Camp ground laundries

Pop-Pop C wrote:
We have been fulltiming going on 6 years. Have not had a bad experience.

Ditto.
And could have had washer and dryer in rig (still could I guess) but choose not to. I would rather get it all done in 2 hours and then wait 10 days to do it again.

We learned long ago to avoid coin laundries near colleges late at night. Other than that, the only problems we've run into were minor machine malfunctions and usually quickly corrected by an attendant.

The only campground laundry we've used has been at KOA's. And in 30 years the wife and I have been camping, never had one bad laundry area. If we are in a State Park, we'll find a laundry mat in town, as most State Parks we've been to don't have laundry facilities.

We have been fulltiming going on 6 years. Have not had a bad experience.

Never had a problem and we have used washers and dryers in camp g for as long as I can remember. Started camping in 1961 or 1962. Don't remember if they even had w and d in those days in c grounds

Went to Fla this past Feb and March. Washer and dryers in the campgrounds were spotless. Now for the single male campers, When I walked into the laundromat I had a big trash bag of dirty closes. I placed them all in the dryer with a little old lady watching me. I ask her how much it took to wash the load. She kinda smiled and explained that I put my clothes in the dryer instead of the washer and chuckled. I told her that I have never done clothes before and thanked her. She said if I would give her my money that she would do my laundry for me. I did so and went to the pool with a beer and sure enough about an hour later she came out to tell me that my clothes were done. Sure enough I walked back in and she had them all folded on the counter for me. I know that I sound terrible but I did give her $10.00 for doing them for me. She was tickled to death and blessed me.Hey guys if you need any more thoughts for your road trips you can privet e-mail me.

pedally wrote:
OK, I've heard some reports (I'm not an RVer yet) that camp ground laundries can be offensive. I've heard of people pissing in the dryers, Used diapers and remnants in the dryers, Having to check the dryers with a flashlight for debris, gum, etc.

My question is: Has anyone found these things to be true and do you recommend a laundrymat in town rather than a campground.

As absurd as it seems that this is happening, it is making me think TT with W/d vs Class C.

Urinating in dryers? Yuck that's really deep but no never seen or heard of that.

Used diapers or remnants? In the Land of Pampers happy to have missed that too even when my kiddos used cloth diapers and we had a diaper service.

Having to check the dryers for debris, gum, etc.? Runaway socks fer sure in both washing machines and dryers but of course the same thing seems to happen in private washing appliances.

I rarely stay at campgrounds with an onsite laundromat so town laundromats it is.

I have to admit that as a city high rise dweller the only time I ever had a washing machine was for about 4-5 years in a brownstone and that was only because my grandmother gifted me with her 1950's era machine. Great for the convenience of midnight cleaning as a working mom but otherwise kind of useless in my life. Certainly of no use to me as an empty nester or single person. Were I fulltiming for years on end I might consider getting one but not to be a week long tripper. I'd rather use my limited RV space in different manners.

Rick Jay wrote:

Halmfamily wrote:
Best idea the wide had.

You better edit that post before your wifey reads it! She ain't gonna be happy! LOL :)

~Rick

Thank God she never reads these but I'll change it just in case. That was a funny mis-type though.

We routinely used CG laundries or Laundry Marts in towns during our FT travels and we have stayed in all kinds of places but NEVER came across those kind of issues.

Somebody must have been staying in some really bad cgs.

Doing laundry in the RV = everyday chore and full hookups.
We usually go to a local laundromat but have used several camp facilities and have not had a problem in more than 15 years