The property is relatively new and it looks like the owners spent quite a bit of time and effort in making it a cut above the rest. The facilities are very clean and well maintained. The staff was friendly and went out of their way to be helpful.  The ranch has great scenery and there are many interesting sites to see nearby.  Rose Valley has Wi-Fi, which is something we always look for in a campground as we are on the road quite a bit and need to communicate with friends and family throughout the country.

The campground is Big-rig friendly too! We’ll be back!

We stayed at the Santa Rosa Campground right on the I40 in Santa Rosa. It was formerly a KOA about 7-8 years ago. As I said previously, we had not had any issues going out east or heading back to this point.

We stayed one night and on this evening, our 7 year old and 4 year old daughters and our 2 1/2 year old son went to the camp store as they had many times before. During their time at the store, our son took off his “clean” diaper (we are in the midst of potty-training him) and asked to go to the bathroom. Once my 7 year-old saw what was happening, she threw the diaper away and took our son to the girls room as this is what she knows. She did the right thing.

At this point, the owner, Bob yelled at my daughter, telling her to keep our son out of the girls bathroom, to go back to her trailer and not to ever come back without her parents. She came back in tears. I have never seen her so upset. That, and we had not violated and park rules (there was no provision about children being unaccompanied by an adult in the store) made my wife and I pretty upset.

Later that night, before embarking on a walk, my wife went into the store to talk to Bob, merely asking him what happened. He began yelling at her, and told her she didn’t have a leg to stand on. We almost left right then and moteled it for the night but stuck around and left ASAP the next morning.

I went to talk to Bob the following morning before we left and he was not working. This is when I found out he was the owner so I really didn’t have any recourse.

I do not recommend Santa Rosa campground if you have kids.

I do recommend south western New Mexico as a place of splendid beauty to visit, especially the Gila Wilderness Area, but my tip of the day is to avoid Silver City.

This is a great overnight stop on your way up or down I-25. Sites are all on gravel. The laundry room was clean, and the women’s rest room was clean, except only one shower was in use. The other showers had “stuff” stored in them. Wi-Fi was a bit slow, but it operates from a satellite. To use the Wi-Fi, you have to register, and you get a “coupon” code good for one day. TV reception via antenna was ok, some channels good, some spotty. Cell phone service was spotty, had to walk around to find a signal. My Verizon air card wouldn’t even connect. The water here is excellent!

The only negative I would say about this park is that I would try to avoid spots 1 & 2 and spots 22-24 as those spots, although they are “pull through,” are located parallel along the driving area. Lastly, if you are one of those people who bought the expensive surge protector from Camping World, you can use it here. The electric poles are long enough to allow you to plug in the surge protector.

The sites are gravel. The only landscaping is that most of the sites have a large pine tree. I was put into a back-in because I wasn’t towing a car. The back in was against a fence. I have a 32 foot motorhome with a bike carrier on the back, and my front stuck out an itsy bitsy bit into the driving area, but not bad.

The pull-throughs can accommodate big rigs. Try to avoid getting put into spaces 60, 61 and 62. Those spaces are at the top of the driving loop, and require “parallel parking.” Let’s just say, when the RV’s come around the driving loop, I wouldn’t want to be in those particular spaces.

The WiFi worked on and off, sometimes it would work fine, and then it would “hang.” But at these prices, you can’t complain! When it hung, I got out my Verizon air card, and no problem.

In addition to the “standard” rules, the park had a rule about “no alcohol outside your RV.” I’m sure there was a good reason for this. Because I was racing to stay ahead of a snow storm, I didn’t get to check out the laundry and showers. Temperatures were dropping as I checked in, and the next morning, I got out as soon as I could to stay ahead of the storm.

If you are in this area and need an inexpensive place to overnight, this is a good choice!

The park has great owners… they are very helpful and friendly. The property is very quiet with little traffic noise and NO trains! Every site has a view of beautiful mountain scenery. The resort has a big pavilion with live entertainment, movies, potluck suppers and more.

They also have a great gift shop. The laundry and bathrooms are clean and well maintained. Also, they have horse corals, a dog walk, wi-fi and much more. This is a must campground to stay at!

The campground is easy in and easy out to highway 40. They have Wifi to all sites and they are working on cable TV to all sites. The campground owner was eager to make everyone’s stay as pleasant as possible.

I would stay there again as it is easy to walk to restaurants and there is no highway noise.

The management here requires your tow vehicle to be taken off at the front gate. During our stay we found the management (owner) to be very unprofessional and the staff seemed very unfriendly. We probably will not return to camp here.

The park has about 50 sites, mostly pull-thrus, and they can accommodate larger rigs. The staff was friendly and courteous during our stay. They don’t have much in the way of amenities at this campground but it’s a good place to stay when you’re on the way to someplace else.

If your looking for a great place to lay-over for the night, drive by this one, it’s on the “main drag-Route 66″ of Tucumcari.