Where are all of the snowbirds?

....all the commercial parks around us (3 of them, with close to 1000 sites combined) jam packed. Forget about getting into a State park (unless you want just 1 night). This, in extreme northeast Florida, where temps are not exactly tropical, but consistently above 50 to 60F...most of the commercial parks near us charge in excess of $90 + taxes per night !

....we have been in North Florida since the end of November. All the State Parks in our region are quite solidly booked. Its almost impossible to get more than 1 night in a row (have to be extremely lucky). We are heading over to Anastasia State Park in a couple of hours to take another look....

Our local KOA looks quite solidly booked, too. That, since before Christmas.

Parks in the RGV (Rio Grande Valley of Texas) appear to be less full every year for the last ten. Aged group is not being replenished by young. Five years ago there were three sold out Saturday night dances within five miles of Alamo, Texas. Now there is one. Younger people dance. Older stay in the Midwest and have foot surgery. The way the world works.

samsontdog wrote:
There are a lot of Snowbirds here in Yuma !!

Did Yuma once but my son said Yuma sucks come to Tuscon did that as that was where he lived .... finally my son after 28 years in Tuscon said I moving back to Michigan ... why did I leave.
Not to worry we do hang now in Florida in the winter. All southern states are good for those cold months but the rich forests and lakes of the north is prime time for the other 7 months...... just saying been there done that...... often

samsontdog, you are on the money. Grocery stores, restaurants, you name it busy, busy! And thankfully many of north of the border folks are back.

There are a lot of Snowbirds here in Yuma !!

We did our normal route in Nov. not hardly anyone at the casinos no matter where we where. Sams town in Tunica was exceptionally bad on a tuedays afternoon there wasn't 40 cars in their parking lot.
We have been in Florida and our park which is one in high demand is almost 90% full. What we do see is there are but a few at bingo and other popular games. Xmas and other normally full park supplied dinner have but a few in the hall most seemed to just pick it up and take it home.

We don't socialize with but a few trusted folks that have been vaccinated. Pretty quiet but when you pay the money in Feb for the next year you don't want to stay in the snow so you come here and hunker down. It's the way it is in today's world. To many morons out there that are still helping the spread.
We love to RV and today it just isn't as much fun, less people, less socializing and more caution.

I posted a gripe under Campingworld RV Sales. My post was eventually hijacked by two individuals who decided to have an argument not at all related to my post.
People come to this forum looking for information, or to vent, but there is ALWAYS someone who has to be a jackass with their sarcasm.
I come here infrequently now as a result.

Because of reports of others (early December) going, and we’re not asked, we waited because of the desire to have Christmas with our kids and grandkids.
So we tried on the 31st and were turned back. Officers blamed their president.

pawatt wrote:
I see a lot of snowbirds on Facebook groups.

Thankfully an addiction I have avoided. But RV Village has all sorts of posts about people arriving somewhere, usually with bad photos. Very little info otherwise. These forums tend to requests for help and posts from people who have done something.
Travelogs have mostly migrated to blogs.