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10-12-2013, 03:50 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Spruce Grove
Posts: 155
M.O.C. #13738
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Is the shutdown affecting your plans?
We leave on oct 19th for Arizona and were planning to go directly to the imperial Dam LTVA in Arizona. Now, who knows where we will go. Anyone else had to change things around?
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10-12-2013, 04:44 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
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Interestingly enough, we're working at the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge this winter (just north of there). They've told us to come and wait. No one can work, but if they run off the work campers we can just go elsewhere and when the shut down is over there'd be no one to work, so for us it's hurry up and wait.
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10-12-2013, 06:24 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Spruce Grove
Posts: 155
M.O.C. #13738
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Dick and Joyce;at least you can go there. They would be silly to "run you off "as you say. Hopefully the gov will stop this madness soon 
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10-12-2013, 12:05 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
M.O.C. #11455
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Agreed, the National park system alone is losing over $750,000 per day in fees they will never be able to recoup.
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2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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10-12-2013, 12:22 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 3,335
M.O.C. #10496
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Wish that was my only concern. The US Senate STILL hasn't passed legislation which was approved unanamously by the house to give us federal employees back pay. Meanwhile, they collect THEIR paychecks.
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10-12-2013, 12:51 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Northport
Posts: 439
M.O.C. #12726
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Just doesn't ale sense.
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10-12-2013, 12:52 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Northport
Posts: 439
M.O.C. #12726
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Make not ale. I hate these spellchecks.
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10-12-2013, 05:34 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location:
Posts: 310
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Affecting my wallet! War Eagle craft extravaganza in Arkansas next week is attended by my wife and several other friends of hers. I and two other husbands normally stay at Prairie Creek COE campground for $10 a night. They are now closed and have refunded my deposit. The husbands are now staying at a private camp ground for about 3 times that much while all the wives are staying at Embassy Suites. Something wrong with this picture.
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10-12-2013, 05:58 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Rock Island
Posts: 1,074
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Yes, we have had to change things around. Had planned to trike Cades Cove 11 mile loop in the Smokies on Wednesday, but all blocked off. I'll bet we will see other changes in 2014 and 2016.
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10-13-2013, 03:31 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Recumbent
Yes, we have had to change things around. Had planned to trike Cades Cove 11 mile loop in the Smokies on Wednesday, but all blocked off. I'll bet we will see other changes in 2014 and 2016.
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Yes, that's the really sad part. We haven't begun to see the damage loss of revenue and maintenance will result in down the road. You know Congress won't replace missing funds and manpower whenever they stop doing the damage.
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10-13-2013, 04:40 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Belvidere
Posts: 1,834
M.O.C. #185
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Affecting my mental state as I am so disgusted with the whole environment. Can't say anymore as I'll offend someone or my post will be deleted.
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10-13-2013, 04:53 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 3,335
M.O.C. #10496
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I don't like the idea of being locked out of facilities, parks, memorials, etc. that belong to every one of us (we the people). It also makes villains out of the good guys (park rangers, federal officers, etc.) IMHO
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10-13-2013, 07:22 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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is not affecting our travel plans as we do not normally camp at any affected facilities. Of course both of us being retired and on SS not being paid in November would be a bad thing. That's life...Nothing I can do about what is going on
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10-13-2013, 07:55 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Bella Vista
Posts: 472
M.O.C. #12223
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Neil.M
Affecting my wallet! War Eagle craft extravaganza in Arkansas next week is attended by my wife and several other friends of hers. I and two other husbands normally stay at Prairie Creek COE campground for $10 a night. They are now closed and have refunded my deposit. The husbands are now staying at a private camp ground for about 3 times that much while all the wives are staying at Embassy Suites. Something wrong with this picture.
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The DW drug me to that craft show last year, (and about 3 others in that same area). It was "NUTS". Where do all the people come from?
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10-13-2013, 10:09 AM
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New Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Sioux Falls
Posts: 6
M.O.C. #11754
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We are currently at J Strom Thurmond COE - Petersburg campground. It is open until the 21st. Apparently there is outside funding through the timber industry to keep it open. Weekend was busy but have the place to ourselves now
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10-13-2013, 07:46 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location:
Posts: 310
M.O.C. #12816
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Flymutt, My DW's group have 4 from KC and 4 from Wichita. The husbands stay at a campground miles away from that mess. DW says husbands just get in the way there and should be banned---fine with me. The husbands are all retired from the same police dept. I retired from, so we just sit around with adult beverages and swap lies with each other.
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10-13-2013, 08:29 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Shore
Posts: 6,009
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It hasn’t affected our plans any. I guess you would have to be doing a lot of camping for it to be affected. We’ve only been out three times this season but we do have one more weekend planned. I guess the new to us S&B has taken up the slack. After being in one house for 31 years it’s somewhat exciting making such a change.
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10-14-2013, 02:20 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
M.O.C. #11455
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[quote] Originally posted by Bill-N-Donna
It hasn’t affected our plans any. I guess you would have to be doing a lot of camping for it to be affected. We’ve only been out three times this season but we do have one more weekend planned. I guess the new to us S&B has taken up the slack. After being in one house for 31 years it’s somewhat exciting making such a change.
Just wondering, where did you guys retire from?
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2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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10-14-2013, 02:25 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Friendship, Maine
Posts: 483
M.O.C. #6338
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Well Yes!
After the Rally we went to Mammoth Cave NP - Closed. Had reservations at North Fork NP - Closed and they refunded.
Had reservations at a private campground in the Smokey Mountains - Of course closed. I wouldn't have canceled that reservation but had to due to a Medical Emergencey in the family. Campground didn't believe us and has not refunded our $300 in advanced reservation as of yet.
It's their peek season so probably will not.
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10-14-2013, 12:53 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Livermore
Posts: 5,146
M.O.C. #1920
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We took an additional three weeks to see Washington DC, where we met 41 years ago. Most everything closed including armed security at the Lincoln Memorial. Next, down through the Outer Banks, NPS things closed. Currently at Pennsacola, Florida. Blue Angels, all military museums closed. Back to the mountain and hunker down until this thing ends.
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