KOA

I'd stay at a walmart before being ripped off by KOA.
Over priced and old and outdated at at lest all the one's we have seen.

We usually avoid KOAs - mostly because they're often very near a highway and we like the state park atmosphere.

But... There is one that we would definitely go to again - Fancy Gap KOA right off the Blue Ridge Parkway. Perfect place to stay while exploring the area - FHU and in the woods. :)

We just stayed at the KOA in Carbondale, CO, Montrose, CO and now at the one in Ouray, CO....great and beautiful places.

jjjandrbaker wrote:

ChuckV1 wrote:
I agree with qcloss, we were going to Delaware to see the daughter but after looking at the price's per night we turned around in Ohio at a KOA which was $45 a night pull thought full hookups an headed back home ...

Am I interpreting this correctly? You planned a trip to visit your daughter in Delaware, got as far as Ohio, didn't like the campsite prices, so you called off the visit and headed back home? It sounds like you just hopped in the vehicle and took off without any kind of planning.

Sounds to me like they didn't really want to visit the daughter! LOL. Cancelling a visit to a family member, after you're already on the road, to save a couple bucks! My family would be furious with me if I pulled that!

ScottG wrote:
In the PNW, KOA's are generally dumps (there are exceptions). I know there are nice ones througout the country but they're just terrible around here and still expensive.
So we never stay at them anymore.

I guess everyone has there own ideas of what a "dump" is. My family has stayed in MANY KOA's in the PNW, and most of them were really nice. I would even classify myself as a picky person. However, the 2 or 3 closest to where you live are pretty bad. When you head east of the mountains, and all the way into Idaho, and south of Olympia, including past the Columbia River and into central Oregon, you will find lots of nice KOA's

Stay at the fair grounds in Sioux Falls. 30 bux for full hookups, lots of sites

Next week we go back to one of our favorite KOA's, Coleville/Walker KOA (formerly Meadowcliff Lodge & RV Resort).

Our latest Trip Journal Entry

jplante4 wrote:

Lauren wrote:
But I do my homework on RVPark Reviews (don't go back more than two years, toss out the high onw and low one, and look for at least 7.5 - which in some cases cannot be met for an area).

This is exactly what we do. On our retirement trip, we were never surprised. Not to say that we didn't stay at some turkeys, but we knew there were issues before we got there. 7.5 is our cutoff. The highest rating is probably the owner, the lowest probably the closest competitor.

Great minds must think alike! A 7.5+ average overall rating is also my target. Of course, if by necessity, none are available I go for the highest average rating reasonably close by. That is, after reading several of the recent reviews pretty carefully. I have stayed in several 7.0 parks that were quite adequate. They may not be as spiffy as the higher-rated parks, but meet my needs at the time

next time go to big Sioux recreational area (state of sd) just to the east of Sioux falls about $30

If you read my entry to worst experience camping and remembered that it was a KOA, that is a good measure of your memory. Being parked under an interstate grade is just not going to be a great night.

We have since stayed at a number or KOA, but usually as part of a rally. That does not count in my book. As we are travelers and not campers, what the campground (or crampground) has as amenities is not much of an issue. We don't carry a television, we don't need a game room and if there is a pool full of screaming unattended children, that is no value at all.

We had to have a place to spend the night once and I could not raise the office of where I had planned, so the KOA was next choice. We actually enjoyed it. There were kids in the pool - With Their Parents. There was a "No jumping after 6PM" rule too.

I could do that one again.

Matt