Comments on: Favorite Campgrounds of 2014

By: The Mudbugs

The Mudbugs — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:54:39 +0000

Awesome article, thanks for sharing! Your priorities are exactly the same as our’s. Dog friendly is number one. Location of the rv park/campground also matter and the size of the site. Really loved seeing your list. Looking forward to more reviews hopefully from the Western side of the US.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:52:55 +0000

In reply to Hardy White. Hi Hardy! Lazydays almost made our list, especially since their WiFi was some of the best we've found. Hope to see you on the road pretty soon!

By: Hardy White

Hardy White — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:29:15 +0000

No Site 290 at L/d, I’m shocked!! ;). Nice page, will follow to keep in touch.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:19:23 +0000

In reply to Taylor Banks.

Ah, sounds pretty good. We’ll be staying at Santee Lakes, a little bit inland from San Diego. Hopefully our paths will cross some day! We’re “LifeRebooted” on RVillage.com, if you want to keep track of our location…

By: Taylor Banks

Taylor Banks — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 23:47:19 +0000

In reply to Mike. Ha! We left San Diego for Yuma. FWIW, we stayed at Santa Fe RV park (near Pacific Beach) for 3 weeks and found it to be a perfectly pleasant park and a great value if you guys have a Passport America membership. Some mild highway noise and noticeable train noise, as the park backs up to the train tracks, but neither tend to bother us (quickly becomes white noise to us). They have a long, fenced off dog area (though it's the only place dogs are allowed), a nice heated pool and jacuzzi, a huge laundry room and clean restrooms and showers. Would certainly stay there again if in the area.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 22:29:42 +0000

In reply to Taylor Banks. Cat's out of the bag! Catalina State Park in Tucson is our favorite campground of all so far, followed by McDowell Mountain Park near Phoenix. Both are very dog friendly but we do run into the occasional sand spurs or burrs (less often in Catalina than McDowell). We didn't have a chance to visit Gilbert Ray or Picacho Peak. Sorry we missed you! We're leaving Yuma tomorrow for San Diego...

By: Taylor Banks

Taylor Banks — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:14:41 +0000

Assuming Gilbert Ray, Picacho Peak State Park and/or Catalina were amongst those that you considered 2015 favorites? We’re at Picacho Peak SP now and wanted to head towards Gilbert Ray, but heard that is was particularly dog-unfriendly due to the plethora of cactii and lack of dog-friendly trails. Sorry we didn’t find your blog earlier, as we would have enjoyed meeting up with you guys somewhere between Yuma and Tucson over the past week or so!

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:10:47 +0000

In reply to Dave & Diane. Hey guys! So far we're pretty impressed with The Palms RV Resort in Yuma. We don't usually go for "resorts" because they're often stuffy and not very dog friendly, but this place is neither. The whole place is dog friendly (probably not too relevant for you) and they have a 1-mile walking trail around the edge of the resort. Some of the best landscaping we've seen, flowering bushes and trees everywhere, and everyone's friendly. Nice pool, hot tubs, etc. If you're looking for the opposite of boondocking, this is probably it!

By: Dave & Diane

Dave & Diane — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 13:51:22 +0000

We will make note of a few of those places for the future. Thanks for listing them out. We will be curious about your thoughts on The Palms in Yuma. We are thinking about heading that way in about 3 weeks.

By: Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor

Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 12:03:30 +0000

Great list – we’ll have to check some of these out!