TX.JamesGang wrote:
was (naively) thinking we could just drive, stop when we feel like it, stay couple days and move on to the next place but how do you have any type of 'freedom' in an RV if all the RV spots are booked up months in advance?
Advice?
We have been doing it since February. I have reserved ahead of time twice since then - both times we knew where we 'had' to be and it was on a weekend. If you use Sunday and Wednesday or Monday and Thursday (if moving twice per week), it is pretty easy to get walk in sites. Most places are only full on the weekends. This summer we 'walked in' to sites in Custer, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Flaming Gorge, and Dinosaur National. And those are just the big ones. Many state parks also have unreservable sites available, some with power and water.
I think your biggest problem is requiring hook-ups. But, we haven't found it difficult to stay in commercial parks with FHU as a walk in so far. In fact, they seem to be more empty on week days than the state and federal parks.
So far, the only place we have passed onis Moab. We could have had a site in a commercial park (1/2 price PA rates, even!) but could not get into Dead Horse Point or Arches at all. We skipped it and stayed at a commercial park (1/2 price PA rate!) near Bryce.
You just need to be really flexible and willing to use an app or website to see what is near where you are going. We use Passport America and USCampgrounds.info.
Good luck!
