So different now

Boondocking is the answer. Properly set up an RV is very comfortable without hooks. Fresh water and a dump are almost always available.

IB853347201 wrote:
One word. "Reservations!".

I interpreted his post to mean when he includes weekends in a reservation it doesn't work. But yeah, not clear.

Where are you camping that you can't find sites?

Over the last 7 months, we did a big circle from Michigan, to Utah, to California, to Texas, to Florida back to Michigan.

Only time we had a minor issue was around spring break in Florida, there was a week where we ran into a few parks that were booked out but even there is was just a minor hassle of calling around to find a place with vacancy.

In the snowbird areas, we got some great deals as all the Canadians are stuck in the north and the parks are half empty.

One word. "Reservations!"
Planning ahead relieves stress and frustration.

Learn to boondock, or, camp sans hookups. Most all new campers are totally reliant on hookups, so I'm thinking that's what you're running into.

I wish more campgrounds would realize that not *every* space has to be reservable. Leave some, 10 or so, open to FCFS. California state parks have no clue of this concept. Utah does pretty well at this.