Our last day at Trailer Village. We packed up and headed to Grand Canyon Caverns; our next RV park destination located in Peach Springs. It's along Route 66 which we were excited for because we were stopping to be tourists and take pictures at the various classic stores. This is where Pixar/Disney got their ideas for the movie Cars. It was neat to see the "real live" places that are featured in animation in the movie. We took pictures with our 'selfie stick', hahaha. I laugh because if you could see my husband & I trying to figure out how to use it and when the picture actually clicked you would be laughing too. My husband decided that for every place we visit we should collect patches for the RV instead of stickers and he would collect hats. So we bought a patch and a hat at the Market Plaza store at the Grand Canyon & the store at our Route 66 stop.
We headed off again to our final destination at the Grand Canyon Caverns. It's fun to look at the terrain as we drive, I really enjoy it.
My husband & I were looking along the road when we saw a big sign advertising "Grand Canyon Caverns" "Cavern Inn". There was also a big green dinosaur placed just before the sign. It was unusual. A bit odd to us to see this but we laughed about it and kept driving.
We reached the town of Peach Springs where I finally had WiFi so I could look up the directions to the RV park. Seems like we drove right by the turn off so we had to turn around. The RV park is located at mile marker 115 and we were at 102! As we drove we couldn't see anything that resembles an RV park and we were getting a little concerned but as we got closer to mile marker 115 we quickly realized that the RV park was the Green Dinosaur' Grand Canyon Cavern sign and run down building. Now, I like to remain optimistic with new experiences but even I had doubts about this place. We saw the sign that pointed RV's to the park and we headed down a dusty bumpy road. At the end was a building where I guess you check in and where you would book tours to see the caverns but we decided to take a ride around the campsites. The campsites are just dirt with electrical units that some looked like they had been backed into, My pictures make it look pretty nice but the place is eerie. Maybe if there were other RV's there? I don't know it just made us feel uneasy. There was NOBODY camping there except for a creepy little trailer not in any campsite in back of what looked like a wooden stage (why is there a stage there and what is it for???) There was a clothesline outside the trailer with clothes on it and some other things outside the trailer so we thought maybe that was where the groundskeeper lived??? My husband "said no way are we staying here. It reminds me of a scene from the movie "The Hills Have Eyes". The whole area reminded me of a scene from a horror movie where you come upon a rundown amusement park which you know you shouldn't enter but you do anyway and soon realize that you may never leave. We got the heck out of there, forfeited our site fee and started looking for another RV park.
My husband & I were looking along the road when we saw a big sign advertising "Grand Canyon Caverns" "Cavern Inn". There was also a big green dinosaur placed just before the sign. It was unusual. A bit odd to us to see this but we laughed about it and kept driving.
We reached the town of Peach Springs where I finally had WiFi so I could look up the directions to the RV park. Seems like we drove right by the turn off so we had to turn around. The RV park is located at mile marker 115 and we were at 102! As we drove we couldn't see anything that resembles an RV park and we were getting a little concerned but as we got closer to mile marker 115 we quickly realized that the RV park was the Green Dinosaur' Grand Canyon Cavern sign and run down building. Now, I like to remain optimistic with new experiences but even I had doubts about this place. We saw the sign that pointed RV's to the park and we headed down a dusty bumpy road. At the end was a building where I guess you check in and where you would book tours to see the caverns but we decided to take a ride around the campsites. The campsites are just dirt with electrical units that some looked like they had been backed into, My pictures make it look pretty nice but the place is eerie. Maybe if there were other RV's there? I don't know it just made us feel uneasy. There was NOBODY camping there except for a creepy little trailer not in any campsite in back of what looked like a wooden stage (why is there a stage there and what is it for???) There was a clothesline outside the trailer with clothes on it and some other things outside the trailer so we thought maybe that was where the groundskeeper lived??? My husband "said no way are we staying here. It reminds me of a scene from the movie "The Hills Have Eyes". The whole area reminded me of a scene from a horror movie where you come upon a rundown amusement park which you know you shouldn't enter but you do anyway and soon realize that you may never leave. We got the heck out of there, forfeited our site fee and started looking for another RV park.
I have a Good Sam app on my cell phone so I pulled it up and found a few places in Kingman. The one that stood out was Blake's Ranch RV Park & Horse Motel. I spoke with Kim who was very polite and made a reservation for us. We arrived there a short time later, met Kim and she gave us a choice of 13 sites and told us to drive around and whatever one we decide on to just give her a call and let her know. We chose #6 because it had the most shade. We set up camp and then took the dogs out for a walk. Blake's Ranch is a meticulously kept RV park. Each site has pea-gravel, 30 & 50 amp, water, sewer & cable! We didn't even have to level the RV when we parked. The park has free WiFi, laundry, restrooms & showers, a small convenience store, Koi pond and a dog run/park. We made dinner and called it a night. Tomorrow we head home. It was a good trip. We had a great time, learned a few new things about the RV and are planning our next trip.
Until next time.
"Adventure is out there"
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