RATING: ♦♦♦♦
- Dates: Feb 1, 2019 – Feb 9, 2019
- Length of stay: 8 days
- Cost per night: $0
- Discount: Thousand Trails
- Hookups: 30 amp electric, sewer, and water.
- Site number/quality: #8. Flat, asphalt pad with sandy sitting area. However, the sandy soil easily turns into sticky mud with the slightest bit of water.
- Park Quality: This park has two distinct parts: an older pull-through section and a newer back-in section. We tried the back-in section first, because it has 50 amp service. But the sites were very tight because of an overabundance of large palm trees. So we moved to the pull-throughs, which are roomier, but only have 30 amp. It’s hard to be too critical of the park though, because it is located in such a wonderful and convenient place. Most Thousand Trails parks are out in the country, and this one was too, when it was first built. But the town has grown around it, making it one of the most suburban TT parks we’ve ever stayed at. There is lots to do.
- Access: The campground is next to I-10 at the Washington St exit.
- Connectivity: AT&T is weak. T-Mobile is strong.
- Return yes/no?: Absolutely.
- Notes: Debbie and Reed came from Phoenix for a visit. We took the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway up to Mount San Jacinto, where we were greeted by a winter blizzard at 8,500 feet. We came back down to the desert floor and took a walk around downtown Palm Springs, where the weather was a sunny 70 degrees. The next day, we toured the Moorten Botanical Gardens, which has specimens of nearly every cactus on earth.
- Website: Palm Springs RV Park
