Today turned out to be a day for loafing although is was not shown on our agenda if we actually had an agenda. I did some research on places we wanted to make reservations in July because the summer months are a time when reservations are problematic because everybody vacations in the summer, specifically the middle of June to the time school fires up again in September. Holiday weekends are really tough and are right out unless you reserve about 3 months in advance.
There are some alternatives to making timely reservations. Poor planners may be able to find a place to park their oversized camping vehicles in most Wal-Mart stores if the facility manager says it is okay. Casinos also frequently allow the poorly prepared to park in their parking lots as long as you are going to patronize the casino to leave them some of your hard-earned dollars. Unfortunately, we are not the type of people that enjoy snoozing in Wal-Mart lots or being unable to sleep due to the nature of casino operations while parked in their ample parking facilities. These restrictions compel us to be a little more forward thinking in our arrangements although we really hate having to schedule anything. Being responsible on this issue tends to really limit our ability to go wherever we want whenever we want to but it does certainly improve the location of our accommodations.
Through extensive research today, I have found that RVers do not go anywhere in Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine because they do not have very many places to pull in with a coach or fifth-wheel trailer like our Barbarian Invader model. I was able to find some sites in the parts of these states that I have no desire to visit but have much more research to perform before failing and electing to disregard these nice New England destinations. Perhaps I will find something in the future but I’m not holding my breath. If I was smarter, I might be able to find someone else to do this mundane work for us but I doubt it.