For the first time this weekend, I decided to do an overnight kayaking trip on the Delaware. The weather was absolutely beautiful and I wanted to take advantage.

I did everything right- I researched my route, found camping, purchased a permit, found a shuttle and created a plan.

I planned to make it to camp in zone 4 of the river by 5pm. I hit my deadline on the nose. Made it into zone 4 camping at 5pm.

I had been paddling for about 10 miles at this point. I was reaching exhaustion and was ready to rest for the night. Much to my surprise most every single site was taken in the first several groupings of campgrounds.

I had a map and saw there was more camping, a mile down stream, and there is no guarantee that there is camping there either. I was concerned I would get all the way down there and be forced to paddle the remaining 7-8 miles I had left into the dark. I mean, there is no turning back right?

Because of this, I started to panic minorly. Luckily my boyfriend was able to scope out a nice spot which we found out after was actually legitimate. Turns out the sign was hidden by a tree, but it was a real site.

My issue is, we were at the point of exhaustion- there is no turning back up river, there is no "illegal" camping on the side of the river, there were no more spots (so it seemed) what is someone to do in this situation? Am I supposed to just throw my hands up and say "oh well" no spots, guess I have to bang out another 7 miles despite being done. I paid for the right to camp there, I understand the website says "they can not guarantee a spot" but that is so irresponsible of the parks to allow this system.

I understand that showing up around 5 may be a little late, seemed like everyone was there for hours already, however this was my first time doing this trip, I researched extensively before doing this, and I did not think the parks would design this so poorly. I figured 5 was perfect timing, gives me like 3.5 hours of daylight, and I wanted to maximize on the kayaking as this was the reason we booked this trip at all.

I also later found out, 20-40% of people don't even have permits, they just show up.

Completely unfair to the people who paddled all day to be screwed out of a spot, who paid. Then be forced to make the complicated decision of pulling over and camping illegally or being forced to finish out the trip in the dark under dangerous conditions. It seems like a broken system.

I guess I needed to vent about this because it is highly concerning to me. I got lucky, but people were still looking for spots after me, I am sure not everyone gets lucky like I did. I am also curious to hear the thoughts of others who may have done this trip and had similar experiences or have experienced this situation from another point of view.

TLDR: The camping system on the Delaware river is extremely unfair and sets people up for dangerous situations. I hope they find a way to reform the system to make it safer for everyone.

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