Lee and Karen
Duquette are NOT campers and seldom use any amenities in a campground
except to park and hook-up their RV (and maybe use the hot tub if it
is not closed real early like it usually is). The pool and hot tub closed
here at 9 p.m. Since there was no TV, No cell phones, no internet, you
would think the hot tub could stay open until 10 p.m. at least. Karen
is not here to sleep and sit by a freaking campfire. She wants to enjoy
herself. They usually do not spend much time in any campground anyway,
except to eat dinner and sleep. They would rather explore the area outside
of the campgrounds.
Lee Duquette wants 50 amp full-hook-ups, and there are NOT a lot of
sites with sewers here or at most Thousand Trails campground, and most
of the sites that have sewers are already taken almost every time the
two RV Gypsies arrive with their RV. There are no 50 amp sites. Wi-Fi
is not available on site here, but is available at the recreation hall.
Karen Duquette uses a big PC, not a laptop because of the size and amount
of work on this website, so she sure as heck cannot bring the PC to
the office. The two RV Gypsies have their own Wi-Fi, but AT&T sucks
on the west coast.
Only one TV station came in because there is no cable at this campground. The two RV Gypsies' AT&T Wi-Fi worked at their site, but very slowly, and it was annoying. Check-in time was 4 p.m. (which is late). Check-out time for campsites was noon.
Some roads WERE paved, but most of the campsites are on dirt roads.
The water pressure was good, the park is away from the highway, with
lots of trees, and quiet, unless you get next to a bunch of rowdy kids,
or barking or yapping dogs. For a change, there were NO trains with
loud whistles at night, and no road noise.
The park had a separate pool, hot tub, steam room, exercise room.
recreation hall and more for just adults. The family area had a very
large pool and it had a lot of other great features. But as stated above,
it all closes early. Guess campgrounds are meant just for sleeping,
not for vacationers.
As usual, Lee and Karen Duquette only used their parking site, and
not the other great amenities of this park, but they do recognize that
it is one of the nicer Thousand Trails parks with lots of things to
do IF you have children. If only the hot tub at least could be open
till 10. But anyway, it will be bye-bye Thousand Trails next year. |
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?????  Many
campgrounds, including this one and many Thousand Trails, say you cannot
leave your RV overnight unattended or they will charge you. How the
heck would they know? Just because your tow car is not there, does not
mean you are not. Maybe the RV did not tow a car OR maybe the car broke
down somewhere and is in for repair and had the tow truck take people
back to the campground (this has happened to the two RV Gypsies more
than once). OR maybe people are visiting relatives that live nearby
and stay late. If no car is there, are they going to knock on your door
in the middle of the night to see if you answer? If they do, they better
be ready for a shotgun in their face! |
