For as long as we've been camping (only since 2002) we've had to make reservations pretty far in advance. That's because we are summer weekend campers with a fairly large trailer (34') who live near a big city. There's no way we can traipse to the local state park on Friday evening and get a space. When we go to Fort Wilderness at WDW, it's during spring break, so we need ressies way in advance. I found I couldn't find a space at my campground of choice for a week in Myrtle Beach this summer because I only called 6 months in advance. But that's all I've known since we started camping. If you work full time and have kids in school (and in activities during spring and fall weekends) so that the times you can camp are limited, you learn pretty fast to make reservations WAY in advance. I make my WI state park ressies 11 months in advance, my COE ressies 8 months in advance, my MI and IN state park reservations 6 months in advance - and I don't expect that to change. Spontaneity is not part of our camping experience.
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