Why do They Do this???
When I pull into a campsite and want to know how shady it is (or not), I don't give a FLIP if the tables in the shade. Or the tent pad. I want to know if the DRIVEWAY's in the shade? You know, where I...
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loulou57 wrote:
So from reading these posts, the state parks do not have a website like our provincial parks where you actually choose your site by viewing photos of it online with all the information on the park?
When you go to a state park you either drive around and find one that suits or you take what is given to you?
In Texas, This is correct. There are NO site-specific reservations. You get a ressie for a "primitive tent site, 20/30 amp water/electric, 50 amp water/electric/sewer," etc. Then when you get to the park, the Ranger looks up what type site you reserved, pulls out a CG map, and circles what sites are available in your site type. Then you pick from the circled sites. You are at the mercy of what that Ranger "knows" about the sites and/or what their "cheat sheet" says about the sites, if you've never been there before.
They don't offer to let you drive around & just find a suitable site. At a FEW parks (NOT the busy, popular ones) I've been told if I see a site I like better, just call them back (iffy as at about 1/2 the parks cell phone service is spotty) or go BACK to the office & tell them & switch.
