SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — One Utah family travelled across the country, only to find out that some beloved tourist attractions have been affected by the government shutdown.

Yesterday, Congress failed to agree on funding legislation, leading to a nation-wide government shutdown. As a result, millions of federal employees may go without pay and some national parks face temporary closures.

One Utah family experienced the government shutdown firsthand after travelling to the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, only to realize it was closed. One of our fellow ABC stations, WTVC NewsChannel 9, spoke with this family.

"It's about a four-day drive so it's a couple thousand miles," Dale Sellers, who was traveling from Utah, said. His family arrived at the Visitor C

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