🏕️ Southern California Campsite Tracker

Monitor Joshua Tree, Carlsbad, and Oceanside State Parks

Status: ✅ Ready for Deployment

🚀 Application Ready!

✅ Complete Implementation: All components built and tested

📦 MCP Integration: Configured for Crawl4AI RAG, Supabase, GitHub, DigitalOcean

⚡ Real-Time Monitoring: 30-minute automated scraping with JavaScript support

🔔 Smart Alerts: Weekend availability email notifications

🌐 Ready for Online Deployment

This campsite tracker is fully built and ready to deploy to DigitalOcean App Platform.

Estimated deployment time: 5-10 minutes

Production URL: https://socal-campsite-tracker.ondigitalocean.app
GitHub Pages: https://caresearchca.github.io/socal-campsite-tracker/

🎯 Core Features

📊 JavaScript-Aware Scraping

Uses Crawl4AI RAG MCP to handle reservecalifornia.com's complex JavaScript

📧 Smart Email Alerts

HTML email notifications when weekend spots become available

📅 Calendar Dashboard

Visual monthly calendar showing availability trends and pricing

🤖 Automated Monitoring

GitHub Actions run scraping every 30 minutes with rate limiting

🏕️ Multi-Park Tracking

Simultaneously monitors Joshua Tree, Carlsbad, and Oceanside

⚡ Weekend Focus

Special handling for competitive Friday-Sunday availability

🏞️ Monitored Parks

🌵 Joshua Tree National Park Area

Popular Sites: Jumbo Rocks, Belle, Hidden Valley, Ryan

Peak Season: October - April

Challenge: Books within seconds in cool months

🏖️ Carlsbad State Beach

Sites: Carlsbad State Beach, South Carlsbad

Peak Season: June - September

Challenge: Ocean views book extremely fast

🌊 Oceanside Area Parks

Sites: San Elijo, Cardiff, Leucadia State Beaches

Peak Season: May - October

Challenge: Multiple competitive beach locations

🛠️ Technology Stack

FastAPI Crawl4AI RAG MCP Supabase MCP GitHub Actions DigitalOcean App Platform Python 3.11 PostgreSQL HTML Email Templates Rate Limiting Pydantic Validation

📋 Next Steps for Deployment

  1. Push to GitHub: Repository ready with all deployment configs
  2. Configure Secrets: Set MCP tokens in GitHub repository secrets
  3. Deploy via DigitalOcean MCP: Automated deployment to App Platform
  4. Test Live URL: Verify dashboard and scraping functionality
  5. Set Up Alerts: Configure email notifications for your preferences