Visitors turned away as national park fills up in Utah
By Lucy Kafanov, Leslie Perrot and Marnie Hunter, CNN
Imagine traveling across the country to visit one of the most stunning national parks in the United States only to find it’s too crowded to get inside.
That’s what happened to Elise Brandenburg of Greenville, South Carolina, when she and her family arrived at Arches National Park in southeastern Utah in late June. She had her kids out the door by 7:30 a.m.
“We rolled in, and we just missed it by a couple of minutes. The park was closed,” Brandenburg said.