We stayed at Jim & Mary’s RV Park in Missoula, Montana. (Campground Reviews listing.)

For long-time readers, if that name sounds a little familiar, it’s because we stayed here on our way home from Yellowstone last year. We liked it so much, we took the opportunity to go back here this year.

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-09-11
• Check out: 2022-09-14
• 3 nights

Weather:

• Partly sunny, but mostly smoky from nearby wildfires; a little drizzle
• High temps ranging between 79-89°F, lows around 49-53°F
• A little wind

Noise:

• Some road noise; nearby train noise
• No significant neighbor noise

Site:

• #E12, pull through, gravel
• Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since we didn’t need to go anywhere
• Fairly level
• Fairly large site: about 75 feet long by about 40 feet wide
• Full hookups:
• 50 amp power, somewhat conveniently located
• 50 PSI water, somewhat conveniently located (boosted from our tank)
• Good sewer connection, not very conveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)
• Picnic table on grass
• Some trees; clear sky for Starlink
• Delightful landscaping with flowerbeds and decorations

Internet (in usage priority order):

• Starlink: 2-6 Mbps down, 7-9 Mbps up, 55 ms ping
• T-Mobile: 22 Mbps down, 14-32 Mbps up, 100 ms ping
• AT&T: 16-20 Mbps down, 12 Mbps up, 115 ms ping
• Verizon: 8-12 Mbps down, 4-7 Mbps up, 110 ms ping
• Campground Wi-Fi: limited, not used

Amenities:

• Dumpsters
• No pool
• Package delivery to outside of office

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Still the prettiest park

This was our second stay here, and it’s still just so lovely. The roads are easily navigable even for our 40′ motorhome and tow vehicle, the trees are nicely trimmed back, so there were no scraping branches or anything. There is a bit of road and train noise, but the beautiful surroundings make up for it. We camped at Jim & Mary’s RV Park in a Motorhome.

The RV park map:

Our site:

The power and water was kinda far away from the coach:

The sewer wasn’t super close either, requiring two hoses:

Dumpsters near our site, with a train going by beyond:

The office:

Rather unusual to have recycling at an RV park:

Bathrooms:

Tourist info:

Greenhouses:

Lots of very nice landscaping:

Bathrooms:

This was the site we had last year:

Other sites and more landscaping:

Our site again:

We stayed at Plymouth Park Campground in Plymouth, Washington. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Spiders!

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-08-24
• Check out: 2022-08-27
• 3 nights

Weather:

• Mostly sunny
• High temps ranging between 96-99°F, lows around 63-66°F
• A little wind

Noise:

• No road noise or train noise
• No neighbor noise

Site:

• #32, pull through, asphalt
• Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
• Fairly level
• Large site: about 90 feet long by about 90 feet wide
• Partial hookups:
• 50 amp power conveniently located
• Water not used due to boil notice (we arrived with full tank)
• No sewer connection
• Picnic table and fire pit on gravel
• Large trees
• Spiders!

Internet (in usage priority order):

• T-Mobile: 22-82 Mbps down, 8-16 Mbps up, 95 ms ping
• Verizon: 0.1 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 800 ms ping
• AT&T: 26 Mbps down, 13 Mbps up, 58-122 ms ping
• Starlink: not used
• Campground Wi-Fi: unknown

Amenities:

• Dumpsters
• No pool

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Not for the Arachnophobic

This is a beautiful park, right along the Columbia River. When we arrived, we particularly enjoyed the large shade trees and green space at each site. However, when we woke up the next day, it was as if we’d spent the night in Mirkwood. Spiders. Spiders everywhere. All over our motorhome and tow vehicle. Every nook and cranny had spider webs and a resident spider (orb weavers, so not harmful, but still). Looking up at the trees, it was obvious that there was a major infestation as there were spiders hanging between every branch. I am not arachnophobic, but it really made me not want to sit outside. It’s probably just the time of year, and it may not be such an issue any other month, but it was really, really bad at the end of August. I spoke to another camper who had been planning on staying a week but was going to leave the next day because they didn’t want to deal with the spiders. I kind of wish we’d left earlier than planned as well. We knocked down as many as we could see before we left, drove over 200 miles, and are still dealing with them a couple of days later.

It should also be noted that they were having some issues with the water system at the park and issued a boil notice, so you need to be prepared with your own water supply before coming. If they resolve the water issue and the spider issue, I’d be happy to stay here again because it really was lovely otherwise. We camped at Plymouth Park Campground in a Motorhome.

The RV park maps:

Our site:

A bug:

Spiders!

Other RVs:

Playground:

A nice campground… other than the minor detail of the spider infestation, and unavailable water and sewer.

We stayed at Brookhollow RV Park in Kelso, Washington. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A convenient stop.

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-08-21
• Check out: 2022-08-24
• 3 nights

Weather:

• Mostly sunny
• High temps ranging between 81-85°F, lows around 59-63°F
• A little wind

Noise:

• No road noise or train noise
• No neighbor noise

Site:

• #13, pull through, cement
• Needed to disconnect toad; parked across road from coach
• Level
• Small site: about 50 feet long by about 35 feet wide
• Full hookups:
• 50 amp power conveniently located
• 60 PSI water pressure; conveniently located
• Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10 foot hoses used)
• Picnic table on cement, no fire pit
• One shade tree between each site

Internet (in usage priority order):

• T-Mobile: 36-54 Mbps down, 3-6 Mbps up, 75 ms ping
• Verizon: 30-60 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
• AT&T: offline (we need a new SIM card)
• Starlink: not used
• Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

• Dumpsters
• No pool

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Convenient Stop on I-5

We stayed here for a few nights while we had business in the area. It was quick and easy access to I-5, which was convenient. Looks to be mostly permanent residents, but the park is clean and tidy. A bit spendy for what it is, however. We camped at Brookhollow RV Park in a Motorhome.

The RV park map:

Our site:

Utilities:

We needed to park our truck across the road from our site:

Paladin in our doorway:

Our site from the dike opposite:

Entrance sign:

Other RVs:

Next to the RV park is the Brookhollow 55+ mobile home park: