Since we primarily camp on the West Coast, we always made reservations.
Too few campsites for too many people.
We're currently on our first long trip since retiring. Started in March and will be back in May.
Thought we could "wing" it, without reservations, since was not even close to summer.
What we found was Spring Break now runs from March through May, due to schools staggering the times.
So everything coastal was totally booked up.
Even some private parks were somewhat upset that we wanted a site without reservations. One had a guard that wouldn't let us in since we hadn't reserved anything. Another told us that we could only choose from a pool of 5 campsites, since we didn't reserve.
So we had to piece together places to stay, with us having to pick up and move numerous times.
Just to stay for 10 days in the San Diego area, in April, we have to move to 3 different campgrounds. And at one we have to move twice.
So next year we'll definitely make reservations.
We naively thought we could travel this time of the year, without reservations.
Boy, we're we wrong.
Of course, if we went more inland, away from popular areas, reservations wouldn't be necessary.
We're currently in Palm Springs and had no issues getting a site without reservations.
But we're 150 miles inland.
