2gypsies wrote:
If you have an early check-out time... say 1pm and want to stay longer, many state parks have a day use area.
A 9 am check out time (which initiated this discussion) is
early but I wouldn't consider 1 pm as "early" or unreasonable. Personally, I prefer 2 pm but even 1 pm means we can still enjoy a full morning at the beach, return to our campsite for lunch, then strike camp and depart by the required check out time, especially if we do some of the prep for departure the night before. The idea posed by some of an extended check out time on Sun afternoons may seem attractive to weekenders but for those of us with flexible schedules who often
arrive on Sun afternoons this idea wouldn't work at all and in a publicly funded system like we have here in Ontario provincial parks just wouldn't sell. :(