You exit off the Interstate from Nebraska, but cross to Wyoming. If you just need to do some laundry and don’t want to pay a lot for full hookups, this will work. But it’s not the greatest place…

You get full hookups, water, sewer, electric, and laundry and showers. The laundry and showers were so-so. It was adequate for the price. The sites are all on grass. When I got there, no one was on duty… it was self registration. There was a Good Sam logo, so I contacted the phone number displayed to inquire as to whether I can take the Good Sam discount. It rang to the police station. The person who answered the phone said that the police station answers the phone on weekends. Lovely. They weren’t sure if I could take the discount or not, so I was told to wait and pay in the morning. Guess what, it turned out I COULD take the discount! I paid $18, full price was $20 as of this writing.

The sites are grassy, and are “front and back twosies.” Sites 1-24 are for the overnighters. Other sites are for perms. There were a few perms there at the time. This is an area that can get windy, and it was windy the night I stayed there.

The driving road to get around the camping area at Cheyenne State Recreation Area is pretty “wash boardy.” There are only about six camp sites, but each one is near a small covered picnic pavilion, with a fire ring.

The sites are pretty spacious, considering they are along the driving road…. One of the spots is near the dumpster. Try not to get that spot. Dry camping only. There is one pit toilet and one “modern” toilet. The bathrooms were not the greatest, but for $7 (as of this writing), what can you expect?

This campground is good for overnighting. My Verizon Air Card worked great, provided you have an inverter, or generator or plenty of laptop battery power.

You have to drive three miles into Lake Manawa State Park before you find the camping area. The camping slots are all on gravel. The sites with the best lake access are all “dry camping” sites, and will hold tents or small trailers and campers. The bigger rigs will need to be in the pull-throughs in the center.

The sites with the best access to the lake are sites 1-5; and sites 7-17 odd. Sites 19, 20, and 22 also give you lake access, but down a longer path. If you decide you really, really, REALLY want an electric site, you may need an extension cord. Two sites share one pole between them. Depending on whether you are on the “correct” side, or the “wrong” side, you may, or may not, need the extension cord. I was glad I happened to have one.

Each site has a picnic table and fire ring. The sites do not have water, you need to fill up at one of the water faucets in the park before you park. The sites do not have sewer, you use the community sewer dump. At this time, you are not allowed to bring in wood from out of state due to a certain bug problem.

The campground host was friendly and helpful. The bathrooms weren’t the greatest, but at least the showers were free. However, you had to keep pressing the button, as you only get 20 seconds of lukewarm water (I timed it…). Recommend wearing shower shoes.

I stayed two nights. Verizon Air Card worked just fine. Park was ok for the price, but nothing spectacular.

This park apparently has separate sections for overnighters and longer stays. The overnight area is close to the interstate. The other area is closer to the river.

The park charges (as of this writing) $3 more for FULL hookup (W/E/S) than for just water and electric. The current price was $26 for full hookups (without taxes). These days, finding a campground under $30 is a miracle! Wi-Fi is accessible with an assigned code. Wi-Fi is easy to access, but was extremely slow when I used it.

Sites are all grass, not necessarily level. Some of the sites are front and back “twosies,” you will get a pull through if you are lucky and no one is in the back spot. Otherwise, you will back in to the front spot. Each spot has a fire ring and picnic table. TV reception via antenna is ok, some of the channels will “pixelate.”

At the time I was there, the overnight area was wide open, but I can tell it would be “crowded” if it were full. The longer stay area looked pretty crowded. One good thing, if you use one of those expensive “surge protector” plug ins, the posts are long enough for you to use one.

The Laundry room is a bit of a hike from the camping area. Laundry room only has two washers and two dryers for the entire camp. However, the washers are those great front loaders that can handle larger loads. Prices are about average, $1.25 wash, $1.00 dry.

There is a pool and mini-golf, but both appeared to be closed during my stay.

Barren River Lake State Park has both pull-throughs and back-in sites. The good news on the pull-throughs: They are long! The bad news on the pull-throughs: Although paved, they are not level. In fact, the slots are very much “humped” in a small hill. I had to move five times before I found one that did not stress out my hydraulic levelers. Further, the pull-throughs have partial shade. The back-ins are more shady and appear fairly level, but will only accommodate small (30 foot or less) RV’s.

The park offers AAA Motor Club Discounts. The full rates are $19 for weekdays, $21 for weekends. I was surprised to find that this state park has laundry machines. Unusual to me for a state park. However, the laundry machines were outside under a cover that could be pulled down when not in use, so the laundry facilities were a little dirty. Restrooms were so so, I would wear shower shoes.

An RV Park attached to a small summer stock theater! What a concept! If you just need an overnight, this will work. If you don’t feel like cooking, take in the dinner theater ($27 for dinner and show as of this writing). The shows are only run on Tues – Sat in the summer.

The RV spaces aren’t much, they are kind of tight for navigating. There are trees for shade, but the trees are located in such a way that… well, you may or may not be able to put slides out, you may or may not be able to put your awning out. I did see some big rigs there, so I’ll say “yes” for big rigs, even though the spaces are rather tight. The sites aren’t very level. Some of the sites are electric only, some are water and electric. The electric and water connections are “side by side.” If you have an “even” numbered space, your connections will be on the correct side. If you are in an “odd” numbered space, you will need extra length water hose and electric cord.

Although you can make reservations for the dinner theater, the RV spaces are first come first served. I recommend that you be carrying water just in case “electric only” is all that’s available. The cost is the same whether you get electric only or water/electric ($18 at this writing). There were restrooms to use, but no showers.

The office personnel said the RV park rarely gets full. You just pick a spot, then go in and pay. In fact, when I was there on a night when they didn’t have a play, they weren’t too rigid about whether you pay when you arrive or wait until you are leaving. There is a community dump station, a little cumbersome to navigate around. I got decent television reception via antenna. There appears to be a WiFi, but it was very weak at the RV sites. Verizon Air Card worked a little slow.

Dallas Pike Campground is located off Exit 11 on Interstate 70 in West Virginia. They have a permanent section and a temporary section. The front permanent section looks easy to get into and is close to the office. The temporary section is up the hill and very cumbersome to drive to, rutted road. Let’s say, I held my breath.

The manager was very nice and led in front of me to show me which spots I could choose from. The temporary area is quite rustic, despite having full hookups. Lots of trees, great shade. Sites are far from being level. The sites were so unlevel, let’s just say, I didn’t even bother putting down my stablizers. I had trouble with my cable connection, wouldn’t work. So, the owner and someone in the next spot over helped to get it working. Let’s just say, you don’t want to know how they got it working.

The manager knew I was traveling alone and didn’t have a tow car and said if I needed anything, they would get it for me. The manager is willing to do anything to help you out. I thought that $32 was a bit pricey, but this may be average for this area, and since it was July 4th time, beggars can’t be choosers. The manager told me that a shopping area was about half a mile away, but I didn’t check this out. I just stayed put in my RV for three days, after holding my breath to get up the rutted road. The manager said it’s ok to unhook and go in and out if needed. This is ok for an overnight, but wouldn’t use if for a destination. It was pretty quiet during my stay.

Pioneer Park Campground will provide directions to the Flight 93 Memorial Crash Site. After you check in at the main building, the driving area to get to your sites is kind of “reversed.” You drive on the left side of the road, going to your site, and going out. Adequate spacing (not large, but adequate) between sites.

Although each section has it’s own bath house and shower, there is only one laundry area, in the main building. Regardless of where you are in the park, it’s a hike to get to the laundry. The pool is nice, deep end is 9 feet. There are some good walking trails. Interesting garbage arrangement. You put your sack of garbage out near your post and it’s picked up twice daily. The park has garbage bags if you don’t have any.

Cottonwood RV Park is a nice campground. The spots are close together, but it didn’t seem to be a big issue.

They have a nice clubhouse. The pool is only 5 feet deep. They have no cable tv, but there is good reception of digital network channels. The WiFi worked very well! I was exhausted from driving so I didn’t get to check the laundry and bathrooms.

This is a real campground, not an RV Park. It’s located off the same exit as a state park. Take the state park exit near Cloverdale and follow the Blackhawk signs, it’s well marked.

Good spacing between sites. The full hookup sites aren’t really in the shade, but have trees behind them, so they get shade in the afternoon. They also have some primitive, water only, and water/electric sites, but I didn’t get to check them out. There are 19 full hookup sites. There is a laundry, but I didn’t get to check it out.

Nice place for an overnite. Wilderness Cafe just down the road a bit, good food.