I lucked out with the timing of a sight seeing trip in Utah. Last week my wife and I visited five National Parks and two National Monuments in southern Utah during the week of September 21st.. The sights and hiking were spectacular. We got back home on on Saturday, September 28th. If I had planned this trip for this week (and I planned it many months ago) I would have had to cancel the trip and several cancellation fees for lodging and plane fare would have been to paid. I also might have been at risk of losing my week of vacation time, too.

I feel bad for anybody that had plans to visit or stay in any National Parks or National Monuments as well for the people that work or make a living near these places. This ridiculous situation is costing a lot of citizens a lot of time and money.