Doing the Assateague State park dance!
I am sitting here doing the happy dance because I was able to finally snag one of the hard to get "electric" sites (loop H) for next year the week after Labor Day at Assateague. My only complaint is t...
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kfp673 wrote:
This post just reminded me of a soap box I like to get on once in a while. I love camping (RV'ing whatever, I still call it camping) but I must say that over the past few years I have really gotten frustrated with it. All of the "must see" places book a year in advance. The way my life and job work with travel, kids activities, etc. I can't even begin to think about next summer. We are happy if we can book 2 or 3 weeks out. We love to just watch the weather and head out for the weekend at the last minute instead of always planning but this has become very difficult. Pipe dream I know, but I wish there were more campsites available at some of these locations. I would love to camp on Assateague but it is very unlikely for many years. I just looked and there is not a single day available for all of next summer and we would love to take our kids there. Frustrating! Maybe we will have to go back to tent camping like when I was a kid. When I was growing up all PA state parks were first come first serve. We would roll in with our tents, pick a site, and setup. Now it's a stressful race a year in advance just to get a site.
OK, back to your regularly scheduled program
Just an FYI..the sites that fill up a year in advance are the few (38 I believe) sites available with electric only. There are very many sites without hookups available right up to the date needed (though weekends may be harder). I know down in Florida the state parks are pretty much the same way, a year in advance and people need to sit at their computers on a particular day a year in advance to get a chance at a site. Assateague is one of only two parks which we reserve a year in advance. Our other one is a local one, just a few miles away from our home. Seashore Campsites in Cape May, a great place for quick getaways with the grandkids. While it is a real pain trying to plan a year in advance for these parks, we enjoy them so much that it is worth the hassle. Otherwise we just go with the flow and just go with what is available. We do make sure we try to visit at least one new CG per year.
