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The increased demand makes `walk-ups` a logistical headache for workers (volunteers) on the ground. If there are X amount of campsites available as first-come-first-served, the campground host then has to spend time turning away people all day when those spots get filled by 9am.

I'm not certain what the solution is for bringing the type of spontaneity back that many people crave, but the reservation system is in place for a reason. Crazy demand for nature.

Comment · 4 years ago

How do I get more than a paragraph?

Comment · 4 years ago

Previously from 26 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29667095

That said, this seems to be the extent of my marketing desire.

I screen scrape campground registration websites and alert you when someone cancels on a date you want to go camping. Fabulously successful. Now back to my day-job.

https://wanderinglabs.com

Comment · 4 years ago

Word has gotten around in RV'ing circles that the service is insanely useful. And I'm not much of a marketer.

Comment · 4 years ago

My side project of screen scraping campground websites and alerting people of availabilities has taken off to the point of making more a month than the day job.

https://wanderinglabs.com/

Comment · 7 years ago

I've been doing it for years now.

https://reserve.wanderinglabs.com/

Comment · 7 years ago

> I'm quite scared of this in America

Don't be. I've done it for 7 years and counting. Have met awesome people and never hassled or bad interactions.

Comment · 7 years ago

I don't think trashing of beautiful places is any worse now than previous generations.

I've seen tons of old broken glass and aging trash in the desert. A good amount of southern California has been paved over. Most of the northeast US is private land and the spaces in between given over to vehicles.

Yeah this new wave of disrespect isn't great, but it is nothing new and I don't think the focus should be shaming the instagram selfie crowd. General respect and teaching is still the way to go.

Comment · 7 years ago

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I'm a 20 year full stack open source web developer looking for my next challenge. In the past I have created a niche social network for a political action committee, joined a small startup and rewrote their public transit tracking and prediction app, then worked with another startup to help small car dealerships find their web presence and streamline their backend operations.

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Comment · 7 years ago

> Smugglers' Notch

They have had a huge problem with tractor trailer drivers following their gps through there and getting stuck. There are now 3-4 electronic signs on each side warning truckers.

https://www.google.com/search?q=smugglers+notch+truck+stuck