The Eagle Creek RV Resort where we stayed is owned and operated by the family of Don Maynard a professional football player from the 1950’s and 1960’s who was a wide receiver known for playing for the New York Jets. He also played with the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals; and the Shreveport Steamers of the World Football League. Don’s daughter Terri and her husband Rusty are among the best hosts we have encountered in our travels and they keep the park in tip top shape along with making sure guests have everything they need.

See also: Ruidoso New Mexico Area and Circle B RV Park for more information about the area.

Wildlife

The area around the park is known for abundant wildlife and even in nearby Ruidoso it’s not uncommon to find lots of deer, antelope and wild horses. We heard that they have seen bear, mountain lions and even wild turkeys in the RV park but with the possible exception of a wild turkey we didn’t see any of those. Wild horses came by nearly every day and deer and antelope also were frequently seen in the evenings.

Local Attractions

Cloudcroft

Cloudcroft is a mountaintop tourist community (8,676 feet) about an hour south of Ruidoso and located in the Lincoln National Forrest. It was named by Fodor’s in 2002 as the Number 3 “Most Overlooked and Underrated Destination Spot.” It’s a beautiful drive to get up there and we love to arrive early to get some great Texas BBQ at Mad Jack’s which is run by a Lockhart, Texas native. Lockhart is well known as a BBQ hot spot in Texas.

Monjeau Fire Lookout

Monjeau Lookout was completed in 1940 by the Civilian Conservation Corps to serve as a fire lookout tower within Lincoln National Forest and is visible from Eagle Creek RV Resort. The structure is a 14-by-14-foot native stone tower which contains living quarters, and is topped with a 7 ft × 7 ft metal-frame cab. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Places.

Park Review – Eagle Creek RV Resort

Rating: 
Location:  Alto, NM
Site Quality / Amenities: Gravel pads and roads with picnic tables at each site. They also have a pavilion complete with tables and a BBQ grill, laundry facilities and a putting green. Hiking trails are available going up the mountain behind the the park with a climb of less than 500′. They can be a bit rocky and the best route is from the east side of the park. The east side has the old ski trails that switch back and forth up the mountain. The west side is mostly a steep climb straight up. At the top of the trail is the end of the old chair lift along with some good views of Sierra Blanca Peak.
Type: Commercial Park
Access: On Ski Run Road off New Mexico-48 north of Ruidoso in the town of Alto. Although you can access the park from NM-48 going north through Ruidoso there is a steep climb and the roads through town are quite narrow. We prefer to get there from NM-48 or NM-37 from US highway 380 from the north. They are both 2 lane roads with some elevation but they are easier to traverse.
Staff: The park is run by the family of Don Maynard of New York Jets fame from about 1960 to 1972. Terri and Rusty are terrific hosts who take a lot of pride in the park and take good care of the guests. The hosts cater to longer stays and in fact there is a 3 night minimum.
Cellular/WiFi: WiFi was available and fast at 61 MB download and 24 MB upload although the park wasn’t very full when I tested. Verizon was decent if not intermittent at times with download speeds of about 40 MB and upload speeds <1 MB on 5G. AT&T speeds ran about 9.5 MB for downloads and about 4.3 MB for uploads. AT&T was also intermittent at times.
Restaurants: Cafe Rio Pizza – Some of the best pizza I’ve had anywhere. We like the Tuscan made with Olive Oil rather than red sauce. Hall of Flame Burgers – We ate there last time we were here and I only remember they were just OK but not great. El Paraiso Mexican – The food was pretty good but the service was lacking. Alto Cafe – Good catfish on Friday’s. Mad Jack’s Mountop BBQ (Cloudcroft) – Great Texas BBQ but get there early!
Nearby parks: There are many nearby parks that look pretty good but most are gated, like Eagle Creek, so it is difficult to drive through them. We did get a chance to drive through the Eagle Lake Campground and RV Park even though they initially asked for $20 to do so (which we declined). The park is further west along Ski Run Road and is deeper into the mountains. The park had full hookups including 50A sites and was in a pretty area but that was where the good news ended. The roads into the park were very rough and the campground itself needed a lot of TLC. Most sites also looked too small for us. We wouldn’t stay there.
What we liked: Very clean, and very well run park. In April, the park was mostly empty and there was lots of animal activity including wild horses, mule deer, and elk. Our bird feeder and Hummingbird feeders were busy with a wide variety of birds and hummingbirds from sunup to sundown.
What we didn’t like: The downside of being in the area in April is that the area isn’t up to full speed yet. Of course, that’s good as well because everything is less crowded. Even the park could be less desirable and more crowded when it fills up later in the year.
Verdict: Although the park was allowing a few people to stay for short stays of less than a week, they really prefer folks staying a month or more with many sites reserved for their season (April through October). This is absolutely one of the nicest parks we have stayed in and we will return in the future.

Park Review – Route 66 RV Resort

Rating: 1/2
Location:  Albuquerque, NM
Site Quality / Amenities: Concrete pads and asphalt roads with nice landscaping for a desert environment.
Type: Commercial Park
Access: Easy access from I-40 about 20 miles west of Albuquerque., Showers and laundry facilities on site.
Staff: Friendly but check-in/out procedures were somewhat awkward. The texted for information before arriving and after leaving but then still called even after I replied.
Cellular/Wi-Fi: Good
Restaurants: Thunder Road was good but pricey.
Nearby parks: We didn’t look at any other parks in the area.
What we liked: Clean, well run park.
What we didn’t like: A bit out of the way for us but it was worth it.
Verdict: This is a nice park for a one or two night stopover when travelling through the area and we’d stay here again.

Park Review – Coyote Keeth’s RV Park

Rating: 
Site Quality / Amenities: Gravel roads and pads. Large amount of space between each site. There are restrooms with showers but no other amenities.
Type: Commercial Park
Access: Right off of US-87 on the south east side Clayton, NM
Staff: We didn’t have any interaction with staff at the park except for the camp host in our loop. He was friendly and helpful.
Cellular/Wi-Fi: Verizon was fast at about 76 Mbps.
Restaurants: We didn’t eat out while we were there.
Nearby parks: We didn’t check out any other parks in the area.
What we liked: The sites were wide and just long enough to stay hooked up for a quick departure the next day. There is a good amount of room between each site.
What we didn’t like: There is a train track across US-87 but they didn’t use their horns and noise was minimal. It was very windy the night we arrived but that isn’t unusual for the area.
Verdict: Great place for an overnight stop but not much more as there just isn’t much there.

White Sands is truly magical sight to see with endless rolling white dunes with a backdrop of the San Andres Mountains to the west. This is our second visit in 2 years and February was a better time to visit because of smaller crowds and the weather was sunny but cool which allowed us to hike further into the rolling dunes. Also, the sand was so cold to the touch and to walk on! We read that the dunes move 15 feet per year with the winds off the mountains blowing the gypsum. A couple of the pictures below show the dunes trying to take over the road that the park rangers have to plow daily to keep it passable and in a few areas it was very narrow for two cars to pass.

After visiting White Sands we drove into Alamogordo. Located here is Holloman Air Force Base and is the site of the testing range where the first atomic bomb was exploded in 1945. Also, this is part of the Chihuahuan Desert, sits at 4336′ elevation and is one of the larger cities in NM. It really is a barren desert city with the beautiful Sacramento Mountains bordering on the east, and so different from the White Sands only 20 miles away. After eating lunch we had to go the the famous McGinn’s PistachioLand and see the World’s Largest Pistachio! After spending lots of time tasting ALL the different flavored pistachios inside the store we could not agree on a favorite so we had to buy 3 different packages; dark chocolate, red chili, and sriracha honey roasted. YUM!

Another fun and memorable day. Thanks for visiting our site and enjoy the pictures!

New Mexico has an abundance of trails that are open to the public and most are only accessible by 4-wheel ATVs like theirs. There are many rocky, steep and narrow areas that most normal vehicles even with 4-wheel drive could not navigate. We were amazed that they could follow all the trails without getting lost!

Our trip took us into the mountains and up to several old abandoned mines. The views of the desert valley on the way up were spectacular and we were even surprised to find sand dunes and red dirt way up there.

At each mine, there were opportunities to search in the discard piles for amethyst, quartz and other rock specimens. Anna took home quite a few smaller rocks hoping to make jewelry out of them at some point in the future. One of the mines we visited had partially collapsed inside and was clearly not safe but we were able to go several hundred feet inside another. It was interesting to imagine how difficult it must have been to mine here with mostly hammers and chisels. At least they had spectacular views of the valley below when they emerged from the mine!

When we arrived at the Cavern, they offered two self-guided options both for the same price. On the web site it wasn’t clear but it looked like you had to pick one and then not see the other area. Actually, you can do both for the same price. We decided to start on the Natural Entrance Trail – an approximately a 1.25 mile hike down sometimes steep trails to 750 feet below the surface. An alternative to this is to take the elevator down but you would miss so much if you did. At the end of the trail you end up at the snack bar and elevator area where you can join the Big Room Trail which is another 1.25 miles. Where the first trail was a bit more confining than the big room, it’s all relative as the Natural Entrance Trail still goes through some very large areas of the cavern with very interesting things to see along the way. Once in the Big Room you really do get a sense of the size and grandeur of this treasure. We were told that 6 football fields would fit inside the Big Room. Unfortunately, pictures do not capture what it’s like to be in the Cavern. Due to low light levels I would have needed a tripod to capture many of the sights (they allow you to bring one but I didn’t ) so many of the pictures aren’t great. We were here many, many years ago with our kids for a vacation. It was so great to see it all again!

On another day we took a day trip over to Sitting Bull Falls which is a series of waterfalls located in a canyon in the Lincoln National Forest southwest of the city of Carlsbad. As the crow flies it’s not that far from the Caverns but by road it’s a completely different route. The falls are fed by springs located in a canyon above with water flowing through a series of streams and pools until reaching the falls where it drops 150 feet into the canyon below. The area around Sitting Bull Falls is the remnants of a reef system known as the Capitan Great Barrier Reef dating from the Permian period. Approximately 250 million years ago, the region was located near the edge of an inland sea. When we visited, only 2 of maybe 7 total falls were flowing. While disappointing in that regard, this was a really good time to go as the daytime temperatures were mild and the crowds were small.

Artesia, NM is a town about 30 miles North of the town of Carlsbad that was established in 1905 on the promise of plentiful water supplies provided by an artesian water system. In the 1920’s oil started showing up in the area’s water wells encouraging investors and drillers to drill for oil. Today the oil and gas industry still thrives in the area. For such a small town, Artesia has more bronze sculptures than we have seen in one place. Most reflect the history of the area from cattle drives to the oil and gas industry. Three of these are located several blocks from each other but within sight and they represent a cattle drive with the cattle boss, a vaquero or cowboy, and a cattle rustler forming a complete story. Outside of the bronze statues, there is a mural created in 1952 by Peter Hurd. Originally located on a lobby wall in a downtown Houston building, the mural was moved into the Artesia library when it was going to be destroyed along with the building in Houston. The mural is befitting of a library as attached lettering reads “The Future Belongs to Those Who Prepare for it.” As large as it is, it is amazing they could safely move it from Houston to Artesia without damaging it. We enjoyed our afternoon walking tour.

Rating: 1/2
RV Park:  Carlsbad KOA Holiday, Carlsbad, NM
Site Quality:  Gravel roads and pads. The sites were almost all pull through though there were a few at the back of the park that were back in. These sites seemed to be occupied exclusively by permanent residents. We were in site C2 which was plenty long for our RV along with the truck parked behind it. This was one of several pairs of sites that were configured as buddy sites with a common picnic table and fire ring between them. That was a bit awkward since we weren’t there with a buddy. Connections were conveniently laid out for our rig. The sewer connection was sunken below the surface but they used the 3″ connection rather than the 4″ so we didn’t have any issues with our sewer elbow as we had with another park.
Type:  Commercial
Access: Easy access from US Highway 285 about 15 miles north of Carlsbad.
Staff: All of the staff we spoke with were very friendly and helpful. They smoke BBQ daily and will deliver it to your site in the evening for a reasonable fee.
Amenities:  Full hookups, free cable TV, dog run, playground, laundry room, pool, restrooms and showers. There were also free games like Horseshoes, Gaga Ball, Checkers, Volleyball, Basketball, and Tetherball. Propane available on site.
Cellular/WiFi: AT&T and Verizon were 5 bars without amplification and 4G service was good. WiFi was available but we did not use it since it was an open system.
What we liked: Reasonably close to local attractions. Places in Carlsbad would be a bit closer but they tend to stay full with local oil field workers. Quiet, little road noise from Highway 285, no train noise. Large park for walking.
What we didn’t like: Buddy site arrangement. The water was VERY hard. The air quality can be bad due to the oil wells and refineries nearby.
Verdict: As a KOA it was expensive compared to other commercial parks but it is good for a short stay up to a week. Would look at staying in Artesia when passing thru again.

We only had a couple of days to explore and get some shopping done because of weather. During several days with wild wind and dust storms we had to just hunker down, keep the windows closed and wait them out. At one point we had wind gusts over 60 MPH!

Since we were only a few miles from the Old Historic town of Mesilla we spent an afternoon taking in the Old Plaza area. It’s fascinating to us to learn about the history of the towns we visit. Indians and Conquistadors used Mesilla as a camping place. It became an overnight stop during the Overland stagecoach days. When white settlers came to the area in the 1800’s the area was still part of Mexico and the adobe houses were built close together around the plaza, with the church at one end, to protect against Indian raids. These houses and the plaza have been refurbished as gift shops. B&B’s, and restaurants today. Amazing to believe that this small plaza was once the capital of New Mexico and Arizona territories with bullfights, cockfights, outlaws, the famous courthouse that tried and sentenced Billy the Kid to hang, and bloody shootouts simply over politics!

One day was spent at the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. Located just 10 miles east of Las Cruces and bordering and overlooking the White Sands Missile Range. Such amazing history as Geronimo’s Cave and other shelter caves with Indian artifacts dating back to prehistoric days, silver mines, outlaws including Billy the Kid, stagecoach routes, and original US/Mexico border from the Gadsden Treaty. Along with the rugged beauty of these mountains we have come to love (minus the dust storms!) and the surprising beauty of spring flowers in the high desert.

After 9 months on the road we are still loving our RV life! Getting out of our small corner of the world we realize our country is so amazing. We are so thankful to have time to explore, absorb life, and meet such wonderful people in all the areas we visit! Hope you are enjoying our blog and pictures! We always love reading your comments!

Rating: 1/2
RV Park:  Hacienda RV Resort, Las Cruces, NM
Site Quality:  Asphalt roads with gravel pads. The park contained a mix of back in and pull through sites though most were pull through. We were in an extra long pull through site (#162) which was plenty long for us to unhook the truck with both on the pad. Most sites were arranged for two trailers parked in opposite directions with a small wooden fence between each pair of sites. Connections were conveniently laid out for our rig however the sewer connection was sunken below the service preventing us from being able to thread into the pipe as it should be able to. We even bought a new elbow but it didn’t work either.
Type:  Commercial
Access: Easy access from Interstate 10 in Las Cruces.
Staff: All of the staff we spoke with were very friendly and helpful. 
Amenities:  Full hookups, free cable TV, dog run, laundry room, hot tub, exercise room, restrooms and showers.
Cellular/WiFi: AT&T and Verizon were 5 bars without amplification and 4G service was good. WiFi was available and worked exceptionally well – better than cellular data rates in many locations. I used it for a while but then during a wind storm it seemed to fail. At the same time, the free cable became intermittent during the wind storm.
What we liked: Nice, well maintained park. Lots of options for shopping and restaurants nearby.
What we didn’t like: The neighboring site in each pair leaves your neighbor only a few feet from your rig with slide outs extended. Expensive for what we used. We had several intermittent problems with WiFi and Cable TV. Road noise from I-10 was pretty loud at times. There was a railroad track a little over 1/2 mile away that was louder than we expected but luckily it only had a couple of trains a day.
Verdict: Good for a short stay of a few days up to a week.

Rusty’s has a unique layout for the park. The pull-thrus are each 200′ long and each one supports 2 RV sites. Unlike other parks, the RV’s are in separate lanes instead of back to back. Due to the length of the pull-thru there ends up being plenty of privacy between RV’s sharing the pull-thru and the distance between adjacent pull-thrus is far so there was plenty of room. Being a dark sky location had it’s challenges for us as they didn’t want any white outside lights on at night. It was so dark you could get lost walking around at night – even if you stayed at your own site. The reason for all this is that about half of the people staying in the park were amateur astronomers and astrophotographers with very large expensive telescopes. We found that the more sophisticated ones could be operated from inside their coach and could even be programmed to aim at points of interest automatically throughout the night and record what they saw. Some of the pictures we saw were fantastic. Unfortunately, it was pretty cold on the few nights there were clear skies while we were there so we didn’t spend a lot of time outside looking at the stars ourselves.

For being so far from anything major, it was surprising to find The Chiricahua Desert Museum nearby. One of the exhibits there is the Desert Botanical Garden which is filled with native plants from the area. In warmer weather you can also see many lizard and bird species, tortoises, and numerous native insects. Inside, there is a large collection of native artifacts as well as a timeline for the history of the area. There is also a live display area where you can see close up a collection of over thirty-four species of rattlesnakes. Most were quite docile in their displays but the Western Rattlesnake was not. It was very disturbing to be inches away while this snake made it clear it did not like us being there.

The real highlight of the area though was the Cave Creek Canyon area where the towns of Portal and Paradise were located. The towns were ok and we had a good meal at the Portal Peak Lodge Store & Cafe but the real gem was the canyon itself. The rock formations in the canyon were spectacular and the vibrant colors within them made them even better. As with most things, the pictures just don’t do capture the depth and beauty of the area. There are primitive camping sites and hiking trails throughout the area. We attempted to hike to the Winn Falls Viewpoint one day but quickly found out why it was labeled a “difficult” trail. There had been some confusion about the length of the trail as we had been told there was a dirt road that covered the first 1.4 miles leaving only a 1.7 mile trail. The problem was that the road was closed so we had to hike that part to get to the trail. We realized by the time we made it to the end of the road we wouldn’t have time to go the rest of the way and then get back down before dark so we turned around. On the way down we noticed that you could see the water fall from a point just a few feet from where we parked the truck. We also noticed that it was mostly frozen. After that we didn’t feel so bad that we didn’t make it all the way to the viewpoint.

Rating: 1/2
Location:  Rusty’s RV Ranch, Rodeo, NM
Site Quality:  Gravel roads and pads with very long pull through sites. The pull throughs were configured with two sites on each
Type:  Commercial
Access:  From NM-180 on the east side of Silver City go south on Memory lane to the park entrance. There is a sign above the driveway but it is at least 14′ clearance. but due to their length and the fact that each RV was pointing the opposite direction of the other the two RVs were not that close together. Also, they were both pull throughs side by side meaning you didn’t sit back to back where one RC had to back in.
Staff:  Rusty checked us in and was very helpful and friendly. She not only helped us understand the park but also spent quite a bit of time telling us about what to see and do in the area.
Amenities:  Full hookups, dog run, laundry room. Dark sky for astronomers so no outside lights at night.
Cellular/WiFi:  Verizon 3 bars without amplification. On our phones we could only get 3G data but using amplification, we could get 4G at about 6 Mbps. AT&T was non-existent but we heard they were installing a tower in town so that should be available soon. WiFi was available but we did not use it.
What we liked: This was a rustic park with mountain views virtually 360 degrees. In site #16 we had a good south western view of the tallest mountain nearby as well as great sunset views. There was a lot of space between pairs of sites and even between each unit of a pair so privacy was good.
What we didn’t like: Being a desert area it was quite dusty and windy. Even with 20 Mph gusts forecast we had some isolated gusts over 40 Mph which came unexpectedly. We lowered our satellite dish several times to prevent wind damage. Short of the Cave Creek Canyon, there just isn’t a lot to do in the area.

The historic downtown area of Silver City has a lot of history and was a bit more upscale than what we found in Elephant Butte or Truth or Consequences. Western New Mexico University has a big campus here and no doubt contributes to helping the town thrive. The town has a artistic and eclectic vibe with lots of art workshops with over 20 galleries, boutiques, gift shops, restaurants, etc. We really enjoyed strolling these historic streets, seeing the sites, and sampling all the espresso shops!

Silver City is known as the Gateway to the Continental Divide Trail and has many different trail heads right thru the heart of the town. Just off the main street was the Silver City Museum which is in a beautifully restored 1881 3-story home of town pioneers. As with most of the small and ghost towns in NM, many Apache tribes roamed freely in the area until the silver boom in 1800’s saw a huge amount of miners arriving. The Apache would attack and kill the miners. The army sent soldiers and set up forts to help protect the miners and settlers. Billy The Kid, as a boy along with his family, were among the settlers trying to find their fortune. Butch Cassidy and his ‘Wild Bunch’ also visited the area saloons often. Fort Bayard was built close by in 1866 near the Apache Trail and equipped the famous Army “Buffalo Soldiers”. Later the fort was converted into a tuberculosis hospital. Also, it has one of NM national cemeteries with headstones so old they had only name and infantry division.

In Silver City they have the Mimbres River flowing in a large cavern running thru the heart of town. Apparently, as the town was thriving with the silver boom the surrounding mountains were stripped of lumber to build all the saloons, stores, bank, courthouse, homes, churches, etc. When the rainy season came in 1895 there was no vegetation left to hold back the flood waters. A great wall of water rushed thru the middle of town, down Main Street, leaving a lot of destruction and a 55 foot ditch. The town still has the original high sidewalks created from the frequent flooding, the ditch grew bigger over time with more floods, and the loss of Main Street became known as ‘The Big Ditch’. It is now a revitalized trail with parks and picnic areas.

When driving into the area there is no missing a massive working mine, the Chino Copper Mine east of Silver City. Spanish arrived in early 1800 and created the oldest active mine in the southwest today, the Chino Mine. The Spanish had to abandon the mines because of Apache attacks but it was later reopened in the late 1800’s. When we were trying to get a glimpse of the mine from the road, the mine is so massive that the giant sized earth movers and transport trucks looked like ants in the distance! Another landmark above the mine is a rock formation called the ‘Kneeling Nun’. It is said that the rock was actually once a nun in love with a Spanish soldier and turned to stone as she knelt to pray.

A day trip along the ‘Trail of the Mountain Spirits National Scenic Byway’ was so beautiful and historic. The Catwalk National Recreation Trail is by far one of the coolest hiking trails we have experienced. It is deep into the Gila National Forest and in the very remote Whitewater Canyon. This is a fascinating and beautiful old mining canyon and mill site. Today, it is a metal catwalk clinging to the side of the narrow canyon 20′ above the roaring creek. It replaces the original wooden bridges and metal pipes used to supply water to the nearby towns and its electric generators. Some of the original 18″ pipes help support some of the current catwalk. We could even see some of the original spikes, etc. used to hold the pipes and mining equipment. Even though the rangers posted notices of bear and cougars in the area we still had to explore it. The Whitewater Creek was roaring so loud below us on the catwalk we had to yell to talk. From there we drove over 1000′ above the canyon thru the Mogollon mountains. This was another exciting adventure because of the narrow, barely one lane, and very steep twisting road with a sheer drop off on one side! The views were amazing! We saw the remains of the Old Fannie Mine with the tailings dropping over the cliff. As we cleared the peak of the mountain we dropped into the ghost town of Mogollon. This was supposed to have been one of the wildest mining towns because of its location and Butch Cassidy’s gang was hold up here to avoid the law. It is mostly privately owned homes and businesses now with entrances onto old mines and remnants of the mining days scattered everywhere. So fascinating! The town opens to tourism May – October with a lodge, restaurant, shops, etc. so we missed being able to walk thru and explore. Maybe next time!

Because of cold weather with rain and snow, we only were able to explore a small portion of the area. We really enjoyed Silver City and are anxious to go back and explore a lot more and hopefully hike some of the Continental Divide Trail!

Update 3/2023: We came back to Silver City to spend a month in March 2023. We stayed at Rose Valley again and we were assigned to site 4 on the east side of the park. Site 4 is in our opinion one of the best sites in the park with a good amount of privacy and the creek behind our site.

We went back to The Catwalk when friends Frank and Debbie from Texas came to see us.

We also took a day trip up to the Gila Cliff Dwellings. We didn’t make it up there during our first visit to the area and we were sorry we didn’t. The views on the way up there were pretty spectacular.

Rating: 
Location:  Rose Valley RV Ranch, Silver City, NM
Site Quality:  Gravel roads and pads with a combination of pull through and back in sites. We were in site #61, one of the back in spots at the back of the park which left us with good views of open land as well as the sunsets in the evening. Sites around the edge are best. 4 is our favorite.
Type:  Commercial
Access:  From NM-180 on the east side of Silver City go south on Memory lane to the park entrance. There is a sign above the driveway but it is at least 14′ clearance.
Staff:  The check-in staff member was very helpful and friendly. I got the impression she may have been the property owner.
Amenities:  Full hookups, dump station, exercise room, dog run, a shower and restroom facility, laundry room.
Cellular/WiFi:  AT&T and Verizon 3-4 bars without amplification. Data rates were decent on both Verizon and AT&T at about 5 Mbps using MiFi devices. Verizon phone speeds were much higher. WiFi was available but we did not use it.
What we liked: More rustic than a resort setting, better views of the surrounding area. Backed up to rolling hills. Good southern view from our site. Privacy offered between sites with wood fences.
What we didn’t like: Rainy (and snowy) weather along with the previously mentioned privacy limited the ability to meet our neighbors.
Verdict: Nice park if you can get one of the edge sites. Sites #4 or maybe #2 are best. The long pull-through sites on the west side would also be ok. Many of the interior sites are short and many are close to their neighbors.