We stayed for almost a week at an old RV park in Central Arizona, south of Sedona. (Rio Verde RV Park in Cottonwood AZ) My first thoughts were that it was pretty beat up and many of the RVs were quite decrepit, but we discovered the people made up for it. Many of them were full-time residents. Our kids quickly made friends and hung out in the picnic pavilion in the center of the park. Honestly, there really weren't many views from the windows of the RV: mostly just dust and rocks and a few trees. Our lovely "picture window" at the back of the RV looked out about 2 feet to the side wall of the shower building...sigh... However, we had a nice, shady tree next to our patio, which was encouragement to sit outside in our lawn chairs and relax awhile. Jakob even did some reading up in the branches of that tree! Most evenings I took time to keep an eye out the door to watch the edge of the nightly sunset over the mountains in the distance. So...at least THIS view (from the door) was definitely a good one!
Now we are parked at an RV park on the far east side of the Phoenix area. (The Arizona Maverick in Apache Junction AZ.) As I had read in many RVer blogs, it was a challenge finding a family friendly RV park anywhere in the Valley of the Sun. (Most are age restricted--55 & up--where even WE are too young to stay there!!) This one is quite a drive to get to Nettie and even farther to visit our friends (who live to the north of Phoenix). But, again, people are friendly here and there are lots of full-time residents with lots of kids for Jakob and Anna to play with. These spaces have nice patios (where I spend alot of time, sitting under our awning), gravel all around (instead of dust), and palm trees scattered around the sites. Unfortunately, we are surrounded on every side with rows of other RVs so, again, the views from the windows aren't all that great. The far back of the park has views of mountains on the horizon, but I can't really even see that from the patio. This photo is of the view through the small window behind the dining bench. (I can see it while lounging on the couch.) During daytime it's pretty boring since the power lines are so shiny from the sunlight. But, each night at sunset, the view is worth noticing.
We stayed for almost a week at an old RV park in Central Arizona, south of Sedona. (Rio Verde RV Park in Cottonwood AZ) My first thoughts were that it was pretty beat up and many of the RVs were quite decrepit, but we discovered the people made up for it. Many of them were full-time residents. Our kids quickly made friends and hung out in the picnic pavilion in the center of the park. Honestly, there really weren't many views from the windows of the RV: mostly just dust and rocks and a few trees. Our lovely "picture window" at the back of the RV looked out about 2 feet to the side wall of the shower building...sigh... However, we had a nice, shady tree next to our patio, which was encouragement to sit outside in our lawn chairs and relax awhile. Jakob even did some reading up in the branches of that tree! Most evenings I took time to keep an eye out the door to watch the edge of the nightly sunset over the mountains in the distance. So...at least THIS view (from the door) was definitely a good one!
Now we are parked at an RV park on the far east side of the Phoenix area. (The Arizona Maverick in Apache Junction AZ.) As I had read in many RVer blogs, it was a challenge finding a family friendly RV park anywhere in the Valley of the Sun. (Most are age restricted--55 & up--where even WE are too young to stay there!!) This one is quite a drive to get to Nettie and even farther to visit our friends (who live to the north of Phoenix). But, again, people are friendly here and there are lots of full-time residents with lots of kids for Jakob and Anna to play with. These spaces have nice patios (where I spend alot of time, sitting under our awning), gravel all around (instead of dust), and palm trees scattered around the sites. Unfortunately, we are surrounded on every side with rows of other RVs so, again, the views from the windows aren't all that great. The far back of the park has views of mountains on the horizon, but I can't really even see that from the patio. This photo is of the view through the small window behind the dining bench. (I can see it while lounging on the couch.) During daytime it's pretty boring since the power lines are so shiny from the sunlight. But, each night at sunset, the view is worth noticing.
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