Zion National Park Is Open!

Above, Zion National Park.  Photo by Mary Vaquer.

Twitchy is reporting that Zion National Park is now open and, it's a free day!

As Twitchy reported, Utah’s Zion National Park was the site of one of the first “Occupy America” protests, with hikers scaling the fence in defiance of the government’s shutdown of national parks. The Salt Lake Tribune’s Jim Dalrymple today reports that the park is again open, with Gov. Gary Herbert striking a deal to loan the federal government the money to keep several parks open for 10 days.

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