Yeah, we felt pretty good when we were camping in the desert as there were few people around, but it was a little unnerving being out on the road not knowing what would be shut down next. We would call ahead to National Monuments and such. The answer that we usually got was that 'we are presently open, but that could change in a minute'. The Navajo Nation went into shut down while we were in the Navajo Nation, though it was unclear what that really meant. We were refused a camping spot at a private campground because we were car camping. It seemed strange, but then I figured it was because we did not have a self contained bathroom even though we were right beside an outhouse.