Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission — Local services in Tumwater

I can reserve any site in WA in 8 minutes. EXCEPT a state park site. The call center is frustrating and worthless. The website has too many problems to list them all here. Typical WA State bureaucracy, too busy protecting their pensions, to care how their (OUR!) parks work. As long as there is a reporter with a camera nearby, they're happy. You've taken a great PUBLIC treasure, and turned them into a government run quagmire. The successful ones are sucessful, due more to the citizens and users, than to the managment. I'm a lifetime WA resident. They're more expensive than private camps/parks, plus are subsidized with my taxes, and have many of the most desirable locations. Let private citizens run them, you know...so they work. And make money. And don't get closed, due to "lack of funding". I just want to camp, with family, and especially our grandchildren. That's all I want. It's becoming as difficult as catching a salmon or steelhead. Which, the state has also managed completely with the authority of law for all...

My husband and I have been coming to Fort Casey among other parks for the last many years we are both in our 70 and my husband has a disability parking permit but we were told today that if the permit is red instead of blue we are not allowed to use it to get a discount on our stay at the park to me that is absolutely ridiculous how can senior citizen be treated in this regard and he is...

Why is Pacific Beach State Park falling apart? Greyland S.P. gets all the financial support but Pacific beach is the only beach front camping you offer and is treated like the red headed step child. They have needed a new bathroom facility for more than 5 years!!. The hot water boiler is on...