2gypsies wrote:
temccarthy1 wrote:
I am of a different philosophy-- Plan way out in advance and make the trip the best experience we can.
We full-timed and traveled constantly for 16 years. If we would have had to make reservations we would have never done it. We, too, stay at public parks - national, national forests, etc. We've never had a problem getting a site, Yellowstone, Glacier, Grand Canyon, etc. - even the whole summer in Alaska.
I'm curious... what would you do if on day 3 you had a breakdown or an illness? How would you catch up with your future reservations?
You may have done that back in the day.. but in the last 5 years that has changed.. You can't pull off State and National Parks without reservations unless in a remote area.. We are not going to remote areas.. we are traveling to major destinations.. and advance planning makes it successful. If we have a breakdown, we will make calls and change things around.. But in 35 years of camping, that has never happened... guess we are just lucky!
