Three squalling children moved in next door at Big Lagoon. Intending to move north but curious about availability at Sue-Meg State Park, we drove the four miles south. It was, of course, full and likely had been for months. Reservations can be made six months in advance and I've heard of people staying awake to reserve sites at a minute past midnight on the day reservations become available.
Nonetheless, we called to inquire about the availability of first-come-first-serve sites of which there were rumored to be a few. We were told they're held out of circulation for those times when someone needed to be moved from the site they were in.
At another park, we were invited to join a line that would, at 2 pm, have doled out any open sites. It was around 12:30 and if we went now, we'd be at the head of the line. We opted out.
Palmer's Point
As evening came on, we began the search for our next spot. It being a Friday didn't help. I was in the process of giving my credit card info for a $313.00 one-room cabin at Emerald Forest RV Park & Cabins, when She remembered there was R.V. parking at Che-ae casino. Truck-campers and SUVs don't qualify as R.V.s, but after reassuring them we're "self-contained," they made an exception. $20.00 for a place at the edge of a parking lot with a view of the ocean. We hope never to have to do it again.
