We stayed at Alamosa KOA Journey in Alamosa, Colorado. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A decent KOA near Great Sand Dunes National Park, with pizza delivery to the site.

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-09-30
• Check out: 2022-10-02
• 2 nights

Weather:

• Sunny, cloudy, a little drizzle
• High temps ranging between 65-72°F, lows around 36-44°F
• Some wind

Noise:

• Some road noise; no train noise

Site:

• #57, pull through, gravel
• Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
• Fairly level
• Medium site: about 85 feet long by about 30 feet wide
• Full hookups:
• 50 amp power, somewhat conveniently located
• 30 PSI water, conveniently located
• Two sewer connections, somewhat conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
• Picnic table & fire pit on gravel

Internet (in usage priority order):

• Campground Wi-Fi: 10-57 Mbps down, 2-9 Mbps up, 15 ms ping
• Verizon: 13-28 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
• T-Mobile: no service
• AT&T: no service
• Starlink: not used

Amenities:

• Garbage pickup from site
• Closed pool
• Pizza and other food delivered to site
• Sand sled rental

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Nice base for Great Sand Dunes

One of the things I’ve come to appreciate on a travel day is not having to cook dinner. We were pleasantly surprised that they not only offered pizza but that they’d deliver directly to our site. I call that a win! The staff were all very helpful, and the campground conveniently communicates via text. Our site was a pretty basic pull-through, but we had a peek of the mountains, which was nice. Some road noise from the highway, but not too bad. We had one full day here, so we rented some sand sleds from the office and hit the dunes at the national park. So much fun! We camped at Alamosa KOA Journey in a Motorhome.

The park map:

Our site:

A nice feature of this RV park is that they have a small kitchen with a menu featuring pizza, baked potatoes, and other items, which they can charge to the card on file, and deliver right to our coach. We got a couple of pizzas (enough for two meals), plus a baked spud for me (because I like them):

The office and camp store:

A picnic shelter:

Playground:

Bathrooms:

Cabins:

Dog park:

Art:

Other sites:

We had a nice view of mountains from our site:

We stayed at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A delightful state park.

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-09-26
• Check out: 2022-09-30
• 4 nights

Weather:

• Sunny, cloudy, a little drizzle
• High temps ranging between 74-78°F, lows around 46-53°F
• Some wind

Noise:

• No road or train noise
• Bugle music from Fort Carson army base down the hill:
• 0630: Reveille
• 1200: Charge
• 1655: Bugle call
• 1700: Retreat and To the Color
• 2200: Taps

Site:

• Raptor Glen campground #3, pull through, concrete pad, asphalt driveway
• Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
• Fairly level
• Large site: about 120 feet long by about 55 feet wide
• Full hookups:
• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 60 PSI water, conveniently located
• Non-threaded sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipes needed)
• Picnic table, fire pit, faucet on gravel, tent pad with eyes for ropes, 5 steps up

Internet (in usage priority order):

• T-Mobile: 50 Mbps down, 10-40 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
• AT&T: 2 Mbps down, 10 Mbps up, 42 ms ping
• Verizon: 3 Mbps down, 2-7 Mbps up, 20 ms ping
• Campground Wi-Fi: none
• Starlink: not used

Amenities:

• Dumpsters
• No pool

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Amazing views and fantastic sites

We absolutely loved this place and wish we had stayed longer. Our view from Raptor Glen loop was simply incredible, and the site itself was top-notch. In fact, it was pretty much my ideal setup for a site, with a table and fire ring and a large area for putting up a tent. The only thing I could nitpick about would be that the living area is on the wrong side of the coach on this side of the loop, but with some luck and cunning placement, we could still see most of the expanse before us. There is some occasional noise from the army base at the bottom of the hill (mostly the bugle calls for Reveille and Taps), but not bad at all. We were visited by deer, rabbits, turkeys, and a cute little lizard. We will be back! We camped at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in a Motorhome.

The state park map:

The campground was at 6440 feet elevation, so we got out of breath more easily:

A very nice site, though; here’s a sunrise:

More pictures of our site:

We used our Clam gazebo for shade:

A picnic table, fire pit, and faucet (none of which we actually used, but nice to have):

A deer visitor:

And a rabbit:

There were some cute prints in the concrete:

A map of the park:

Info signs:

Showers and laundry:

Bathroom:

Little free library:

Playground:

Amphitheater:

Sunset views:

We’d definitely stay here again.