westernrvparkowner wrote:
I notice that you said the only parks you didn't stay at were parks with derelict rigs but were seedy in other ways. Since you didn't stay, what other ways were they seedy? And don't you think there is a correlation between derelict rigs and seedy parks? And what percentage of those derelict rigs were less than 10 years old? My guess, pretty close to zero. My parks are definitely not seedy, and they don't accept derelict rigs. I feel that those things are pretty much joined at the hip.
I have only found 2 so far but the main factor is do I feel safe. One was on the way down to Florida (an O/N) and it was right behind a Walmart. It looked more like a bad trailer park with a lot of junk around and in front of each rig and packed "sardine" style. There was literally trash, blowing papers. The second place was similar, except there were some rusting hulks of farm or ?? equipment and it didnt look like there were many people there. If the grounds look like hell with trash and uncut grass, I would leave, not even check the bathrooms.
OTOH, I have been in more "primitive" CG, one there was a lot of trash in the ditches of the long drive to this place. When I got there was a burnt out hulk for a big rig. But the owner/operators were VERY nice and there were other people there, the grounds otherwise was clean and kept up. A cute little "general" store with antique farm equipment. Clean bathrooms and IIRC, they were 4 individual little rooms with toilet, shower, etc.
At the RV/CG I selected for my permanent base in Florida as of last month, the Stage Stop Campground in Winter Garden, there is a mix of all ages of people, of permanent single and double trailers, some snowbirds like I am, many transient especially on the weekend. Also a mix of rigs from Bs, TT (I plan on putting one on my site for friends to come visit), big 40' 5th wheel, buses, motor homes. Mix of old and new rigs, altho I am no judge of age lets say oxidized and not. The grounds and bathrooms are kept clean. The vegetation is mowed. People were washing their rigs. My kind of place, few rules.
