We have created the campground page to assist you in deciding whether you would like to stay at a given campground. We currently have a 40' Diesel Motorhome with three slides; prior to 2007 we had a 35' Gas Motorhome with one slide. We do not rate campground bathroom facilities as we seldom use them; we prefer the convenience of our own restroom. We use the various campground links on the left side of this page in determining where to stay.

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Showing posts with label TX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TX. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Big Bend RV Resort



Location: Terlingua TX
Site#: 2
Type of hookups: Full hookups 50 AMP.
Big Rig Friendly: Yes.
Wi-Fi: Yes, and pretty fast...much better performance than our Verizon aircard.
Cable: Yes, but not many channels and would fade in and out at times.
Pros: Pull through sites,  easy on and off access from TX-118 (right at the junction of 170 & 118), staff, and residents very friendly.  Groceries, fuel, and cafe right here on grounds if needed.
Cons: Very dusty park as the sites and roads are mostly a powder dirt with very little to no gravel.\Very remote location so only a small shop for groceries and a little cafe, and because of the location the prices on everything including fuel is much higher.  
Cost: $26.00/day
Rating: 6.5
Notes: We stocked up on groceries before arriving here because of the limited choices and prices. We stayed here to tour Big Bend National Park and it is the closest park to the west entrance.  We did a quick stop at Maverick Ranch RV Park, in Lajitas and John would recommend stay here vs Big Bend RV Resort.   It is 17 miles one-way further to the park entrance (17-18 minute drive), but the roads and sites are all paved.   I however should mention that we noticed the cell  reception in Lajitas was only 2 bars vs the full 5 bars in Terlingua.  

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Lost Alaskan

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Location: Alpine TX
Site#: C2
Type of hookups: Full hookups 50 AMP.
Big Rig Friendly: Yes.
Wi-Fi: Yes, but very slow, so we used our Verizon aircard which worked great.
Cable: Yes
Pros: Pull through sites,  easy on and off access from TX-118 (follow bypass as campground website directs), staff, and residents very friendly.  One of the nicer campground in the area to tour Ft. Davis area.
Cons: Not much room between you and your neighbor, not much in the city of Alpine itself and only one grocery store in town which was OK (Porter's Thriftway).  Fuel prices and such are more expensive in this area because of the remote location
Cost: $27.72 (Good Sams discount for a week)
Rating: 7
Notes: We stayed here to tour Ft Davis and the Davis mountains.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Hilltop RV Park


Location: Fort Stockton, TX
Site#: 41
Type of hookups: 50 AMP Full hookups. 
Big Rig Friendly: Yes
Wi-Fi: Yes,but very slow.  Our Verizon Aircard worked very well.
Cable: No
Pros: Large Pull through sites with plenty of room for Big Rigs to get around.  Easy on and off access to campground, and a good over night stop. 
Cons:  Very dusty campground, and basically a gravel parking lot.  
Cost: $25.00 
Rating: 7.0
Notes:  Not much to see and do in the area, but was a good place for us to stop for the night.  Would stay again for just an overnight stop.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Buckhorn Lake Resort



Location: Kerrville, TX
Site#: 6058
Type of hookups: 50 AMP Full hookups, and waterfront site
Big Rig Friendly: Yes
Wi-Fi: Yes wifi worked very well, we didn't even use our Verizon Aircard.
Cable: Yes about 35 channels
Pros: We had a nice corner site, so we had lots of room on our curbside.  We had a nice water front view out the front windshield.  All sites are paved, and we had easy on and off access from the interstate.  Friendly staff and residents, and lots of social activities.   Nice hot tub, workout room, aerobic, yoga and line dance classes. 
Con: 
Cost: $600.00 for monthly fee + electric 
Rating: 9.5
Notes:  Lots of activities to do in the area, but plan on driving atleast 30 minutes to most activities.  Groceries and restaurants in Kerrville about 7 miles away.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

River Ranch RV Resort


Location: New Braunfels, TX
Site#: 39
Type of hookups: 50 AMP Full hookups.
Big Rig Friendly: Yes
Wi-Fi: Yes, and our Verizon Aircard worked fine as well.
Cable: Yes
Pros: Pull through paved sites, with free cable, and very good wi-fi.  Easy on and off access to campground. Lots of things to do, shopping and restaurants in area.   The campground was only 3/4 mile from the dealer we were going to have service work done.  The staff was very friendly and helpful.
Cons:  Lots of road noise from I-35, and sites were somewhat narrow.
Cost: $25.56 - this was our average price for 8 nights and Good Sams discount.
Rating: 7.5
Notes: We stayed in this area to take a tour of Dripping Spring, TX and to have some service work done. 

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Rayford Crossing


Location:
Spring, TX

Site#: 74
Type of hookups: 50 AMP Full hookups.   This was premium site (corner site with Patio table and large grill).
Big Rig Friendly: Yes
Wi-Fi: Yes, and our Verizon Aircard worked fine as well.
Cable: Yes
Pros: Large pull through paved sites, and because we had a premium site we had a nice corner site with a patio table and large grill area.  Nice heated pool, hot tub, and workout room.
Cons:  Lots of traffic getting to the campground, and the roads down to the campground are very narrow.   Lots of train, plane and traffic noise. Campground is a bit pricey.
Cost: $51.46 (this include a 4.00/per day extra charge for 4 days over Thanksgiving weekend).
Rating: 8.5
Notes: We were looking for a nice place to spend the holiday weekend, only really stayed here to tour the Space Center...not many good campground in Houston area.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Eagle's Nest RV Park


Location: Van Horn, TX
Site#: 4
Type of hookups: Full hookups 50 AMP.
Big Rig Friendly: Yes.
Wi-Fi: They advertise it, but we couldn't get it to work. We used our Verizon Aircard which we could use but very slowly even with the amplifier on.
Cable: Yes, however it is only 4 local channels from El Paso.
Pros: Very level pull through sites with some space between sites. Owners very friendly and nice small fenced in area for the dogs to run.
Cons: Some road noise from I-10 and the occasional train goes through ; however it really didn't bother us inside.

Cost: $27.00
Rating: 7.0
Notes: Follow directions on website and exit at 138.


Saturday, January 23, 2010

TX RV Park of Big Springs

Location: Big Spring, TX
Site#: B
Type of hookups: Full hookups 50 AMP.
Big Rig Friendly: Yes.
Wi-Fi: Yes, but we used our Verizon Aircard
Cable: Yes
Pros: Huge Pull through sites and wide with privacy fence between sites (in A-E sites). Owners, staff, and residents very friendly. Nice heated indoor pool and hot tub. Lots of area to walk dog, and shopping and restaurants within a mile.
Cons: Tends to be dusty in this area, but not many choices to stop along I-20.

Cost: $31.50
Rating: 7.5
Notes: This park is located about 4 miles from the interstate, but the roads to get here are big-rig friendly.


Monday, January 18, 2010

Destiny Dallas RV Park

Location: Denton, TX
Site#: 9
Type of hookups: Full hookups 50 AMP.
Big Rig Friendly: Yes.
Wi-Fi: No
Cable: No
Pros: Pull through sites were big rig friendly, staff, and residents very friendly. Nice outdoor pool and large hot tub. Nice play area for the dog, shopping close by, and close to Dallas and Fort Worth area. Car and RV Wash (13' clearance) on-site.
Cons: Road noise was very bad, just outside of I-35E. Not the easiest campground to get to, the roads were good just out of the way location. Quiet pricey campground for the value (especially due to the road noise).

Cost: $39.40 (with 10% discount)
Rating: 7.00
Notes: Extended our stay here due to a problem with our tow vehicle.