government shutdown | Yellowstone Treasures https://www.yellowstonetreasures.com Books by Granite Peak Publications Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:51:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.yellowstonetreasures.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-Granite-Peak-Publications-logo-32x32.png government shutdown | Yellowstone Treasures https://www.yellowstonetreasures.com 32 32 Yellowstone reopens https://www.yellowstonetreasures.com/2013/10/17/yellowstone-reopens/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yellowstone-reopens Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:54:55 +0000 http://www.yellowstonetreasures.com/?p=1310 In case anyone is looking for assurance that s/he can now visit Yellowstone for the Read more

The post Yellowstone reopens first appeared on Yellowstone Treasures.]]> In case anyone is looking for assurance that s/he can now visit Yellowstone for the tail end of its summer and fall season, I will pass on the official URL with details of what is and what is not open. Today all the national parks are allowed to restore their usual welcome to all visitors. Hooray!

http://www.nps.gov/yell/parknews/13091.htm

The post Yellowstone reopens first appeared on Yellowstone Treasures.]]> Saddest shut-down story yet https://www.yellowstonetreasures.com/2013/10/13/saddest-shut-down-story-yet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saddest-shut-down-story-yet Sun, 13 Oct 2013 16:01:08 +0000 http://www.yellowstonetreasures.com/?p=1281 Megan Wenk had planned her wedding for this month at beautiful Artist Point overlooking the Read more

The post Saddest shut-down story yet first appeared on Yellowstone Treasures.]]> Megan Wenk had planned her wedding for this month at beautiful Artist Point overlooking the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone Park. The rehearsal dinner was to be at Mammoth Hotel.

With the national parks all closed, she has had to change the venues where her guests from far and wide will stay and be entertained to sites north of the park.

Who is Megan Wenk? The daughter of Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk, who said, “It wasn’t appropriate for us to do it in the park. We’re no different from anybody else.”

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