When we decide to move to the Moab, Utah, area on a Friday Dave checked out a local state park to see how crowded it might be. There was only one site left so he reserved it. We seldom make reservations but we aren’t prepared to do much boondocking in this new RV yet and this being prime time in this part of the world, competition for sites with electrical hook-ups can be fierce. Especially since a lot of campgrounds around here are still closed for winter.
So as we pulled up to Dead Horse Point State Park we weren’t surprised to see the sign say, “Campground Full.” Fortunately, we arrived early in the day when most of the sites were still empty because it was too early for new arrivals to come. We blocked the campground road a long time before we finally got our RV into our assigned site. We think this site was available only because it had a maximum RV length of 38 feet and most class A motorhomes are 40 feet long. They ask you how long your RV is when you make a reservation but no one asks how wide it is. This site was narrow. To make things even more challenging the asphalt curved.
The utility pedestal was on the wrong side of the site so we considered pulling in instead of backing in but that would have meant driving the wrong way a short distance along the road. Since we weren’t sure how busy traffic would be at departure time we decided not to risk it. Also, we weren’t sure we would be able to open all our slides so backing in would let us open the most important one.
Here’s a picture of the passenger side once we got backed in showing the electrical hookup being on the wrong side.
And here’s the driver’s side just barely still on the asphalt.
And here’s the car tucked in front just off the road.
With the big slide out, Dave had to walk around the rocks to get the electrical cord from its storage compartment. Fortunately, it did reach all the way over the the pedestal so we have a 50 amp electrical hookup which means we can run our air conditioning if it gets really hot here.
When we opened the living room slide, it bumped a tree.
I didn’t realise how close it was until I later when I closed a window there and smelled the fresh pine needles that got crushed in the window. We won’t be opening that window anymore while we are here.
We took one look at the picnic table’s shelter and decide not to even try opening the bedroom slide.
But we are safely tucked in for the weekend and there is much to see here. Are you coming along to see the sights?
TTYL,
Linda
so what does the inside look like when you can’t open all the slides?
Useable but just. We need to open at least one slide in the bedroom area to be able to walk instead of crawl to the far side of the bed. So far, we’ve always been able to open the super slide which also makes for easier access to the bathroom. If I ever get caught up, I’ll try to remember to take photos with the slides in.