Patwoman

Due to road construction and a major traffic jam, I couldn,t get there. My "drivng app" tried to take me on a roads definitely not appropriate for a 25' Clss C! Second time in 2-days it gave me wrong directions and sent m over roads I shouldn't have been on.

I stayed here February 9 - 24, 2023 The manager, Jennifer, was very accommodating and pleasant. The first night I checked in I didn't have my car yet. When I asked Jennifer where the closest restaurant was, she told me she would give me a ride (a block and a half) to the Carl's Jr. I was thankful for the ride since it was very cold.
They do have discounted weekly and monthly rates. One week including tax was $278.05 and the extra night, including tax, was $43.96. They have free Wi-Fi with a decent signal, located at the back of the property in the office by the shower/bath room. You can get OTA TV from Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
There's a single restroom with private shower which is kept very clean by the manager but some residents were not as thoughtful. Water spigot has heat tape to prevent freezing of the same. I didn't hookup to water because my rig was "winterized" and I didn't want to un-do and re-do that. (The bath house was very close to my spot.) I did not hookup to sewer because it got very cold but there is a sewer port. The electrical pedestal has 15, 20, 30 and 50 amp hookups. There's a light on top of the pedestals. The lots were level, hard-packed dirt, clean and tidy, with a gravel based picnic area with picnic table. The one-way road in the campground is paved with concrete gutters.
The town is not far away and is walk-able to shopping, liquor store, Domino's, and a few other restaurants. Close by to the east are a Dollar General, a hardware store and a grocery store.There's a "Purified" water kiosk a couple of blocks west but that water, as well as the campground water, is heavily chlorinated so I just wasted my money (25¢/gal.) The highway is fairly busy and noisy at night but I was in a spot at the very back of the campground.
Florence had an unprecedented cold snap for the last 10 days of my stay. My original reservation was for a week, but because I was enjoying myself so much, I booked another week about 4-days before I was to depart. A day and a half later, a storm blew in that shut down the area from Monument south to Pueblo and west to Canon City and Florence.
The temperatures never got above 30 degrees for the rest of my stay. I stayed an extra night hoping it would warm up enough to dump my black tank but that didn't happen. After the storm, and with temperatures so cold, I was running out of propane. Jennifer offered to lend me another electric heater so I wouldn't have to break camp to go find propane.
I will definitely camp here again. I should have left after my first week but this was a scouting trip for a possible new home-base. ;>))

I arrived after dark and didn't see any signs for fees or campground rules. The "free camping" app I used didn't list much information. After 360 miles fighting the wind on I-80, I was exhausted so I found an empty spot and parked away from a few other vehicles which looked like they were parked for the night. The next morning I saw a woman in a Class B parked a couple of spots up from me. Ten hours later as I left, I kept looking for campground rules and fee information but never saw any. Great free night stay for this exhausted traveler.

Permanently Closed 2021