We were told once, in what was clearly another era of travel that having an RV meant you could just decide in the morning which way the wind or your whim might take you. Well today that might find you parked along side a road hoping no one bothers you. Reservations for Florida State Parks are 11 months in advance and it is not easy to get into most of them over much of the year. When we made reservations for Yosemite a few years ago 425 campsites were gone in 11 seconds. SECONDS. So you can just bop a long, and we do sometimes, but not without some sense that it is an okay thing to do at that location at that time of year. If you want a busy campground, national park, state park or near any ocean, plan ahead.

Here is our travel plan done on software called RV Trip Wizard. There are six pages here covering 117 days with 54 stops and 7700 miles between those stops not counting travel at locations. Are you still flexible? Somewhat. We have a small number of unplanned days, we have several Harvest Hosts and they can be changed easily and with no fee, most parks you can also cancel within time frames. So, yes, we do have some options and likely will not hit all of these as planned. But Big Bend, Zion, Arches and many more we will keep or lose the opportunity. Trying to visit and photograph the 400+ National Park Units means planning or an unlimited budget. Hmmmm..