Thanks Tom. I'll forward that to the event planner, CEO, navigator, and DW. Hopefully she won't loose too much money at JR.
The last time we were in the Delta it was 90% vacant on the weekend.
Wavery:
The park that I volunteer at does not do that. And people don't call to cancel reservations, they just don't bother to show up.
I remember back when they didn't take reservations. People would go up Tuesday or Wednesday, set up a tent or whatever, and then go home until the weekend. Some people will always find a way to play the system
SeilerBird,
Where in California and how long ago?
We used to be able to go to Pigeon Point, and other beaches North of Santa Cruz, and back our trailer right up to the edge of the cliff and stay as long as we liked. It was just open beach access. That was closed off years ago and now you'll get a ticket for just stopping in that spot. It was good while it lasted but things have changed a lot. Same for many of the camps in the redwoods. Mid week during the off season maybe, or if it's actively raining and everybody stayed home you might get in but weekends? Forget it.
We love Seacliff State Beach, but we have not been able to get more than a two day mid week in the overflow lot reservation there in over a year.
Just for ducks I looked at the schedules for 3 of our favorite beach camps. All are 100% full for the rest of the month. I did not look any further out. I am not willing to 'take a chance' that I can be there at 7AM and get in. In our younger days we ended up in some pretty bad places that way. 'She' does boondocking only under duress and being put in an overflow lot, even one on the beach, just ain't going to cut it.
One place we ended up at was Pinto Lake Park in Watsonville. Nice little park on a lake. But the spaces are so narrow your neighbor can hear you snore and the lake is so toxic you can't touch the water. It's still better than some of the bad ones. We actually liked it there and have gotten to know the owner. She's a hoot. But keeping a Golden Retriever out of the toxic water is a full time job so we don't go there often.