RV Greetings!

Where did the year go! It seems like just yesterday we where planning for the 07 camping season.

And you better not wait to long to start booking for 2008! We have already run into issues getting a spot for the Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day. Now it is not uncommon to find a campground booked 6 months in advance for many non holiday summer weekends. I can't imagine there is a campground owner out there that could possibly complain about RV'ers spending a night in a Walmart Parking while passing through.

What happened to those adventurous spur of the moment days when you could hitch up or jump in the RV on a Friday afternoon, pick a direction, drive a few hours and stop when you come across a campground. Now we wait for the clock to turn midnight 6 or 9 months in advance so we can reserve a site on-line at the earliest date the reservation system will allow!

And it doesn't look like it is going to improve anytime soon. Rarely have I heard of anyone putting in a new campground, if anything you hear another bite the dust to a new home development. This is one area the RV industry better pay close attention to because eventually it will begin to turn off those less than die hard RV'ers and RV sales.

Well back to checking the clock, I have a reservation I need to make for October.

Bill (Warpath)