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If you are looking for a quick stop, this is an option but it does have its issues. It has a few full hookups and then the rest are primitive sites. This is a small county campground so space is limited for big rigs.
The plus is that it is directly across from the road to St Marks Wildlife Refuge and lighthouse.

The campground was easy to access from I94 but we couldn't hear traffic from I94. We used this park as a way to explore the entire Theodore Roosevelt National Park so it served our needs:
* Easy to get to the park;
* It was very close to WalMart;
* The staff and owner were extremely friendly and so accommodating with receiving an Amazon order, sending mail out, washing the RV, helping out with needed lumber for a project, etc.;
* Like many private campgrounds, the utility posts are shared so campers park in alternating directions, meaning that your seating area outside is also shared with the adjacent camper. Privacy of course is minimal but we were seldom around so this was not an issue;
* Utilities worked great (sites are full hook up);
* The bathhouse was very clean and well-maintained;
* We didn't use the laundry but it also looked clean;
* The park has several sections including areas with mobile homes and long-term RV parking, but those areas were segregated from the space for the traveling RVers;
* The entire park was clean and felt completely safe and family-friendly;
* Since the park is located within Dickinson there was blazing fast internet access.

We ended up selecting a wonderfully shaded site right on Shadow Lake which afforded us fabulous views, no matter which direction you looked. The only down side would be the scourging heat wave of mid ninties and high humidity forced indoor activities in the afternoon. The loops emptied out by Monday so we pretty much had the park to ourselves.
PROs:
* Mature tall pines afforded shadee 95% of the day;
* Full hookups and somewhat level site. The site did have over a foot drop off to get to the picnic table and chairs by the lake;
* Sites are spaced apart from each other for the most part, definitely a plus;
* With all the infrastructure and loops, there was plenty of biking we did on the park roads and beautiful riding with all the pines;
* There are at least 3 different hiking trails here in the park;
* Beach area for swimming was nice and sandy;
* The showers were older and showed their age but clean and hot water;
* Connectivity was good, we did get 4 over the air channels that afforded us nightly news and access to YouTube.

CONs:
* ANTS, I wish the check in person would have warned us so that we could have taken preventative action before the invasion. Once we took measures, then all was well;
* The roads within the SP are somewhat rough and in need of repair and significant drop offs where the sand has washed away from the asphault over the years;
* Not all sites are level.
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Overall, this COE campground is tired and needs some help in maintenance, cleaning and staffing. The Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is closed and has been for over two years (COVID related?).
PROs:
* The cost was good since we had 30A and water at our site; There is a dump available behind the entrance station;
* The site we were in was a pull through with an awesome view of the lake;
* Fairly quiet during the week and very busy and noisy on the weekends;
* Nearby laundromat is awesome, clean and cheap!

CONs:
* The bathrooms are not cleaned very often. There are two showers with hot water but poor shower heads;
* There were two toilets with one not working properly. I alerted the camp host, suggesting that it be closed and marked as not working but that never happened;
* There was only one camp host that worked spotty hours Thurs through Sunday. We never saw any COE rangers and very seldom saw the camp host;
* The sites are not looked after between visitors. Our site had a grill that had used charcoal and cigar butts in it with piles of used charcoal off to the side;
* The visitor center is okay, not usually manned and the grounds outside needed to be weeded and cleaned up;
* One trailhead from the campground but the trail needed maintenance;
* Any activities (shopping, sight seeing, etc.) are at least 30 miles away.

Another nice State Park in Texas!
PROs:
* In the 300 loop, the sites were well spaced from each other and had wonderful views of the lake and desert. Our site was level;
* full hook ups and lots of trash bins available;
* covered picnic table and fire ring available;
* With all the loops and boat launch areas, we had plenty of area to ride the bikes in or hike the trails;
* Staff was super helpful at check in, gave us lots of information about the park as well as Laredo.

CONs:
* Getting into this park is TRICKY, be sure to call and get directions, depending on which direction you are coming from.

We stayed 7 nights, 8 days over the Thanksgiving holiday and this state park was busy. Overall, we really enjoyed our stay here and would come back.

PROS:
* with senior 62PLUS that Louisana was offering, the site with E and W was $13 per night. The pads are okay and not much problem getting level;
* The staff were very nice and the park was a plantation in its prior life. The visitor/history center was awesome and very knowledgable person inside. The highlight for us was 'the alley of oaks' with the largest and oldest oaks I've ever seen;
* Good biking available (Tammany Trace Trail) was approx 34 miles and would take you into Mandeville if wanted. Good hiking trails too, we really enjoyed those with the story boards;
* Free laundry facilities with state of the art new machines - loved it! The shower rooms were clean but no where to put your stuff (one hook) but plenty of hot water;
* Close to New Orleans so enjoyed a day in Naw Lens on a tour bus;

CONS:
* none to speak of other than how busy the park was. The sites are close to each other;
* Connectivity good in early morning and slower in the afternoon. Over the air TV was okay but again, in the afternoon and evenings would get spotty.

This was a wonderful stay by Abiquiu Lake. The views were exceptional, especially at sunset. There were days and days of activities in the area and the town of Espanola was approximately 28 miles away for any needs you may have.
The camphosts (2 sets) were so friendly and helpful and there were two evenings that the Rangers arranged presentations at sunset.
The showers were okay, the shower heads dribbled out water but at least it was hot.
We had electric and water at our site with the dump in a different loop.
It was super quiet after 10 pm so we enjoyed sitting out, looking at the stars.

The park was easy to find, easy check in with knowledgable state staff and both loops had many sites that were overall level, well spaced from each other and situated around a 375 acre lake. Picnic shelters, swimming beach and fishing docks abundant.
PROs:
* The level site included two large oaks that provided good shade during the high heat temperatures;
* Quiet park at night;
* Playgrounds, fishing docks and the lake provided recreation for boaters and fishing;
* EXCELLENT hiking trails are part of this park's appeal;
* lots of area to bike an abundance of wildlife and plantlife;
* Didn't use the laundry facilities but the room was clean and numerous machines.
* Closest town was approximately 5 miles (Adel).

CONs:
* the showers were older and lacking good privacy. However, they were clean.

This SP was approximately 30 miles off of I40, outside a small town of Logan. The lake looks to be going through a drought period (although there were folks there with their boats). Not many campers for the one night we were here.
The Yucca Electric Campground loop had long pull-through sites and somewhat spaced from each other.
Each site has a covered picnic table, electric and water.
Campground seemed well maintained and clean but the facilities were locked (NM still locked down due to pandemic).
Not much for shade or trees although some sites in the other rows did have trees.

We used our Access Pass for $14 rate. Current COVID rules means you need to have a reservation in advance so we had to add $4 online booking fee.

We would stay here again.

This was our first experience with Army Corp of Eng camping and it was great.
PROs:
* the nightly fee (with interagency senior pass) was $11 for 50A service;
* there was dump and water at the check-in office;
* sites in Loop 3 were spaced well away from each other so that was nice, with loads of mature trees for shad;
* super nice hiking loops, not only along the Missouri River but inland through wetlands;
* we used the Ebikes in all the camping loops and over to the Fish Hatchery building so there is 'some' opportunity for biking;
* super clean private shower room that was heated and lots of hot water;
* couldn't tour the Garrison dam (done for the season) but in our wanderings, there was a large habitate for the white pelicans;
* Fish Hatchery has a wonder program and tours, highly recommend.
* not that difficult to get to the campground with our big rig/tow vehicle.

CONs:
* remote location with small towns 20 miles or more away;
* you don't see much of a presence of state staff but there were 3 campground loops and a primative campground;
* some over the air TV stations and okay connectivity, not super great but doable.