We stayed at Taos Valley RV Park in Taos, New Mexico. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Buddy sites, but good enough for a couple of nights.

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-10-02
• Check out: 2022-10-04
• 2 nights

Weather:

• Rainy
• High temps ranging between 61-64°F, lows around 44°F
• Some wind

Noise:

• No road or train noise

Site:

• #50, pull through, gravel (too large stones for good jack stability)
• Buddy sites (i.e. alternating directions, so doors face each other, though offset so not too bad)
• Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
• Rather unlevel
• Medium site: about 80 feet long by about 30 feet wide
• Full hookups:
• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 60 PSI water, conveniently located
• Good sewer connections, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
• Picnic table on concrete; charcoal grill on gravel

Internet (in usage priority order):

• Starlink: 10-83 Mbps down, 3-7 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
• Verizon: 30 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up, 80 ms ping
• T-Mobile: 3-7 Mbps down, 2-4 Mbps up, 150 ms ping
• AT&T: 20 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 80 ms ping
• Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

• Garbage bins at each site
• No pool

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Charming campground in the heart of Taos

This was a nicely landscaped park close to Taos. It rained the entire time we were there, so we didn’t get to enjoy the park as much as we would’ve liked. The entire park is gravel, which is fine, but it’s the wrong type of gravel. River rock doesn’t settle and “lock” into place like coarse gravel does, so things shift underfoot and under the stabilizing jacks. With the rain, there was a lot of thick mud around. Our site wasn’t particularly level, and I think a thicker layer of coarse gravel would have helped with that and prevent the muddiness. Be aware that the pull-through sites are buddy sites. There’s a nice fence giving some separation between the two living areas, but we saw at least one person pull in facing the wrong direction, so their hookups were on the opposite side. We camped at Taos Valley RV Park & Campground in a Motorhome.

The park map:

Our site:

We didn’t bother putting on the Magne Shades, since we were only there for a couple of nights:

Our site and the neighboring site; this is in a “buddy” configuration, where the sites face opposite directions, so the doors face each other. But not too bad in this case, since the sites are angled such that they are offset, and have a fence between them. Still, not our favorite configuration:

The other neighbor had a nice Magne Shade on their windscreen:

The sites had a picnic table and charcoal grill:

Some stones with messages under the grill:

Utilities:

Other sites:

After staying a night in New Mexico, we can finally add a new state sticker to our coach; the first new state for several months:

In about a month we’ll be adding Texas, where we’ll be spending this winter.

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: