MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — At the landmark Cascade Lodge on Lake Superior, owner Michael O’Phelan was hopping this past week, getting ready for a full house of guests eager to enjoy the beauty of the North Shore on a long holiday weekend.

But O’Phelan wasn’t too busy to heap scorn on state politicians who couldn’t agree on a budget in time to prevent a government shutdown.

“I’m just absolutely livid that these representatives and senators and the governor can’t figure this out,” O’Phelan said. “It’s time to step up to the plate and do what they need to do.”

The shutdown that began Friday closed nearby Cascade River State Park, a development that O’Phelan feared would knock down traffic to his restaurant from park campers. A brief shutdown won’t be a big deal, but O’Phelan worries about a longer-lasting impasse.

Experts do, too. They say an extended shutdown won’t send the state back into a recession, but would have ripple effects statewide both predictable and unforeseen.