We stayed at Las Cruces KOA Journey in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Campground Reviews listing.)
Our second visit in just a few months to this RV park.
Dates:
- Check in: 2023-02-25
- Check out: 2023-03-04
- 7 nights
- We arrived one day early to avoid traveling during 60 MPH gusts
Weather:
- Partly cloudy
- High temps ranging between 52-69°F, lows around 27-37°F
- 60 MPH wind gusts on the first day, and 30-40 MPH most other days
Noise:
- Negligible road noise (distant freeway noise, only audible outside); no train noise
Sites:
- #28, pull-in, gravel; unusual to have a front-in site
- Needed to disconnect toad; parked beside coach
- Fairly level
- Large site: about 55 feet long by about 45 feet wide
- Full hookups (on both sides, for front-in motorhomes and back-in trailers):
- 50 amp power, not very conveniently located
- 45 PSI water, fairly conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
- Picnic table on concrete pad; no fire pit
- City and mountain view
We were only in that site for the first night, as that was the extra day for arriving early (as a separate reservation). Then we needed to move to a different (similar) site:
- #16, pull-in, gravel
- Needed to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
- Fairly level
- Medium site: about 60 feet long by about 20 feet wide
- Full hookups (on one side, for front-in motorhomes):
- 50 amp power, very conveniently located
- 50 PSI water, very conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, somewhat conveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)
- Picnic table on gravel; no fire pit
- City and mountain view
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 12-16 Mbps down, 34 Mbps up, 58 ms ping
- AT&T: 9 Mbps down, 9 Mbps up, 45 ms ping
- Verizon: 1-11 Mbps down, 10 Mbps up, 65-588 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpster
- Closed pool
Our review on Campground Reviews:
The best views
This was our second time staying here and it was just as nice as the last time. We came in a day earlier than originally planned to avoid some wind storms in the area and were able to get a reservation that morning for a view site. Because it was technically a second reservation, they had to do some rearranging and we wound up moving from site 28 to 16 at the start of our original reservation. No biggie, other than the disconcerting feeling of bringing in the stabilizing jacks and feeling the wind buffet the rig violently from side to side. Some of the most white-knuckle driving ever just to go from one end of the campground to the other. The staff were so helpful and understanding in accommodating our early arrival and relocation as we weren’t the only ones with the idea to avoid the weather. You just have to get a view site at this place or you’re really missing out. I’m sure you could get a peep of it from further back or enjoy the view from one of the communal areas, but it’s just so awesome to view it out the front window of the motorhome. We’ll definitely be back when we come this way again. We camped at Las Cruces KOA Journey in a Motorhome.
Tip for Other Campers: Bosque Brewing across from NMSU has good beer and food.
An interactive map of the park:
RV park map:
Our first site before parking:
Our first site with our coach and truck; this may look familiar to long-time readers, as it’s the same site we had last time we were here:
The view from inside our coach:
The utilities of our first site (I didn’t bother hooking up the sewer pipe, since we were only there one night):
After that first night, we needed to move to another site. Here’s our second site before parking:
Our second site with our coach and truck:
Notice the sky; it was very windy and dusty, so we only put out the driver-side slides (being leeward), and left the passenger-side ones in:
We received an emergency alert for the dust storm:
A screenshot of my weather app, showing the wind gusts:
The coach is a bit weird with one side in, but still quite usable:
Nicer weather:
The view from inside:
Our second site utilities:
Cleaning the windshield:
Nice view:
A tiny Casita trailer next to our 40-foot coach; kinda looks like we laid an egg:
Since the wind was ongoing, if not quite so strong, and we wanted to put the slides out, I added ropes to brace slide toppers:
One day, it even snowed!
A video of the snow:
A video from the dash cam, showing the snow clearing:
(Did you spot the cat?)
Snowy mountains:
You can see more of this RV park in my post for our previous stay, but here are a few pics, starting with the office:
Dog park:
Tent and camp kitchen areas:
Other RVs:
Sunrise view from our coach:
Sunset views:
This is a nice RV park; the sites aren’t the best, especially being buddy sites, but the view more than makes up for that. This was our second visit, and we’ll probably stay here again if we’re back this way in the future.
