The northern half of the nation's oldest national park, which is marking its 150th anniversary this year, is expected to remain closed through the summer, if not longer.
“When you get tired and get pooped, it's OK to stop,” O'Brien said to Murter and Rogers, whose clothes, hands and faces were smeared with mud.
Only portions of the park that can be accessed along its"southern loop" of roads will be opened initially and access to the park's scenic backcountry will be for day hikers only. It will take much longer — possibly years — to fully restore two badly-damaged stretches of road that connect the park with Gardiner to the north and Cooke City to the northeast.
Meanwhile, outside of the population centers that border the park, there's a maze of damaged roads that have left remote areas isolated. A key bridge that leads to the town of Fishtail collapsed, causing traffic to divert through a single-lane county road. There are about 500 people in Fishtail. Johnson and his Malaysian wife Yokie took over the lease on a landmark 124-year-old Fishtail building earlier this year, transferring their restaurant from another part of the state. For Yokie, the business was a dream come true.
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