I've mentioned that Matt and I are heading out on vacation next week (still looking for guest bloggers--you all aren't exactly beating my door down). It dawned on us last night that we're arriving on the Oregon coast Friday afternoon, not traditionally a good time to just waltz into a campground and think you're going to get a site.
We ended up at Reserve America, a national reservation system that rents out campsites for numerous states' parks, Forest Service and National Park Service sites. We reserved nights from Friday through Sunday of next week at two different Oregon State Parks and a California State Park. Ho. Lee. Cow. Can you believe we paid $77 for three nights?!
The reservation system charges a fee in addition to your campsite fee. For the Oregon sites it was $6.00 and the California site was $7.50. Each campsite ran between $17 and $23 per night. Camping. In a tent. No valet parking, no continental breakfast, (no phone, no pool, no pets, as the song goes).
Still, I guess it's worth it to have the peace of mind knowing that we will be waltzing into a popular campground on Friday night and will have a spot waiting for us.