This may not be a bad thing; I was there last year during the gvmnt shutdown
and the NP was really empty of people. I stayed at Terlingua (stone throw
from the southern entrance) and had the whole place to myself (well almost!).
No traffic, no backups, almost no one on the hiking trails..........etc.
They did not block the entrances, so you could drive into the park as normal.
I saw some people on the primitive sites along River? Road.
Gerry