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SEQUOIA & KINGS CANYON, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — Days into a authorities shutdown, national services nationwide person been reduced - and that includes nationalist parks.
At Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, visitors volition instantly spot nary 1 astatine the introduction booths. The entranceway from Highway 198, eastbound of Visalia, was unfastened for anyone to walk done with nary request to wage to get in.
Visitors continued to arrive, with immoderate blessed to perceive they could skip the expense.
"That's perfect," 1 antheral told america arsenic we broke the quality to him.
Some, however, accidental escaped introduction feels a small strange.
"There's ever similar a $35, $40 interest oregon thing similar that. I mean, I conjecture I'll instrumentality it. But it conscionable feels a small weird due to the fact that I cognize the wealth is meant to sphere nationalist parks and all," said Chicago visitant Giovanni Cadena. "How is it going to beryllium preserved, you know?"
As good arsenic stopping astatine Sequoia and Kings Canyon, Cadena also plans to sojourn Yosemite National Park. He says helium is simply a small disquieted astir the effects of the shutdown connected indispensable services astatine the parks, including erstwhile quality calls.
"That's wherefore I brought a h2o bottle," helium laughed. "An bare h2o bottle!"
Thankfully, there's nary request to interest arsenic the National Park Service's contingency plan says services specified arsenic restrooms, sanitation, trash collection, roadworthy maintenance, and exigency services volition stay unfastened during the authorities shutdown, astatine slightest for now.
Meanwhile, immoderate favourite stops for those coming to the Sequoia and Kings Canyon, including visitant centers, museums, and the office for some parks stay shuttered. Some accidental they consciousness a small fto down.
"We are disappointed due to the fact that we truly wanted to person an informed hike with, you know, immoderate of the docents who enactment present and there's cipher here. It's inactive beauteous and we'll worker on, but it's disappointing," said Los Angeles nonmigratory Linda Benedetti, steps from the Congress Trail. "We tin convey Congress for that. For closing the Congress Trail."
