Things are different these days.
E.g. http://wamu.org/news..._popular_va_trail
In Virginia, government workers who have free time are hitting the Mount Vernon Trail. There's only one problem  it's closed because of the federal government shutdown.
Yesterday National Park Service officials started to shuttering federal facilities across the country, including many local parks, memorials and monuments  none of which are in short supply in and around the nation's capital.
At the Belle Haven Marina, a steady stream of cars pulled up to the parking lot of a park along the Mount Vernon Trail only to learn the parking lot  and the park, and the trail itself  are all closed because of the government shutdown.
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FWIW.
Cheers,
Scott.