The future ..down the road ????

JCR-1 wrote:
If reservations continue to be the accepted practice for camping then the selected same shall remain the occupants year after year after year. Newbies will have little opportunities to find a campsite in the more chosen areas. Like having to be on a wait list for someone to cancel their time slot or rather their reservation to get a spot. Could take years as found in many boat marina slip scenarios. As RV ownership continues to escalate boondocking also will be more and more difficult as cities will stop allowing RV's to overnight inside city limits. Just don't see many new RV campgrounds going up?? Troubles ahead you think , price escalations as the supply continues to dwindle and phone reservation battles the first of every year.

give up on private parks, or camping in prime areas during peak season.

I know there's a nearby private park that accepts reservations, but not for specific sites. They have a large number of "premium" sites that are FHU on the water, and campers with seasonal reservations enter a lottery to get a waterfront site. don't win, you get stuck in the back 40 with the unwashed transient campers.

I enjoy camping in the off season. no hookups, no problem, I prefer it that way. -15 outside, great, means the park will be empty, I prefer it that way.

Turn that frown upside down :)