Saturday, August 17, 2019

Grand Island KOA Journey - Doniphan, Nebraska

PFR ***
Campground ***

The campground is nice, has level sites, and has no pet limit, but the sites are VERY close together!  The gravel parking pad is not much wider than the RV, and the strip of grass between sites is only about 4' wide.  So, not much room for x-pens.

New neighbors came in on both sides, 5th wheels with slides.  Our pedestal was so close to the parking pad of the site next to us that they were not able to open their slide all the way.  They stopped it about 3" from it.  The neighbor on our passenger side was actually a KOA rig, covered with KOA advertising.

Site #79
$42/night with GS discount
Length of stay - 3 nights
Satellite - All 3 with rooftop





Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Weston Bend State Park Campground - Weston, Missouri

PFR **
Campground ***


This park is ok for an overnight stop, but I wouldn't want to spend much more time here, and it is as expensive as a nice campground.  They have a 2 dog limit, so we had to just put 2 out at a time.  Since we were only one night, we just put out 2 pens and didn't bother with the step lattice.  We could have put out a few more pens, but the site is fairly small compared to most.

This park does not have water or sewer at the sites.  Electric only.  There is a water spigot right across from this site, and another one a little ways down the way before our site.

Wooded, but was able to get satellite with rooftop.

Site #32
Length of stay - one night
$32/night (Expensive for what it is)
OTA - 35 channels
Satellite - Got all 3 satellites with rooftop.




Friday, July 12, 2019

Escapees Turkey Creek RV Village - Hollister, Missouri

PFR *****
Campground ****

This is a great park.  Not quite as large as Sumter Oaks.  Some sites have shade, some don't.  But, they all seem to have good grass, and are nice sized.  We used 6 pens.  The roads and parking pads are gravel/dirt.  We did have to put blocks under the front tires.

This park is right on Turkey Creek, and close to Branson.

Site #H8
$120/week, and $20/night, plus $3/night for 50amp
Length of stay - 2 1/2 weeks
Satellite - Could not get signal on rooftop, and took several tries to get all 3 on portable.
OTA - Just a few
Water pressure - 40 lbs






Thursday, July 11, 2019

Wildwood RV Park - Dexter, Missouri

PFR ***
Campground **

This RV park is a gravel parking lot with hook-ups.  It is behind a storage facility and some other businesses.  It has 22 sites, all pull-thrus.  There are quite a few sites with full-time residents in them.  But, it is clean and well maintained.  Not bad for an overnight stay, but wouldn't want to spend more than 1 night here.  We only put out 2 pens since we were here just one night, but could have put out a couple more.

The park office is inside the hearing aid business.

Site #13
$30/night
Length of stay - 1 night
Water pressure - 60 lbs
Satellite - All 3 satellites
OTA - 4 channels 






Tuesday, July 9, 2019

7 Points Campground - COE - Hermitage, Tennessee (Nashville)

PFR *****
Campground ****+

This is a beautiful campground!  Our site was directly across from the boat ramp parking lot, which actually gave us a really great view out our front windshield.

The interior roads look to be newly blacktopped, but they are a tad narrow, which made getting in and out of our site a little tricky, but not bad.  The parking pad was level concrete, and there was a long driveway to park the car.  The patio area was raised about 6" from the parking pad, with a railroad tie.  The patio was really large, with a picnic table, BBQ grill, and fire pit.  We only put out 5 pens, but could have put out all 7, and had room for more.  There was also a lot of space between sites and behind ours.

There were too many trees to use the satellite, and didn't even try to set up the portable because we got 40 over the air channels.  We got all the local channels, and many of our preferred channels.

We were only at this park for 2 nights, but would love to come back for a longer stay!

Site #40
Length of stay - 2 nights
$11/night with senior card
Water pressure - 50 lbs
Satellite - Too many trees
OTA - 40 channels








Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Duckett Mill Campground COE - Gainesville, Georgia

PFR *****
Campground ****

This COE is nicer than Sawnee, but not quite as nice as Bald Ridge.  Our site has a nice, long, level concrete driveway and parking pad.  The yard is the same aggregate as the other COE parks on Lake Lanier.  This site's yard area is not quite as large as our favored site at Bald Ridge, but much larger than the site at Sawnee.

It took some doing, but Mike was able to find a place for the portable satellite to get all 3 satellites.  This site is on the water, but doesn't actually have any water access.  This site is pretty secluded.

Site #107
Length of stay - 2 weeks
$13/night
Satellite - None on rooftop, all 3 on portable (with some effort)
Water and Electric only
Water pressure - 60 lbs






Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Old Federal Campground COE - Flowery Branch, Georgia

PFR *****
Campground ***

This is a nice campground, with nice views from most sites, since most back up to, or are next to the water.  Nice blacktop parking pads and aggregate patios, with picnic tables, grill, and fire pit.  Our site was very level.  We put out 5 xpens, but could have used 6.

This site does not have afternoon shade, and the trees nearby prevented rooftop satellite.  But, it is an easy back-in.  Got all 3 satellites with portable dish.

Site #37
Length of stay - 2 nights
$12/night
Water pressure - 60 lbs
Satellite - All 3 with portable