Sitting down here in the Middle of Tennessee, near numerous campgrounds, State and Army Corps with an hours drive. If you want a camping spot near a lake, you had better be ready at the stroke of Midnight when the date/range is available. We book in January and February for a spot in July at an Army Corps. Since the DW is now retired, we are more flexible...Sunday to Friday. Heading out tomorrow for a campground not 20 miles away, found one spot available that we like and have been too before. We have reservations made for next July at a Georgia State Park to be sure we get one for the week of July 4th. We have been lucky so far in our camping experiences, I guess. Most of our campgrounds have a sign up, No Alcoholic Beverages. I seen a ranger confront a camper because he was blatantly displaying a bottle of beer while sitting outside. There is a reason for the red Solo cups. I can't stand the rowdy campers either...no respect for others. Camping one time and a group was setting up their campsite across from us, we could tell it was not going to be a good night. A miracle happened from above..a lightning bolt hit about 50 yards away. In just a few minutes that camping spot was completely empty, the only drawback was it kicked off several power pedestals. Yes, the camping scene has changed so much, many state parks have not been updated for the growth. Many of our state parks here have been updated and many are in the process depending on the budget. On the original post...write an email to your parks commissioner and see what their response is, if they are doing their job they should see what the problem is and try to change things for the best. When I am at a state campground I try to talk to any ranger or campground host that I can...good comments or bad. On the charging for out of state campers, this is not to encouraging for the tourism.