While lawmakers wrestled with the issues behind the shutdown, Americans watched effects of the fight in Washington filter out into their lives.

How the Federal Government shutdown affects you depends on how you may need to use the Federal Government. We went to Sabino Canyon, which is Forest Service land and found it is open for the most part. Other things are closed but a lot of crucial services are still available.

The Sabino Canyon gift shop is closed but Canyon itself is open. A private contractor runs the Sabino Canyon shuttle so Tina Wagner was still able to ride it. Shes in town for a conference, happy to be able to see some Arizona scenery but unhappy with the state of our country.

The political division in our country just seems to get worse and worse. You can see that the park

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