Blanding RV Park

Today they had no regular gas and the dump station was closed. There is a maverick a couple miles down the road but no dump station

We stopped for diesel and were pleasantly surprised to see a dump station that was free with fuel purchase. Fresh water too! Did not stay and camp but the sites behind fill-up and convenience store area was nice and clean with shade and level gravel pads with picnic tables. Full hookups and strong Verizon signal. Friendly service. I think there is also laundry. It is right off highway ... but not too much traffic and other campers were friendly. We were in our way from Page AZ to Moab UT in our 40’ class A.

Stayed at site 7. Nice and spacious. The rows behind store are nice and big. If you get the two rows to the North, they are very tight looking. Priced about right. You are close (100’-200’) from road but not so bad. Clean laundromat and bathrooms looked clean from outside. A little confusion at check in but, we did not reserve. Close to Hyw 95 and Natural Bridges. Also went to Needles area, about 1.5 hour drive. I’d say 3.5 stars. It is a busy park with lots of long/medium term guest and a busy gas station which is where you check in.

This is a utilitarian RVP, the kind we like: all the essentials, but nothing extra. Level gravel sites, well arranged, mature trees that can provide some precious summertime shade. Sites are segregated by unit length. Reservation number rings at the 7-11 C-store that fronts the park on US-191. Check in there. There is a pull-through dump station at the front of the park (see the 7-11 attendant for terms of use.) I used the showers and they are very functional and clean. Ahh, now the Wifi. It's free, encrypted and I always had a strong radio signal. (While sitting at my PC, I could see the AP on a pole outside my window.) IMHO parks often get a bad rap for poor wifi when the problem really is poor service from their ISPs. This seems to be the case at Blanding, where the internet connection repeatedly drops drops every 15 minutes or so, even though the wifi signal to my PC remains strong. So I was often forced to switch to my hotspot to get any work done. Bottom line: The internet here sucks.

It snowed, rained, hailed...can hardly wait til summer. Office is at the 7-11. We were in 3 inches of mud and our spot was on a little hill. A bit tricky. But the price was right, especially when we planned on some boondocking.