Duty called for Grandma & Grandpa Sherman to care of our two grandsons residing in Auburn. Their mother and father wanted to celebrate mom's birthday last Friday night and again on Saturday morning. Since they live in an apartment complex with no room for us to spend the night, we had a decision to make. Commute back and forth for the two day event, or come up with an alternative.
RVs offer options. Not five minutes from their apartment is the Auburn Gold County RV Park. We called Friday morning and fortunately they had a site available. Making the reservation over the phone took less than two minutes.....manager Lenny Shain knows what he is doing! By 3:00 p.m. we were in our campsite and the grand kids delivered. Off the parents went to have their adult fun, while the boys ventured out into the park to enjoy the facilities.
Auburn RV Park is ideal for families because they have so much to offer. The main attraction was the large pool and hot tub. After swimming, they played ping-pong, enjoyed the playground as the evening approached, and then a video in our air-conditioned MH while grandma spoiled them with treats. I recommend Disney's "Cats & Dogs"....very funny!
What impressed me about the park were all the trees, plants and shrubs that offer some privacy between the large sites. I enjoyed walking the grounds, checking out all the other RVs, some ranging towards the $500,000 mark. The park is exceptionally clean, and offers not just the pool and hot tub, but a store that sells essentials, a day room with soft seating in front of a large screen TV, full hook-ups including some with telephone connections, a dump station, free Wi-Fi (exceptionally fast too!) horseshoe pits, a basketball court, fishing pond, laundry facilities, pet walk area, and they sell propane also.
Pizza and Quiznos can be delivered to your site, and even a mobile wash & wax service. Having a problem with your rig? You have the option of two companies who will visit your site for repairs if necessary. Their website has dozens of photos offering a great overview of the park. Many of the sites are paved, which can be a nice change from having kids dragging a lot of dirt into the MH. While our site did not have a fire pit, they offer a large community fire ring for seating up to a dozen or more campers. This can be a blessing for those who can't handle campground smoke. It appears they even provide the firewood based on the stack I observed at the ring.
With our Good Sam discount offered, we paid a total of $42.00 which is a bargain these days when you factor in all the amenities. Lenny was kind enough to allow us an extension of our check-out time (from noon to 3:00 p.m.) without dinging us for extra cash. You can always judge a campground's character by the way it is managed, and Lenny appears to be a class act. We will absolutely return.
Be sure to check out their website at www.AuburnRVPark.com You will not be disappointed.
Mike,
ReplyDeleteFun review. How about a place for us to camp under the Redwoods during Thanksgiving on the banks of the Eel River? And how about a place in Ukiah where we can pick up a trailer to rent.
-Jeff P.
Mike,
ReplyDeleteGood review. We have never camped at the Auburn RV Park, but have used their dump station several times when returning home from a long trip. With the improvements at the NC Fair Grounds we now dump there on our return trips.
I didn't know the fairgrounds had improved their dump station. I'll have to check it out.
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