Membership Campgrounds and Campground Review

Last year, with the expectation of retirement and at a very good price, we joined the coast2coast RV campground membership system.  We stayed at one campground last year...not a great buy.  But this spring we signed up for two more years at the cost of $85 per year.

When we started to look for a place to spend the night on our way to Amy's we found that we wanted to stay at a campground that belonged to the Passport America Membership group.  It cost $49 a year if you wanted an actual membership directory and we joined.

On our way to Amy's we stayed at both.  So here is a quick review of these two campgrounds.  Our first stop was at Ye Old Mill Campground.  It is 16 miles from the East Broad Top Railroad and Trolley Museum.  In our Blog Lew discusses what happened when we drove to the Train station.

This was our first time for using our Passport America membership.  When registering we learned that when using the PA discount rate we needed to pay cash (as it turns out, typical of many PA CGs).  Also, many Passport America campgrounds do not give the 50% discount on Friday or Saturday, (which is why we left Bethel Park on Sunday!) They did take our money and we paid $15.50 for this site with water and electric alongside a very nice creek.  A number of kittens and a mama cat visited so Katz had great fun hissing through the screen door.   That was the good news.  OTOH, there was turnpike noise all night (and a 4 mile drive off the turnpike to hear it all night)  and while the bathrooms were very clean, they were also very old.  No swimming pool or any other form of entertainment. 

The next night we stopped at Rondout Valley Resort in Accord, NY, a Coast2Coast network campground.  We didn't take a picture.  We had a very tiny FHU corner site (water, electric and sewer).  Price was $10.00.  Over 500 campsites.  A poorly maintained outdoor pool.  A bathroom that was not clean.  The campground was so large we never found the "trail".  Guess one can't complain for the cost....but TWO street lights...really?  In the wilderness?

So far, not too impressed with anything but the cost....but hey....us retired people have to place cost pretty high in priority.

Jan