyonlands today. We'll give it a try.....don't need a ranger or visitor center. However, they may have closed the gate. :( I feel for the locals here!!!!! If the 1000s of people that are here leave, the town itself will suffer.....NOT the government!