Lantley wrote:
In my area its hard to get a spot if you don't reserve a site 9-12 months in advance
Same here, at least for the WA State Parks we prefer to go to. To get a "choice" site, the max reserve time is 9 months, and it fills up fast if you are not on the site the moment it hits 7am on that 9 month lead day.. Sometimes, you have to reserve a few days ahead just to grab the site and then pay the cancel fee for the extra days you won't use...
Covid was only an issue for the first month of May 2020 where they did cancel our 9 month old reservation.. I made the best of it and went someplace else, but we have been able to do our normal 5-6 long weekend trips a year since.
We only go once a month during the summer, as it's expensive and still working, so there you go.. but those 4 day weekends once a month is nice! :)
Good luck! Mitch