Todd Lake campground closed in George Washington National Park

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5f_mTrT6F2MX4CEvMbZz2dFs8O1JTPzTwSxGWJTR54FG2ZTmI4f4ixq6_HNubr-FQriudjkmtQUqbOj-hEIIY4nMjFvJFhImrHNeBPuxKfi99KtcnMEFyrSgCafDoakyF8NX9z43uqCbt/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5f_mTrT6F2MX4CEvMbZz2dFs8O1JTPzTwSxGWJTR54FG2ZTmI4f4ixq6_HNubr-FQriudjkmtQUqbOj-hEIIY4nMjFvJFhImrHNeBPuxKfi99KtcnMEFyrSgCafDoakyF8NX9z43uqCbt/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The locked gate blocked access to Todd Lake and the campground. A signed said, "CLOSED. Due to a lapse in federal government funding, this facility is closed." The nasty word is covered in the hand-written message someone left on the sign.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYX3rxjteayzS75J86UIOfJE8b9XVn4vj68PPe04eWsoElA9KPnrPHQ0wF4UhZSE3mTWHWVF6JWZcmBIt-X6yRZ6gweW5addlUA1kAg-yNP0Rd4w0DC7xQERdXVSPQsZfeNR9eigIZvjO/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYX3rxjteayzS75J86UIOfJE8b9XVn4vj68PPe04eWsoElA9KPnrPHQ0wF4UhZSE3mTWHWVF6JWZcmBIt-X6yRZ6gweW5addlUA1kAg-yNP0Rd4w0DC7xQERdXVSPQsZfeNR9eigIZvjO/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Campers were set up in the forest including a group of horse owners with camp trailers and tents.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-Kth-l4KcXc9Vv1zUJ1CHMsfA4t6e0lICJU97_xrK1bXg2lzdzdxLl5XkAl-2p2qG-GQR46NMf6Wsck5cfqMoX_2dGxipjKfVBMkZF_qudqmGzzixaw5rImSXZh_Uigo7Lp6mf2AidWn/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-Kth-l4KcXc9Vv1zUJ1CHMsfA4t6e0lICJU97_xrK1bXg2lzdzdxLl5XkAl-2p2qG-GQR46NMf6Wsck5cfqMoX_2dGxipjKfVBMkZF_qudqmGzzixaw5rImSXZh_Uigo7Lp6mf2AidWn/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Early color can be seen in trees surrounding Todd Lake. Access to the beach area was closed. We often picnicked, cooked out, met up with friends, and swam here when our children were young.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrSRyvgoEPNxJnSxaXXmETUWCbT5L0-IiO3Ru8bVbZLQSKv20U4LL46CVY8zaODqTr4UmtNmB_G_Vgzm0MRo3NPv5iO6AomVKkwelfF50WY2_9DKgYlvE7p4-1ROuJHgbo8FhwAvE3iAo/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrSRyvgoEPNxJnSxaXXmETUWCbT5L0-IiO3Ru8bVbZLQSKv20U4LL46CVY8zaODqTr4UmtNmB_G_Vgzm0MRo3NPv5iO6AomVKkwelfF50WY2_9DKgYlvE7p4-1ROuJHgbo8FhwAvE3iAo/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbmFpbYlV6EOOZLzzmpSGbPMyqOULnKE5MMa0wjizrUIvvik4wjNlXT7-ZNgM4jT5VL7le6p4jpLSsL6cZP8DcSp2GTKKTR7MFyd5gw7x01N_D_u0N65TyztHfBT_hS7psfH8tv8o-pet/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbmFpbYlV6EOOZLzzmpSGbPMyqOULnKE5MMa0wjizrUIvvik4wjNlXT7-ZNgM4jT5VL7le6p4jpLSsL6cZP8DcSp2GTKKTR7MFyd5gw7x01N_D_u0N65TyztHfBT_hS7psfH8tv8o-pet/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzn2PvwkLLtsQhwnmj7-eI-toCredE27C0d4BLsG1Z8txPq_-C51vRpnsXaeY315iprv8XZYsJPSimu8jQZG85nyGwf5kYcjW8KSwF0p3AYXYdtAe0l6b31ymIV-dXXPLa2A_dqJH6Si8N/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzn2PvwkLLtsQhwnmj7-eI-toCredE27C0d4BLsG1Z8txPq_-C51vRpnsXaeY315iprv8XZYsJPSimu8jQZG85nyGwf5kYcjW8KSwF0p3AYXYdtAe0l6b31ymIV-dXXPLa2A_dqJH6Si8N/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few hikers took advantage of the cool fall day.</div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />October 9, 2013

Todd Lake campground closed in George Washington National Park

The locked gate blocked access to Todd Lake and the campground. A signed said, "CLOSED. Due to a lapse in federal government funding, t...

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