Among the many casualties of the recent government shutdown were cancelled plans for visits to National Park Service areas. Now that parks have reopened, do you have plans for a trip that you'd put on hold due to the shutdown? If so, what are your park destinations"

The National Park Service has a serious image problem, part of it earned, and part of it manufactured, that it needs to address.

National parks across the country quickly began reopening Thursday in the wake of Congress' move to temporarily resolve the budget impasse and fund the federal government.

There is only one word to describe Zion National Park in the fall and that is, magical. Or, would it be majestic?