Strange park

[Coach-man]

Checked into an Encore park in Fort Laudedale, and it is set up so you pull in with your door facing the hook ups! You must pass the hoses and cords under the RV to hook up! First time I have encountered such a weird set up. I think is they just reversed how you pull in everything should be fine, BUT that is not how they want you to set up! Anyone ever encounted such a set up and could anyone enlighten me on why this would be the prefered method? Specially in South FLA, the first person to trip on a hose or cord would have sued these people!

[BubbaChris]

Coach-man wrote:

laknox wrote:
Campland on the Bay in San Diego has a powered trailer dolly and will pull trailers into opposing sites, nose to tail. That way you have awnings facing each other. Frankly, never paid any attention to the pedestal, but I believe they're all at the back of the pad anyway. I thought that was a very cozy idea for camping with family/friends in another rig.

Lyle

Coconuts at Fort Meyers Beach is like that, but at least your hook ups are in the correct side!

KOA in Kingman AZ has a bunch of "Buddy" sites. Ours allowed my DW to see a little more of our German neighbor than anticipated when he changed out of his swimsuit (inside their rental RV with the door open).

[93Cobra2771]

Bob Vaughn wrote:
We stayed in a county park one time that had the water hook up near the road and 100' away was the power hook up. It as at the back of the site. I was already unhooked before I realized this.....

Did the same thing but had a bad pedestal once. Was fully unhooked before my surge guard alerted me. It was already dark. Ended up moving over one spot.

Now, plugging in to power happens BEFORE I unhook. That way I can make sure power is good.

[jnharley]

There is a campground in Homer,AK that has waterfront sites set up for motorhomes to pull into for the view and then hook ups are on the correct side for them. 5th wheels that stay in those spots must back in and their utilities are then on the wrong side. The view: Katchamek Bay and it is spectacular!

[Bob_Vaughn]

We stayed in a county park one time that had the water hook up near the road and 100' away was the power hook up. It as at the back of the site. I was already unhooked before I realized this.....

[Coach-man]

laknox wrote:
Campland on the Bay in San Diego has a powered trailer dolly and will pull trailers into opposing sites, nose to tail. That way you have awnings facing each other. Frankly, never paid any attention to the pedestal, but I believe they're all at the back of the pad anyway. I thought that was a very cozy idea for camping with family/friends in another rig.

Lyle

Coconuts at Fort Meyers Beach is like that, but at least your hook ups are in the correct side!

[FlatBroke]

Around where we stay some have motor home spots and trailer spots, motor homes on the preferred sites. Place across the river mixes them up using a tow motor to pull the fifth wheels in. Of course the motor homes get the river view and us Low life fifth wheel owners get the other view.

[Old-Biscuit]

Yellow sites are 'mobile homes'
Purple sites are RVs

Instructions in Blue Box
Must pull in direction of arrows
Utilities must come from under coach

PDF..MAP

[laknox]

Dtank wrote:

laknox wrote:
Campland on the Bay in San Diego has a powered trailer dolly and will pull trailers into opposing sites, nose to tail. That way you have awnings facing each other. Frankly, never paid any attention to the pedestal, but I believe they're all at the back of the pad anyway. I thought that was a very cozy idea for camping with family/friends in another rig.

Lyle

"Cozy" it ain't..:R

Guess some things never change!

*Crampland* on the Bay (AKA - San Diego Zoo Annex) would stack RVs on top of each other if they could figure out a way to do it.

Went there many, many years ago when kids were little.

Once was enough...;)

.

Have been twice; once in the eastern section, with very few trees, and once in the older section. It was pretty nice, only 1 row from the water and nicely shaded. We did go in Sept., the same weekend as Bay Fair, which was cool, but the park wasn't that crowded. The crowd =really= showed up for the Jimmy Buffet "family reunion" party, though. 🙂 Golf carts with shark heads and fins, tiki bars all over and Buffet tunes all week.

Lyle

[Dtank]

laknox wrote:
Campland on the Bay in San Diego has a powered trailer dolly and will pull trailers into opposing sites, nose to tail. That way you have awnings facing each other. Frankly, never paid any attention to the pedestal, but I believe they're all at the back of the pad anyway. I thought that was a very cozy idea for camping with family/friends in another rig.

Lyle

"Cozy" it ain't..:R

Guess some things never change!

*Crampland* on the Bay (AKA - San Diego Zoo Annex) would stack RVs on top of each other if they could figure out a way to do it.

Went there many, many years ago when kids were little.

Once was enough...;)

.

[RVman3252]

enblethen wrote:
I have seen that in some side by side setups.
That is not typical for MHs.
MH, TT and 5ers are all setup the same way

Yep... X 2

[goducks10]

Casey's RV park in Oakridge Or is like that. It seems back a$$wards to me. It's set up with river view pull thrus. A MH typically will drive in towards the view that can be seen out the front window. While TT's/5ers would normally have the view out the back. So when we go there we pull in forwards with no view or back into the pull thru to get a rear view and then run the hoses under the 5th. But then if there's a MH next to us our doors are face to face and our picnic table is on the opposite side.
All the back in sites are setup correctly. Really nice RV park aside from that.

[laknox]

Campland on the Bay in San Diego has a powered trailer dolly and will pull trailers into opposing sites, nose to tail. That way you have awnings facing each other. Frankly, never paid any attention to the pedestal, but I believe they're all at the back of the pad anyway. I thought that was a very cozy idea for camping with family/friends in another rig.

Lyle

[TS21sso]

Visited a ACE facility in Ok that two of the campgrounds were a circle with the picnic tables, fire rings and utilities were on outside of circle. The Rv sites were paved areas on the arc of the circle and to the right. The other campgrounds around the lake had back-in sites. Must have been a reason??

[Coach-man]

korbe wrote:

Executive wrote:
You must be referring to Sunshine Holiday. Often, when a campground has sites that face a lake or the ocean they put the pedestals on varying sides of the sites. Motorhomes can then pull in facing the water and fivers can back in with their rear window facing the water. Make sense?...sounds like you picked a motorhome site....Dennis

Yep, my thoughts also. And with this theory, the picnic table, and any patio area would also be on his back side.

Water, Veiw? Yes it is Sunshine, and my fabulos rear view is the parking lot of the strip mall! Yes there would barely be enough room for another small RV to pull in next to us, with no room to extend the awning, if we both reversed our direction at least the hookups would be fine!