Friendly RV Park is a very cute little campground located near Weed, California. Although it’s a “just the basics” kind of park, they do have laundry facilities and WiFi. The cable is fairly decent, a little over 50 channels.

The park is located within a very short walk of a few restaurants (both “fast food” and “sit down”) and a gas station with a convenience store. The “pull through” spots are in the center of the park, and the configuration is “front and back twosies.” This means, if you are in the front, someone could pull in behind you. If you are in the back, and the front person doesn’t leave when you do, then you have to back out, and can’t “pull through.” (There ought to be a separate category for this, it’s the second time I have seen it!) If you don’t want to be “paired,” then request a perimeter site, which will be “back in.” The perimeter sites have tall pine trees.

This is a great “stopover” place on your way north or south on Interstate 5.

We selected Sacramento River RV Park based on our web research. This was our destination after a long day’s drive and we arrived after dark (and it was too late to find another option).

To our disappointment, the tent area was directly across the river from a lumber mill which operated throughout the night. As sound carries over water, it was as if we had pitched our tent amid forklifts and heavy equipment with the din of the noise in our ears throughout the night.

Also to note, the grass was in desperate need of cutting, and there was rubbish rested in the BBQ. The toilet stall door did not secure and the toilet was loose and wobbly. There was no one at the office when we arrived or when we left the next morning. We did provide a written request for a no charge or a discount, however we were charged in full.

This park should really provide full disclosure on their website about offensive noise levels. This sleepless night will not be soon forgotten and we hope no other tent campers suffer as we did.

We arrived KQ Ranch and RV Park on Wednesday, August 16, and planned to stay until Monday, August 21. The gate keeper assigned our space and also gave us an appointment to attend their membership presentation for 9:30 a.m. the following morning. Both the space assignment and appointment date and time were, according to her, unchangeable. Not good for us as we had planned early morning hikes in different locations for each morning we planned to be there.

We were told to drive into the park and wait at a particular spot for an escort. Fifteen minutes later an older man in a golf cart drove up and, without stopping, waved us to follow him which we did. A few moments later he signaled the location of our place to park and off he went in his golf cart. Nary a word spoken or explanation given. After backing into the space and setting up our coach and outside equipment we noted a couple of things about the space: there was no BBQ and the picnic table was ancient – full of splinters and not level. Little or no shade and definitely little time or effort spent in preparing the site. 2 star quality.

We went for a walk, checked out the clubhouse and pool then walked across the street to the sales office. Once inside I asked the lady at the front desk, “Are all of your presentations scheduled at 9:30 in the morning?” The lady said, in a very condescending voice, “Why? Is your appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning at 9:30?” I replied, “Yes, it is and we would like to make it for a time later in the day if possible as we like to get up early and go on short hikes before it gets hot.” She responded, “Well, your appointment cannot be changed. You have to attend tomorrow morning at 9:30.” I looked at her and asked, “Do you really want potential customers coming to the presentation holding two strikes already against you?” “No sir,” she stated in a very condescending manner, “It’s not two strikes against us but two strikes against you.” To which I said, “Well that attitude makes it three strikes and I think we will find some place else to enjoy.” A man, presumably one of the sales agents, stepped up to the plate and said, “We will call the front gate and informed them of your intention to leave within the hour.” We walked back to our coach, packed and were out of their within 30 minutes. We found a lovely, well-run RV park just down the road. Enjoyed every moment there. Interesting to note that we heard multiple stories of others who had suffered the same attitude from the workers (from the gate keeper on) at KQ.

Last note: they advertise this park as a 5 star facility. It is not. The roads are not maintained neither are the sidewalks. The spaces are cheap looking and unattractive. The BBQs, at the spaces that had them, were old, bent and neglected.

My sister, one of my neighbors and a couple of clients were anxious to hear what we thought about the park as they all were thinking of going. Not any more.