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I second the endorsement of the California Camping book (Foghorn Press) by Tom Stienstra. It is very useful and right on target. But it is generally oriented towards tenting so most commercial RV parks (ie places with lots of hookups, etc) are not included. If thats the way you want to go then one of the big books (Woodalls, GoodSam, CampingWorld) is what you should look into. You can see them all and compare them at a Camping World store. We also use the AAA info. They have both a booklet and two very useful camping maps (Southern & Central Ca. and Northern Ca).

If you travel with dogs as we do then I'd add The California Dog Lover's Companion by Maria Goodavage and DogFriendly.com's California & Nevada Dog Travel Guide. They also have Dog travel guides for other parts of the US. They are especially useful to us because they have a list of local vets and emergency vets. One of our dogs has seizures (idiopathic epilepsy) and although we are able to deal with them effectively it is good to know that we could locate a "local" vet quickly if needed.

jp