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(Tom Wharton | The Salt Lake Tribune) Most national parks have closed their campgrounds. Zion National Park was no exception. (Tom Wharton | The Salt Lake Tribune) A mostly empty parking lot at the Zion National Park Visitor Center is a rare site, but... (Tom Wharton | The Salt Lake Tribune) Though the Zion National Park visitor center wasn't open, visitors could read interpret... (Tom Wharton | The Salt Lake Tribune) Signs such as this one were posted on most of the Zion National Park restrooms. Park se... (Tom Wharton | The Salt Lake Tribune) A mostly empty parking lot at the Zion National Park visitor center is a rare site, but... (Tom Wharton | The Salt Lake Tribune) One of the few National Park Service employees to be seen at Zion on Sunday was a worke... (Tom Wharton | The Salt Lake Tribune) The rocking chairs in front of the Zion National Park Lodge were empty Sunday morning, ... (Tom Wharton | The Salt Lake Tribune) The grounds in front of the Zion National Park Lodge were mostly empty Sunday on the se... (Tom Wharton | The Salt Lake Tribune) Though the Zion National Park Lodge remains open during the government shutdown, it was...