Hi Jeff,
We have seen GO owners that use the space under the bed for their kids’ sleeping area, so there seems to be room, and it looks like a fun place to be!!
The GO Tent is called a GOZEEBO and SylvanSport will begin shipping them out on Sept 25th to people who pre-ordered them. Contact them to find a GO dealer near you and how you can get a GOZEEBO.
Just to say it: we love our GO – and it is the COOLEST CAMPER EVER!!
If you like utility and flexibility and something you can tow with a car and load up with all your gear – no need to research any further – go get a GO:)

Florida has great state campgrounds!! Our favorite, on the panhandle, is T.H. Stone Peninsula State Park. There are 9 miles of incredible powdered sand beaches. We’ve always been there in March, and while there were people swimming, it was too cold for us to swim. But we spent hours walking along the beaches and shore fishing, in addition to riding our bikes and kayaking . We even saw GO there a couple years ago!

We also loved camping on Sugarloaf Key, just outside of Key West, but it was destroyed in the hurricane a couple years ago. This coming winter, we’ll try a campground on Key Largo, near John Pennekamp State Park. Try as we might, we have not been able to secure state campgrounds in the Keys!

Last year we campef in Ocala National Forest at Alexander Springs. I’d been there over 50 years ago and had fond memories. And while it was nice, the showers were less than great, however, the campsite was large and shaded. Very nearby, at Salt Springs campground, also in Ocala National Forest, was phenomenal kayaking, the manatees came right after kayaks to greet us!! It was an unforgettable experience.

We’ve heard good things about some of the state campgrounds up by Jacksonville and St Augustine. We are considering camping at one of them during our trip this winter, but haven’t settled on one yet. There’s a dealership with two locations in Jacksonville that carries the GO!!

You can see pictures in the post from last winter:
https://sylvansport.com/meet-berzowskis-part-3-florida-camping/
Have fun!!

Hi Michael,
Our methodology depends on a several factors – most importantly: our flexibility for a trip or portion of a trip and how far in advance we are planning. For example, for the trip to Glacier, we were planning only a few months in advance. At that time, all the sites that could be reserved were already booked, so we knew it would be ‘drive up’. Glacier has a very nice feature on their website, where you can see the history for each campground – meaning, what time they filled up. We could see that the campground we wanted typically fills in early afternoon. We knew we would be arriving in the afternoon, so we booked a motel for that night, just in case, but drove into the park to see if we could find a site. We actually snagged the last open site, set up camp, then went back out of the park and stayed in the motel that night, so we could shower!!

For Banff (that blog is coming soon), we made sure to book a campsite, as we had other people with us, and there was no flexibility with the dates.

For our winter trips to Florida, we book our campsites in advance, because we know when we will be there and how long we want to stay.

Next summer, we are planning an extended trip to Alaska. We will definitely book a campsite at Denali National Park because that is one of our keystone destinations (and fills up). As we begin to map out our general itinerary, we’ll check the availability of the parks we’d like to visit and try to ascertain if they typically fill up or not. Based on that, we’ll decide whether or not to book in advance. We’d like be very flexible on that trip, to allow us to detour as the wind blows us, so we’ll book as little as possible in advance.

The best resources for the US and Canadian National Parks are the websites for each park. Same for the state parks. They are usually booked through a third party, but many of them provide good maps for picking sites and some even include photos of the each site! For more info, I call the parks directly and talk to the rangers; they cannot make reservations, but they know their parks!!

Good luck and happy camping!!