Strict schedule or flexible travel out west
We are somewhat new to longer term travel and have a couple of questions. We want to visit the southwest next early fall (aug. - oct.), and see National Parks plus general sights in the area. My wife...
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tpi wrote:
For some national park sites reservations are good idea. Even in fall I needed them in Zion Watchman campground. Mid winter not so much at Zion. I'd recommend them for popular campgrounds in Yosemite, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon during busier times. There may be other campgrounds in these parks available.
Enroute through the big country, I usually don't have reservations and have not needed them. I usually plan my stop around lunchtime and try to stop in mid afternoon.
X2 on the above. This has been our experience in the past, and our approach as we travel. One of the wonderful things about traveling when retired is that usually the commodity you have the most of is time. So, unless we're talking about a destination like Yellowstone, Tetons, etc, we make it a practice to look ahead over lunch, see what is coming up, decide how far we feel like driving that day, find a campground or two that matches up, and then call ahead to make sure they have a spot for us. It's kind of a half-way, day-at-a-time approach to reservations that works for us.
