RVParking.com User Profile: veronicasawyer
Reviews
“great option in Las Cruces” for Hacienda RV Resort
1 out of 2 people found this review helpfulVery tidy resort. Spaces plain but are perfectly graded and wider than usual. Hookups and amenities are brand new. I appreciate the wooden slat screen between sites, so you have privacy. Conveniently located off the freeway, but close to Old Mesilla, which is a cool vintage part of town. I would definitely stay here again next time I am in Las Cruces.
Date of Stay: November, 2012Rate Paid: $40.00“peaceful high desert park” for Tumble In RV Park - Marfa
Great views. Showers and bathrooms are modern and cool-looking (very Marfa). When I was here only a couple other rigs passed through so I had the place to myself. Close to town but slight removed, which makes it very peaceful. Moonlight is amazing.
Date of Stay: October, 2012Rate Paid: $29.00“superclean tropical park” for Jamaica Beach RV Park
0 out of 1 people found this review helpfulI arrived after dark and was very relieved to find Jamaica Beach RV park after quickly leaving a different park that had no lights on and felt scary.This place was the opposite of scary, like entering a cute Disneyland of an RV park! The layout is super crisp and fresh, with concrete pads and pretty palm trees and a tropical vibe. At night there are just enough lights to guide the way and make it feel safe without being too bright. The staff is super helpful and friendly. The mini golf park is cute, and there is pond and pool and hot tub, all very clean. Best of all, the beach is across the street. As a bonus, there is also a delicious shrimp food truck that parks down the street-- eat there!
Date of Stay: October, 2012Rate Paid: $38.00“cute park” for On The Beach RV Park
1 out of 1 people found this review helpfulVery cute park. I picked this one so as to be as close to the beach as possible, and was pleasantly surprised at the proximity--- a short walk down a sandy road and you're on a huge expanse of beach. The park is very friendly, with lots of attention to detail. It is an older park so it is smaller and spots are pretty close together. I realized later that there are quite a few parks with good beach access, so you don't need to stay here to be right on the beach, but this is a good choice if you want to be near the beach and also near Port Aransas.
Date of Stay: October, 2012Rate Paid: $38.00“basic but beautiful” for Mustang Island State Park
Mustang Island State Park is pretty bare bones in terms of amenities (the rv lot is basically a big strip of asphalt with picnic tables tucked in at even intervals), but the beautiful sea coast and miles of dunes and grass are all the amenity you really need. I stayed during the week when the campground was half full and it was very quiet and peaceful. Staff is friendly and seem to like their jobs. I'm a big fan generally of the Texas State Parks system and this park is no exception.
Date of Stay: October, 2012Rate Paid: $20.00“adequate-- did the trick but nothing more” for Greer's Pine Shadows
5 out of 5 people found this review helpfulI intended to stay at Sunset Crater National Park but then realized at the last minute that they didn't have hookups. So I turned in to Greer's Pine Shadows. The park manager was friendly and helpful and guided me into my spot. I liked the pine trees in the park but other than that there isn't anything particularly scenic or pretty about it-- it almost has a downmarket trailer park vibe due to the permanent mobile home park adjacent, but whatever, not a big deal and the park seemed perfectly safe. It was late so I didn't have a chance to check out the national forest behind the park. I'd stay again for an overnight but would try to find something more scenic for a longer term stay.
Date of Stay: November, 2011Rate Paid: $28.00“pretty, unassuming vintage-style park” for Sans End RV Park
1 out of 1 people found this review helpfulI spotted this park from the I-8 and thought it looked neat with all its mature palm trees and vintage styling. I decided to go in and stay for the night. Inside it definitely has that vintage feel: gravel lots, wood picnic tables, and patches of grass with citrus and palm trees. The palms are the best-- they remind me of old California. Lots are pretty close together but when I stayed in November 2011 the park was fairly empty. I did not try the bathrooms or showers, but I enjoyed walking around the park. There is farmland on several sides. If you stay on the North side you won't hear interstate noise. AT $29 a night the rate isn't dirt cheap but it is still cheaper than equivalent older parks I stayed in in Texas.
Date of Stay: November, 2011Rate Paid: $29.00“Peaceful spot with bonus cave tour option on long 1-10 drive” for Caverns of Sonora RV Park
This campsite is situated next to the Caverns of Sonora ranch house, where you check in to tour the lovely Caverns (I highly recommend the cave tour). The park is basically a nice, natural, no-frills white-gravel lot with hookups (no dump site though). There are beautiful low hills all around the park full of deer and cacti. I stayed here one night on the way from Austin to El Paso. There were only a few other campers, but all were cordial and I enjoyed the peace and quiet after being packed together with other campers in Austin. There seem to be a few employees of the Caverns who live on site, so there is no feeling of being stranded in the middle of nowhere, even though this place is pretty remote (7 miles from the town of Sonora and I-10). There is no wifi supplied, but you can catch the free signal from the ranch house if you are lucky (if you need it, I recommend parking your rig close to the house). All in all a lovely stop!
Date of Stay: October, 2011Rate Paid: $20.00“Vintage feel, friendly spot” for Roadrunner RV Park
I stopped here for a couple nights on the way to Austin at the recommendation of some people on the Airforums. They had said this place had a vintage feel and they were right-- the sign outside the park is really cool, with a moving roadrunner like something out of the 1950s. The staff is friendly and helped me out with a few things. I had a spot shaded nicely by trees. The park is within walking distance of some nice places to eat and sightsee: Ronnie's BBQ (people on yelp are claiming this is better than Salt Lick, but I am not enough of a barbeque expert to know), the Johnson Settlement, and a shop across the street that sells all kinds of homemade pickles and jerky. All in all there was enough to keep me fed/occupied for a couple days.
Date of Stay: October, 2011Rate Paid: $23.00“Pricey but pleasant.” for Blazing Star RV Resort
This is my first ever RV park stay so take this with a grain of salt (stayed here just after purchasing my Airstream at a dealer up the block). I've stayed in State Park campgrounds before and so was a little shocked at the price here: $54 a night for a premier site. Aside from the price everything was fine. Concrete pad was level and there were a few trees surrounding my site. I had no neighbors on this stay so my site was especially quiet (it seems that most people go with the less expensive sites farther back on the property). The owner was very friendly. There is highway noise by the premier site, oddly enough, but the farther back on the property you go the less street noise there is. All in all this was a good entree into the world of RV parking.
Date of Stay: October, 2011Rate Paid: $54.00
