
5 crazy shutdown side effects —
A man sorts golden king crab in Auke Bay in Juneau, Alaska, in March 2007. The partial government shutdown has left crab fleets in limbo without any federal employees to set rules and quotas for the fishing season. A delay of even a few days could be costly, a congresswoman from Washington state warned in a House speech last week.

5 crazy shutdown side effects —
Georgia and Keith Ormand stop to take a picture near the entrance to Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, on October 1. Traffic cones were put up for a short time at a pull-off where people could view the monument. Some said it was to deter tourists from stopping.

5 crazy shutdown side effects —
Austrian tourist Ryszard Skrzypek snaps a photo of his wife, Walendowska Malgorzata, close to the entrance to Grand Canyon National Park near Tusayan, Arizona, on Friday, October 4. Park officials have written citations for people trying to sneak into the park.

5 crazy shutdown side effects —
Tourists watch the Old Faithful geyser in the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming in June 2011. One tourist told a Massachusetts newspaper that National Park Service guards treated members of her tour group brusquely and told them not to "recreate" while taking pictures of bison.

5 crazy shutdown side effects —
Park maintenance worker Donna Curry tapes up a sign on October 1 notifying visitors the picnic facility in Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Boulder City, Nevada, is closed. A Nevada couple told CNN affiliate KTNV-TV they were kicked out of their cabin, which is on federal land.


