Colonia Del Rey RV Park

Fond memories

We really wanted to park the RV for a few weeks during Christmas and set up a tree and put up a few decorations. We also wanted a warm locale. Glad we didn't pick Florida this year. We settled on Corpus Christi, Texas, which turned out to be a decent pick. The campground we picked was Colonial Del Rey, close to Padre Island. Fair amount of things to do in Corpus Christi and of course there are beaches and lots of water nearby.

Staff - Very kind peeps here. Everyone took a real interest in our little guys! There are plenty of trees here, enough to block our satellite service. Close to a busy street and fire department.

We paid an average of $24 a night most of it as a weekly rate. This is their busy season with lots of winter Texans. Bathrooms were Decent and well kept up.

When we had neighbors on both sides it felt crammed a little, but the boys still rode bikes almost everyday we were there.

A pool and hot tub (big plus for me), library, small playground and again lots of planned activities, mostly for the older folks. We did take part in several of their Christmas activities.
Good maintenance crew.

Laundry with the best and cheapest dryers we have seen, full hook-ups, dumps, no propane but a truck comes around every day but Sunday for those needing a fill-up, several shower stations. They also let us receive packages there.
We will always remember with fondness our stay at this RV park during this Christmas season.

Saddleback Mountain RV Park

Decent stop on lonely I10

Driving down a lonely stretch on Interstate 10 on our way to Guadalupe Mountains National Park, we found a Passport America campground (I have the IPhone App for PA). We had driven a long time the day before and spent the night in a Texas rest stop (free wifi!). But we wanted to stretch our legs so this little campground in Balmorea called Saddleback Mountain RV Park was better than it sounds. We also saw some fun looking quail in the park.

If you drive far enough you can reach Guadalupe and Big Bend National Parks, another state park and the McDonalds observatory.

Gas station employees take you cash and tell you to find a site. We paid 10.00 for one night with our Passport America card.

No Bathrooms, except at nearby gas station, which were yuck. No showers either. Not crowded and lots of room for the boys to explore. Plenty of room at the site too. Small walking path nearby and nice views of mountains. There was a restaurant on site that I think is open during the summer months.

Actually they really work hard to keep the park clean and all the desert plants well groomed. Gas station with some food on site. OK stop for traveling lonely Interstate 10.

Distant Drums RV Resort

Cleanest park ever

We found a nice little RV Park called Distant Drums in Camp Verde, Arizona, not far from the Sedona area. We found out that sometimes clean and tidy gets in the way of functional and convenient!

Nearby attractions - 7 - Very close to Montezuma Castle and Sedona. Flagstaff less than an hour away.

Staff was very nice at first, but if you want to take a shower late or get your laundry out of the dryer at 8 pm, you might hear a sweet but unmistakable rebuke.

Great mountains all around. Interstate very close by. We paid $18 a night for three nights.

What to say about the bathrooms. They were immaculate. Here's the catch though. You have to ask for a key, because they clean every time someone uses them. That way they know when to clean them. This means you can only take showers during office hours. The office was supposed to close at nine, so I got there at 8:10 and the lady said she guessed I could take one, but it would be hard on "the guy." My wife got the third degree about how many were going to use the shower when she went as well. Personally I felt like a third grader asking his school marm if he could go to the potty.

Plenty of parking room and a picnic table at each site..
Heated pool and hot tub. Exercise room but no playground. This is the cleanest park I've seen yet.

Nice laundry facilities, swapping library, wifi was very good. They sell propane, small store, we had a back-in site since we were Passport America, but they have lots of pull throughs.
This is a very well kept park. They even sweep the small rocks every morning in between the sites. Just be careful of the bathroom key nazis.

A Deming Roadrunner RV Park

As good as Deming gets

After leaving El Rancho Lobo with our pesky kids, we found several RV parks in and around Deming. We settled on the Road Runner RV Park because it said it had a heated pool and hot tub. We found out the pool was no more. We had to wait for a UPS package to catch us, so we ended up here three nights. Very glad to move on to warmer Arizona at the end of the stay.

Not much in nearby Deming. Las Cruces is about 60 minutes away. City of Rocks State Park and a couple of other State Parks nearby. Some ghost towns also close-by.

Two staff were great, one was whateva and one was a bit rude. I asked him a question and he said look in the bleeping brochure I gave you when you checked in. Great view mountains and stars at night.

We paid $29 a night for three nights. We liked the bathrooms, although a couple of them didn't seem to get warm enough.

Laundry facility was small but moderately priced. Wifi was slow most of the time except the middle of the day. Very small lending library. They sell propane, small camp store. About as good as it gets in Deming, New Mexico.