azdryheat wrote:
First come - first served is a terrible way to operate a campground. If I'm gonna drive all day I want some assurance I will have a place to park at the end of the day.
Thinking you’ll be able to get a site after 1PM is about the same as getting one on Friday. Last week we made sure we were west of Denver on Wednesday so we could get to our first choice, no reservations USFS CG Thursday morning before 9AM. Snagged the only site big enough for our 45’. If we’d arrived at 11 it would have been gone and the CG was full until Sunday afternoon. If we’d not gotten in, there was dispersed camping close by that checked out.
Arrived at our favorite USFS no reservation CG in the Tetons later than planned, (yesterday, Sunday at 2PM) as the Military Vehicle Museum in Dubois was closed for the 4th. Unlike last summer the overflow area only had 3 rigs and we were able to get one of the new added sites. If we’d arrived this morning we could have gotten into our favorite, long site, with good Sat reception. We liked this new site well enough that we are staying put.
I’m glad many think they need reservations and FHUs, freeing up sites for those of us that prefer to wing it…. helps to be self contained.
