westernrvparkowner wrote:
The RV parks near major attractions in the west are nothing like the parks in the northeast. You won't find party campgrounds. The locals have no need to get away from the city and blow off steam. Instead the parks will be full of tourists who spend all day at the attractions and return to clean up, eat, sleep and recover to do it all again. The parks themselves are not the attraction. Nobody stays in the park day in, day out using the park as their entertainment. Some of the parks may have a pool, a playground or another time waster like mini-golf, but that is about it.
Near places like Mount Rushmore, land is extremely expensive and scarce. Those real estate prices combined with the lack of land makes it imperative for those RV parks to maximize their revenues in order to make a profit, so you aren't going to find 1/2 acre sites. I think you will find you will ultimately care much less about the RV parks on this trip than you do at home. They are going to serve a different purpose.
We are excited to get away from the Northeast and East coast for camping. As you probably aware we have a very short camping season here in the Northeast. I certainly agree we up over here are "wound up tight" from the fever pace way of life we seem to put on ourselves through (lol). We noticed a big difference in people and "feel" when we head to Florida, no one seems rushed or stressed like us "Northerners" as we are still called.
We believe we will do most likely exactly what you said by being gone all day and coming back to base camp and relaxing. We have a couple of younger kids in our party who will explore the campground activities if we need a day of rest.
Thanks for your thoughts, I believe you are right and we can't wait to get out there and experience that part of our country.
Thanks
Normy
