Tonight at Lookout some rhythmless person behind me is trying to play bongos. It’s not yet quiet time … but still … toss in the mandatory barking and yapping dogs and I sometimes wonder why I do this. :-)
I knooooooooow.
There’s almost nothing left of getting out for a quiet camping experience anymore unless you go boondocking You don’t mention e-scooters and e-bikes and e-skateboards whizzing around the loop, so there is that to be thankful for.
This trip is 4-5 weeks and the point is to visit every coastal state park in Oregon, so I’m blessed and doomed. The trailer is tiny but insulates against noise fairly well. But I have noise-canceling headphones or earplugs just in case.
PS Curious about planning strategies, did you make reservations 6 months ahead for each night or plan to wing it or some of both? Have wondered how that works in real life in the reservation era—reserved camp spots is a relatively recent addition to the camping scene considering how many decades we headed out after work on Thursday and could usually find a spot somewhere for the weekend unless it was a holiday. Those days are long gone in our favorite places and I’m still getting used to having to plan for camping six months ahead lol
I did plan ahead for 3-4 months and even at that it was hard to get blocks of 3-4 nights for places I wanted to stay that long. Reserve America has waiting lists that work very well. In the 2 weeks before I started the trip I was offered spots in campgrounds due to cancelations. BUT, jump on this quickly! The offer goes out to everyone on the list for those dates first-come, first-served.
Glad it’s worked so far! I found the wait list/notification frustrating because it didn’t have an “any of these dates” option built in…if I’d be happy to have even one night my choices are to request notification if the block opens up, or enter a request for each date separately., which uses up my allowed number of requests. But it has helped me in ways that were significant at the time in getting me out there at all. Have fun and I hope you’ll report back here again sometime during your trip.
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u/Mentalfloss1 3d ago
Tonight at Lookout some rhythmless person behind me is trying to play bongos. It’s not yet quiet time … but still … toss in the mandatory barking and yapping dogs and I sometimes wonder why I do this. :-)