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Old 06-19-2012, 01:31 AM   #1
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A Tail of Two Campgrounds

We have now been in three campgrounds with the High Park fire in Colorado. Two have been KOA's and one is a private campground (not a chain). The Lakeside KOA in Fort Collins is a very nice/albeit high priced CG. They have a policy that you may not park cars around your campsite other than tow vehicles. I ran afoul of the owner when I explained that I thought their policy for evacuees was not very compassionate for people who had all of their possessions in their vehicle after being evacuated. The owner responded "good, leave", followed by "you guys are idiots". They would not even give us an extra 15 minutes to get my Polaris Ranger out of there. I had to unhook the trailer, tow the Ranger to a local store and then come back and pull the Montana out.

Western Ridge Campground in Livermore, Colorado is a small family owned CG about 20 minutes west of Livermore on 74e. It has a good restaurant and great sky watching at night. Cheryl, the owner, would have allowed evacuees to stay for free. We paid full price, because she's on the evacuation standby also.

KOA in Wellington seems to be okay. They are not as strict, but we still would prefer Western Ridge.
 
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Old 06-19-2012, 03:39 AM   #2
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All three KOA's are owned by the same people. FWIW
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Well I for one will mark my maps not to stay at the KOA's in Co. when I get there.
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Old 06-19-2012, 05:06 AM   #4
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Well I for one will mark my maps not to stay at the KOA's in Co. when I get there.
Just curious. Why would you mark them all off when the poster only had problems with one? JIm
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Won't be stopping at Lakeside ever.
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A letter to the corporate offices of KOA to tell them how "well" these people are representing KOA might be in order.
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Same owners at both KOA's....guess I should have said the ones in question....
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A letter to the corporate offices of KOA to tell them how "well" these people are representing KOA might be in order.
Agree....
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Disasters sure can bring out the best and the worst in people. Hang in there, Ron and Terri, and we will all hope and pray it all turns out well!
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We certainly can't paint all KOAs with the same brush. We have a couple that are on our favourites list to stay whenever we are in their area. Absolute great folks that make us feel so welcome each time we visit. A letter to corporate about those paricular owners/managers is the better route.
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