In the Northwest, it’s been another week of April showers. But despite the soggy weather, it’s also the time of year when the outdoor adventure season begins to kick into high gear. But if you’re starting to think about planning your first camping trip of 2022, you’re not alone: competition for campsites and congestion in scenic areas has been growing steadily for years, and that boom has only been intensified by two years of pandemic summers.

So what can you expect once you head into the great outdoors this year? With Zach Urness,  host of the Explorer Oregon podcast and Outdoors Editor for the Statesmen Journal.