The partial U.S. government shutdown has closed the gates to Alex Thevenin's place of business: the Grand Canyon.
Her family-owned Arizona Raft Adventures in Flagstaff, Arizona, lost $80,000 last week in income from a group excursion down the Colorado River that didn't happen. Thevenin's and five other small, whitewater businesses will lose almost $1 million because of canceled trips in the final few weeks of the 2013 rafting season, said John Dillon, executive director of the Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association in Flagstaff.
"We had a great year until Sept. 30," Dillon said.
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