it all comes down to when and where you want to camp.
if you do it off-season, during the week or in places that are not high demand areas, you can do it without reservations.
if you plan on camping at popular areas, on weekends or during the summer, you'll probably need to make reservations.
since we've camped in California, primarily and prefer state/national parks, we always make reservations, even though we don't camp in the summer or on weekends here.
it's that there aren't enough campsites in the state park system, for the numbers of residents and visitors to this state.
and we are setup to dry camp, since less than 1% of our SP campsites have any hookups.
