Moving day was actually supposed to be Thursday. However, Thursday came and went and we didn’t move. Why? Well, because we moved on Wednesday instead. That’s the freedom of our lifestyle. Not everything is written in stone. We like to be able to make changes instead of thinking we have to stick to something. This time it really was Terry’s idea to move down the road a bit.
We were sitting at the Western Horizon park in Indio with only a five day reservation. That’s all we could get. We wanted two more days but RPI showed the park full with nothing available. Actually, the whole row in front of us was empty plus more empty sites elsewhere in the park. However, this park only holds back ten sites for RPI members. The rest of the sites are reserved for their own members. I would certainly think it would be better to get that $10 a night off of the sites than to let them sit empty. Wouldn’t that help their bottom line?
I’m amazed that the Western Horizon park has so many empty sites but yet the Thousand Trails park just a few miles away is so full. Actually, I wish it was the other way around but it’s not .
Catalina Spa and Resort
Our plan was to move into the Catalina Spa and Resort which was in Desert Hot Springs. We have reservations at the Thousand Trails park outside of Palm Springs but not for six more days. We even drove through it hoping we could move earlier. Sometimes it certainly takes a lot of planning to have a place to park during high season. It is definitely high season in this location.
As an alternative we decided to check out the Indio Elks which was only 2.5 miles from where we were and 5 miles from where we wanted to be. Sometimes we like the Elks for parking our RV and sometimes we don’t like them. In other words, some we feel are fantastic and others …. well, not so much. This one is in a great location with an active clubhouse and even offers lunch and dinner five nights a week. The people are super friendly, a full hookup site was waiting for us and we’re happy. My guess is we would have been happy at Catalina Spa also but this is much more convenient. We’ll file Catalina Spa information away for a future trip.
Indio Elks RV Park
When we decided to come here, it was mainly to relax and not necessarily to run around. Well, we did think about doing a bit more running but since we had run around for the last three months, we were pooped and figured it was time to rest. We also needed the weather to warm up before we set out on our next adventure through Nevada and Utah. Since we planned on sneaking up on the Lavins when we get to Nevada, resting now was important. I can certainly say we have done our share of relaxing and it has felt good. I’ve watched several movies, rode my bike, fiddled with my genealogy, read a bit and even taken some great naps. However, catch-up is only good for so long ……
Rumor has it that we just might be having some folks from Tennessee sneak up on us in a few days so we’re watching our back here too. That’s only a rumor though. I think they’re running away from the wind and cool weather they’ve had in Parker. Well, we did have a little wind come through here the other night. We were thankful we weren’t in the desert someplace or we might have been blown to Mexico. It’ll be a little cool today and then the temperature will go on up to the mid-70’s and 80’s where it needs to stay.
We headed to Camping World and the Cabazon Outlets today. We really were hoping to stop at the Crate and Barrel store but it was not to be since the store was no longer in business at the mall. Oh well, on to Camping World we went. They didn’t have the table we were looking for but, of course, we ended up with a few new camping items. It’s difficult to go there and not end up finding something you didn’t know you needed.
Hey Jere....does the Elks have monthly rates?? Southern CA/Desert Hot Spring/Indio are looking pretty nice...maybe next year??? Stay Warm!!!
ReplyDeleteWe understand completely about taking a lot of planning to have a place to park during high season. We are in Florida and it has been tricky also to find spots here too. Also, in agreement that if we are here and there are empty sites why would they not allow us to use our memberships so they at least can make the $10 charge...after all they have available sites.
ReplyDeleteWe worked at a few parks that were membership parks and one allowed that to happen, only at check in, never over the phone or through the internet, but the other was so tight on their rules that they would not even consider it.
We play the game of searching for the parks that we can stay and continue to tweak our reservations through our memberships since the rates otherwise here in Florida are exuberant, we would rather continue playing the game then to pay those high costs.