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River Walk RV Park – Coeur d’ Alene, ID

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River Walk RV Park - Coeur d' Alene, IdahoThis is a small park. They charge $2 if you use a credit card. I stayed two nights, I don’t know if this was $1 per night or a flat $2 charge for using a credit card. One caveat: electricity and cable are each an extra $3 a day. The Good Sam Discount does not apply to the electricity and the cable charges.

The park is located within a short walking distance of a lot of espresso shops, and a brisk walking distance from the Riverwalk area, which has a few restaurants and grills if you don’t feel like cooking. Further, you can walk to the CityLink bus transfer station and catch a bus to events in Coeur d’Alene, or a bus to the casino in nearby Worley.

The RV slots are very close together. Fortunately, it wasn’t full when I was there, but if it were full, you could not put out your awning (but you might be able to put out your slides…). There are w/e/s hookups on both sides of the slots, take your pick. The water faucets are wrapped for winter use. One thing: the sewer is located in such a way that your electric cord and cable cord will lay across your sewer hose unless you manage to pull them up a bit (or use the sewer on the other side by stringing your hose under your rig). Outdoor cooking grills exist in different areas if you wish to barbecue.

The laundry room was very clean and had a sink (but it wasn’t a “deep sink”) for any items you may need to clean by hand. Laundry was $1.25 each for both wash and dry as of this writing. The rest rooms were clean and included a special shower for the “physically challenged.”

The wi-fi worked… fair. If you can’t get the wi-fi to work for you, there seems to be “other” wi-fi networks you can use. I am guessing these other wi-fi’s are coming from the many espresso shops nearby. There is a great pet walking area, and a small fenced children’s play area. Although the park is near the river, you can see the river only if you peek through the open sided train cars that sit on the train tracks.

Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort – Santa Claus, IN

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Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort - Santa Claus, IndianaWe just made reservations for Lake Rudolph Campground and RV Resort! This is a very nice park. We stayed here for the first time last summer and can’t wait to return.

The RV sites have level, concrete paved and full hookups. The main attraction is the fact that the campground is located right next to Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari, amusement and water parks, and a short distance from the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln State Park, and the Young Abe Lincoln Outdoor Drama.

If you have kids this is a great campground. If you like peace and quiet, look elsewhere. It get’s extremely busy here especially on summer weekends and holidays.

There are tons of activities for kids, a well stocked camp store, and a good mix of amenities including swimming pools, playgrounds, horseshoe pits, basketball courts, a game room, mini golf, paddleboats, and fishing. There is also air conditioned bathhouses, a nice camp store, and a FREE Holiday World shuttle.

This is a great family campground. The kids will love it!

Blackstone RV Park – Bullhead City AZ

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Campground and RV Park Reviews | RVBuddy.com

Blackstone RV park is located in Mohave Valley and its a real nice desert setting and owners living onsite. They have 136 sites (128 pull-thrus) and of them are full hookups on concrete pads. They also have a laundry, recreation room, restrooms, showers, and a convenience store.

They are really cheap too! We paid less than $20 a night… and pet-friendly! We were very happy staying there this past winter. They are open all year.

There is lots to see and do nearby including shopping, 4 golf courses, a number of casinos, museums, and a living ghost town in nearby Oatman. The Mojave National Preserve is also worth a visit.

Fort Worden State Park – Port Townsend, WA

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Fort Worden State Park - Port Townsend, WashingtonI wouldn’t call this a State “Park,” this is more of a State RESORT! This is a former military base that is now used as a beautiful conference and retreat center, to include RV camping with full water/electric/sewer hookups.

The RV slots are paved and long. There are two areas, “Beach” and “Upper.” I stayed at the Beach campground. The sites are “back-in” at one end and “pull through” (in wide arc’s) on the other end. In the beach area, if you have a back-in against the trees, you have to drive all the way to the end, then go around the “turn around” and come back in order to “back-in” to those spots. The RV slots that face the beach have only a view of the sand dunes, but it’s a short walk to the beach.

This is a popular park and reservations are suggested any time of the year, although it wasn’t full the weekend I was here. If you reserve on the website, you pay an $8 reservation fee. If you call the Conference center directly, you do not pay the reservation fee. The “Commons” dining hall serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There is also an espresso shop with sandwiches and pastries. Both are “cash only” and are rather pricey, you might as well be eating at the Marriott. The first Sunday of each month, the Commons features a fabulous Sunday Brunch between 10:00 and 1:00 for $16.95. Well worth it! If you choose to partake of the food at the Commons, recommend purchasing prepaid food cards when you check in for camping. You can pay for these cards with your credit card so you don’t have to worry about having a lot of cash. This is a fairly new program. When I was there, the Commons employees didn’t know how to deal with the prepaid cards and apparently had not been informed about them. The Park Ranger and the folks at the check in office got it straightened out.

If you need to do laundry, the Conference center allows guests to use their laundry building only between the hours of around “4:00-ish” PM to around “8:30-ish” PM each night. Verizon AirCard worked very well here. TV reception via antenna for the local channels was decent on digital channels, and “passable” on analog channels still out there.

Lastly, very important! If you come here off the Keystone/Port Townsend ferry, IGNORE your GPS if it instructs you to take a right turn off the ferry. Instead, follow the well placed signs and turn left. If you follow your GPS and turn right, you will end up taking a route up some steep and hairy roads. Follow the SIGNS! Great park for family outings!

Fredericksburg KOA – Fredericksburg, VA

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Fredericksburg KOA - Fredericksburg, VirginiaThe Fredericksburg KOA is a small, quiet, rural little campground located about 8 miles from I-95, exit 126. We stayed here last fall on our way down to Florida. The campground is mostly wooded and has both open and shady sites. Our site was large and level but walking around I could see that others weren’t. Interior roads are mostly paved.

Some of their amenities include: Free Wifi, a heated pool, Free Cable TV, Kamping Kabins, a fishing pond, paddle boats, a playground, horseshoes, a small camp store (with ice, firewood, groceries and RV supplies), a large recreation hall, a laundry and private showers.

There was a nice atmosphere for a campground so close to I-95. The campground staff was very friendly. The facilities were clean and well maintained. The rates were a little on the high side, but I think it was worth it.

Kring Point State Park – Alexandria Bay, NY

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Kring Point State Park - Alexandria Bay, New YorkKring Point State Park sits on a Peninsula at Goose Bay on the Saint Lawrence River. The landscape is rocky, rugged and beautiful. The village of Alex Bay is only six miles away providing easy access to the Uncle Sam Boat tours. There’s so much to do in the area, our campsite was just a second thought.

The Facilities are in great shape and well cared for. The cabins and tent sites provide the most privacy and water front. RV sites are a bit tricky. We had to drive through another site to access ours because our trailer couldn’t clear the rocky outcrop at the site entrance. Small trailers will have no problem. Big Fivers and Motorhomes may consider Keewayden State Park nearby with level, grassy sites.

If you travel by tent, Kring Point can be paradise for you. Most sites include Tent Pad, Privacy, and fantastic water access. Canoes, Kayaks, and small motorboats will enhance your experience. The fishing is great, license required, but you can keep what you catch!

If you’re using Reserve America, don’t be fooled by the map. It can be very deceptive. Everything inside the outer loop is undesireable, waterfront in the outer loop are generally unavailable. The First Loop near the beach is best, almost any site there is great.

The Boat Ramp is good with ample trailer parking with limited dock space. You can enjoy Goose Bay’s flat water, or go out in the River, depends on your boat. Be prepared to listen to some parties. Enforcement of quiet rules is a bit slack, like most NY State Parks.

Kamp Klamath RV Park – Klamath, CA

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Campground and RV Park Reviews | RVBuddy.com

Kamp Klamath is a beautiful campground is surrounded by Redwoods & Alder trees, and has all the amenities my family could want. The restrooms were clean and neat with good HOT showers. There is a laundry room, a store with a good stock of groceries & refreshments. The host gave us samples of their smoked salmon, and it was so good & I got a few packages to take home.

The staff was very nice and informative. It seemed they were always busy fixing things up getting ready for the busy season. Full hookups included WiFi and satellite TV.  There are several acres of hiking trails, and a “Bigfoot Trap”! Next time we are there, we are going on the “Fun Bus” tour to Fern Canyon.

I have to say that this is now my favorite vacation campground!

Lakeview RV Park – Bristol, TN

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Lakeview RV Park has wide sites, full hookups and wi-fi throughout the property.  I thought the best thing was that the staff was really great. They have rentals consisting of boat and golf cart rentals. Also, they have a pool which was really great. We got to enjoy the pool before it closed. This is a brand new pool for the kids to enjoy. Also, they have a cafe on the property which the food was awesome.

Hickories Park – Owego, NY

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In a normal frame of mind, I’m leary of municipal campgrounds. Since I was already familiar with the area, we decided to spend some time here. The park is public with sports fields, boat ramp, playgrounds, and pavillions. There is no dividing line between day use and campground, but it is not a problem.

The entry and some sites are paved, the restrooms and showers are maintained quite well. The park is immaculately clean and mowed grass with giant old hardwood trees scattered around. Hookups can be a bit backwards in some sites but all utilities are in good shape. There are no sewer hook ups at your site, only two way service. The dump station is free to campers, $5 otherwise. The $15 nightly fee makes this place a bargain.

Jellystone Park – Goodfield, IL

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Campground and RV Park Reviews | RVBuddy.com

We were disappointed in our stay at this Jellystone Park in June 2008 after a wonderful experience at another Jellystone Park in Wisconsin. First of all, we rented a camping cabin which was advertised as having a full bed and a sleeping loft and the number of people it stated it would accommodate was within our family’s size. It seemed to be the economical choice though still pricey, because we could not afford the outrageous prices charged for bigger cabins.

When we got to the cabin, the first thing we saw was a sign on the wall stating that sleeping in the loft was not permitted. Hmmm, well, why was it advertised as if you could then and why were we not told about this when we booked it and where were our children going to sleep? There was no room for all of us in the bed and no room on the floor. We couldn’t afford to upgrade or to sacrifice our deposit/rental fee and leave to find other accommodations and besides, we came here to camp and stay at the campsite for the full time there. So we broke the rules which I don’t like to do and try to teach our kids not to do but we had little choice really.

Then there was the black locust trees with huge thorns growing near the cabin. Some of these thorns were 3 inches or longer. There were small thorny branches laying around the site and even more after a windstorm came through and blew more down. Very dangerous, especially considering that black locust thorns have an oil on them that if you get scratched or step on one (which could easily go through your foot) they frequently cause serious infections. These thorns could also have punctured vehicle tires.

The upstairs window of the loft area was broken on the outside… they had done a half fix by covering it with plexiglass on the inside but left the broken outside window in place. We mentioned it to the office so we would not be charged for it. The ceiling fan in the room wobbled and was very loud, made us afraid to have it on so we turned it off the whole stay. The AC was very cold and if you turned it down then it got too hot. There was a bulb out in the light fixture that was never replaced though we reported it.

During the windstorm the whole cabin swayed and shook and we were afraid it might blow over but it was no safer outside. Its foundation was a few wood planks that were showing obvious insect, mold, and just plain weather exposure damage.

The activities for children were nowhere near as nice or numerous as at the other YB park we stayed at in Wisconsin. There was no “energy” or enthusiasm by the staff like at the other park…it just seemed “dead”. Our children were the only ones that showed up for them and they were not announced over loudspeakers like at the other camp so I don’t think everyone knew about them or forgot the time and missed them. A couple times, the instructor decided not to do the advertised activity because she found it too hard for kids (shouldn’t they have tried them beforehand to see if they were kid friendly?) so they ended up just coloring pictures. There were no pool games or water games like at the other park. The kids for the most part had to find their own entertainment. The kids were playing on a trolley car sitting in the field that was not roped off and no signs posted and were told they couldn’t play on it though that was what it looked like it was for. The playground was pretty old and outdated and didn’t hold the kids’ interest long.

There was no nightly showing of yogi bear cartoons like at the other park and from what I’ve heard, other YB parks. When asked about this, the staff member said “Oh, we have the cartoons on VHS tape, maybe we should look into doing that.” At the other park, they had a very nice outdoor theatre set up for this.

After the storm that came through, trash was strewn about the park and a full trash can was blown over and blew trash all around our site and surrounding area which was not cleaned up until late the next day.

The food counter at the store was frequently out of things and some of the frozen treats looked freezer burned and old.

Overall, the camp just didn’t feel like it had any life to it and there was little to no enthusiasm of staff to keep kids busy and interested and excited. We could have camped at a regular campground and had pretty much the same experience. We also had to call them two weeks after our stay to remind them to refund our security deposit which they did but it took another week or so.

Yogi Bear only showed up in the morning for flag raising and the hayride, didn’t see him the rest of the day. At the other park, he walked the park periodically greeting children and also kids could write a letter to him and leave it in a special mailbox and “yogi” would answer their letter personally and it would be delivered to the cabin or campsite or RV. Nothing like that here.

There are far better Jellystone campsites. It wasn’t a horrible place to stay…bathrooms were clean and some were even roomy, showers were hot and everything worked. The cabin itself was clean and bed comfortable, but not worth the price for the stay overall.