No camp sites in sight

What is this law called? Murphy’s? Like when you do not need something, it is all over the place, and it mysteriously vanishes when you actually DO need it… This law proved right once again in Moab, Utah. All along the way to Moab, there were plenty of camp sites, on average two or three per town, mostly empty because the RVying season has not started yet. After visiting Monument Valley and camping in a small town called Mexican Hat in the middle of nowhere, we decided to head to Moab, the entry point for both Arches and Canyonlands NP. We arrived at Moab at about 11am and checked the first camp site in town. Fully booked… all right… let’s try the next one, fully booked again… there was a Jeep safari in town for the Easter weekend in Moab, and hundreds and hundreds of Jeeps were gathering at this very place. Too bad for us, all camp sites and hotels were fully booked. We decided to visit Arches NP and check the camp sites in the park. Fully booked again; however, we got a list of camp sites at the Visitor Center. After visiting the park, we started to check these camp sites, along the Colorado river, all already full. We were considering spending the night on a Walmart parking (although there is no Walmart in Moab), when as a last chance we decided to head to Canyonlands and check a 56 places camp site there. We were lucky enough to get one of the last spots available at 7pm, which is quite late by camping standards. It was a beautiful place on the top of the canyon, very atmospheric, but not electricity hook up, which is fine for one night; and no water, which is also theoretically fine if only we had planned for it. We had not filled our water tank yet, because it might still freeze at night, so we had only a few gallons of water with us. We managed and bought a water tank with a tap the very next day so now we are prepared to camp in the wilderness. Usually, camp sites with all amenities, like electricity and water hook up as well as toilets, hot showers, wifi and laundry are in town and look like parking lots. There are always very clean and great to stay at. However, camp sites outside of towns are located in nicer places, but lack everything else. There is a choice to make, and we will probably alternate. We are now through with canyons, arches and other geological oddities and will go to Grand Teton and Yellowstone NP in the next days. Last night we spent the night in a camp site in Dinosaur, 100 spots, we were the only ones… things are back to normal.