We spent the holidays at Black Rock RV Village in Salome, Arizona. (Campground Reviews listing.)

I thought I’d start adding some extra information about our stay, for future reference:

Dates: 2021-12-18 to 2022-01-06. Yes, I prefer to post about a campsite after we’ve left it.

Weather: sunny, a little drizzle, windy at times (gusts up to 30 mph), high temps around averaging 60°F, lows around 40°F, dipped just below freezing a couple times.

Noise: a bunch of side-by-side vehicle traffic, but no trains, negligible road noise.

Site: back-in, gravel, full hookups (50 amp power, water, sewer), large, about 80 feet long by 30 feet wide, with a hedge on the passenger side. No table or fire pit.

Internet: no Wi-Fi; AT&T okay, about 1 Mbps down, 4 Mbps up; T-Mobile unreliable, about 1 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, when it works.

Amenities: mailboxes and mail room, cafe, pool, rec room, park, various outdoor games.

Here’s the (very much not-to-scale) map:

A satellite view shows the layout better, especially over where we were staying. As you can see, a lot of the sites have park models or other long-term structures (park models are like tiny homes that can be moved, but generally aren’t, and aren’t self-contained, requiring hookups):

Entrance sign:

Our campsite was quite large:

Electrical and water hookups; the ground is damp as I always run the water for a bit before hooking up, to flush any contaminants. I also had to use a short hose connector, as the tap was so low to the ground:

Campsite:

“The first RV”:

This park is a popular place for side-by-side vehicles, being next to public lands:

Office:

This park is unusual in that it has a public cafe on-site:

It also has mailboxes:

The mail room; we used it a lot, with packages from Amazon pretty much every day. Receiving mail is complicated when traveling the country; I should do a blog post about that sometime (if anyone’s interested):

Collecting some packages:

They have a couple of desert tortoises, though they are currently hibernating for the winter:

Rec hall:

Pickleball courts; one day we’ll get around to learning to play:

Bocce ball:

Cornhole:

Swimming pool; apparently heated, but it’s too cold to want to swim:

Charlie’s Park:

Community garden beds:

Gate to BLM land:

BLM land:

Lots of vacant sites:

Park models:

 

Entrance sign at sunset:

We were here over Christmas, and they had a parade of side-by-sides and other vehicles:

Sunset:

We ate in the cafe several times:

Chicken fried steak, baked spud, beans:

Mexican:

Burger & fries, plus fish & chips: