Government shut down killing our vacation!!!!

[Buffettphan]

Looks like our Shenendoah vacation might not happen ...
We were headed to luray va to do the Skyline drive and then to Gettysburg!!!!

Oh well

[Buzzcut1]

packed up and ready to leave in the morning for 3 days of Mt Biking and Fly Fishing in the Carson Pass Area of the Sierras. We will be boondocking as only the private campgrounds are open and those don't really interest us. Taking my medical gear as I will probably be the nearest help except for the scattered Cal Fire Stations.

[sleepy]

Well, Janet and I are on the road again... and will be for a month.... it's like starting over after 15 months.

As I said in my first post in this thread... go anyway, there is plenty to do.

Just ignore anything you can't change...

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There are plenty of beautiful state parks open in the east... and almost all have vacancies for people that have to have hook ups. Look for boondocking sites that won't break laws.

We talked to federal park rangers and Forest rangers yesterday and the day before as we followed US-27 north... The visitor centors and offices were locked... the 4 pm rule was in effect.

Something for you to think about... Most rangers live in houses provided as part of their jobs.

Meaning... they be living behind the the locked gates... obseving trespassers and vandilism. As citizens and as bonded law officers they still have arrest powers.

I would suggest that no one breaks any laws... including trespass.

I think that many of you will do some fantastic trip reports... on places that we'd never considered before.

Sleepy ( 1011)

[67avion]

I am very proud of the help being extended by members of this Forum. Frankly, its empowering in times like this.

[RWDIII]

sky_free wrote:
We are still at Lake Powell NRA camping at a primitive area. Rangers are coming by telling everyone we need to pack up and leave by 4PM tomorrow. We were planning to go to the Grand Canyon Friday night, and they said that will be closed as well. That is the only effect to our vacation, but it still stings a bit. Plans are made well in advance and we drove a long way to get here. May be years before we get to swing by again. Oh well.

Go to the west grand canyon near Kingman on the Res.
you can even walk out on the glass walkway over the canyon.Also check out Rt 66.

[Buzzcut1]

Supercharged wrote:

pappawheely wrote:
Search out state run parks, they are open.

Also private parks they have to work everyday.

There is nice dirt road on BLM land that goes out on the south rim to Supai from Kingman on the south rim...

[wnjj]

rdhetrick wrote:

Bedlam wrote:
When you have the manpower to enforce a blockade of an outdoor site, you are sending out a political statement instead of following the intent of the rule.

My thoughts exactly.

x3

[moparmaga2]

My last post got deleted, so I will not be political, just informational while still being vague.

I am currently in Moab, Ut.

There is unofficial access to the national parks (Arches, Canyonlands) around this area.


If you have a certain extremely popular 4x4 tow vehicle (hint, look in my signature), there may or may not be many many ways into these above mentioned parks.


I will say that Canyonlands park was beautiful today.

[Supercharged]

pappawheely wrote:
Search out state run parks, they are open.

Also private parks they have to work everyday.

[sky_free]

We are still at Lake Powell NRA camping at a primitive area. Rangers are coming by telling everyone we need to pack up and leave by 4PM tomorrow. We were planning to go to the Grand Canyon Friday night, and they said that will be closed as well. That is the only effect to our vacation, but it still stings a bit. Plans are made well in advance and we drove a long way to get here. May be years before we get to swing by again. Oh well.

[pappawheely]

Search out state run parks, they are open.

[rdhetrick]

Bedlam wrote:
When you have the manpower to enforce a blockade of an outdoor site, you are sending out a political statement instead of following the intent of the rule.

My thoughts exactly.

[Bedlam]

When you have the manpower to enforce a blockade of an outdoor site, you are sending out a political statement instead of following the intent of the rule.

[Jayco254]

The Arch and Old Courthouse in St. Louis are closed, locked up no admittance, but as I understand the grounds will still be open. Saw on the news this morning that campers in federal campgrounds have until 4:00 pm tomorrow to leave. I hope this don't last long, people that made arrangements ahead of time are going too have really messed up vacations. One of the local stations interviewed a couple that came from England to see the St. Louis Arch, they were very disappointed. I know people that work there that are very worried about their house payments, so it's not just vacationers, let's pray it ends soon.

[67avion]

D.E. Bishop wrote:
We received an Email from the GC Association today. The main road through the park will be open but all parking will be blocked. No stopping for photos or sights. No interprative personnel on duty but the Rangers will be present to enforce the laws.

I wonder if this is happening at other sites? Rather than just shut down the parks, people are barred. I suppose one could say that there might be damage or vandalism, but the note above indicates that "Rangers will be present to enforce the laws". It looks like its best to avoid the Federal sites altogether.