National Park Alternatives
Just saw this on Yahoo, and thought I'd share some great places. ravel.yahoo.com/ideas/national-parks-closed--try-these-state-parks-and-local-attractions-instead-171136618.html
Forum Discussion
wxtoad wrote:
Monkey44 wrote: "The alternatives to overnight camping/Rv'ing in national parks for any length of time are very expensive."
I don't think that's necessarily true. There are lots of other types of public campgrounds available, ranging from state parks to city and county parks. State park costs, of course, vary from state to state, but there are some good deals out there.
Trying to find these alternatives? Try The Ultimate US Public Campground Project which lists over 18,400 publicly-owned camping facilities.
Ted H.
Yes, but not so easy to plan that kind of trip with short notice, and 3000 miles from home. Alternatives work well in the planning stage, but not when suddenly stuck (kicked out of NP) on a road like H-395 in CA. Very difficult to find something like that when traveling, even using the www.Allstays site, which is pretty good too.
We found a couple full, and a couple where we'd never stay even under these conditions. We ended up several nights in hotels -
It also depends on where you were when the shutdown occurred. We came out of the forest and had no clue because we had minimal ISP for that last week or so - suddenly, slam the gates and without even a good-bye.
