Thousand Trails Hershey Apr 2011

Site: We had a pull thru in the "H" section. I believe it was H26.  It was gravel fairly level.  Some  roads are paved.  It was 50 amp full hook up.  No shade and on our patio side we faced the south for full afternoon sun.  No shade, could be very hot in the summer. Because of fairly steep hillside sun was below our awning most of the afternoon. No privacy between sites.Site was long enough for our rig, car and truck. Big rig friendly.
Laundry:Each restroom building has a small clean laundry.
TV WIFI PHONE: No cable. Over the air TV was fair, we could not always get the major networks. We did not use the wifi. Our Verizon cell phone was fair to good. We did use our Wilson antenna and amplifier with our Droid phone and our signal was good to very good.
Amenities:Like most Thousand Trails they have a very active list of planned activities. There is a large outdoor pool(not opened at this time). There is a small lake for fishing and kayaking. Very active with families.
Location:About 5 miles from Hershey and about 8-10 miles from the major attractions in Hershey. Nearest large grocery is about 8 miles. There is a small grocery about 3 miles, but it was closed on a Saturday afternoon when we stopped. It is about  8-9 miles from the PA Turnpike.  About 15 miles from I81. It is a country setting.
Summary:A nice very active fairly large RV Park.  It could use a little upgrading and more paved roads.  The Canada goose population could be reduced, as there are way too many dropping in the park from them. They could better spend their money on improvements rather them radar guns for the rangers. The manager is very nice and all the staff very very friendly.

Bonus:The city of Hershey and all its attraction. The Amish country about 30 miles.  Hollywood Casino about 20 miles.

May 15th 2001 Still in Downingtown PA

  Hi everyone. We are still in Downingtown PA staying at Linda's brothers house. We are back and forth to our RV every now and then. We miss our home and can't wait to get back to it permanetly.  At present our RV is at Circle M in Lancaster PA. We will be moving it on Friday to Thousand Trails Hershey for 3 weeks. We have someone taking their dog Milo for the weekend. The cats can maintain themselves for the 4 days we will be gone. We are hoping this will become a permanent home for Milo.
       Tom, Linda's brother is in ICU for about 10 days. He has been  in the hospital for over 2 months. He is doing a little better, but not out of the woods. Sue his wife is now in rehab at Tel Hie. She is doing better, but did have a set back and was back in the hospital for about 5 days. We are back and forth to the Hospital and rehab almost every day. We did start to clean out some of their stuff from the house,  but are meeting a lot of resistance from Sue on getting rid of "stuff". We did have a auctioneer come to the house and we are ready to go, but....... It have been a very trying 10 weeks.
      On the bright side, we are only about 60 miles from our son's and their wives. They have been down for visits to the hospital and rehab and been a big support for us. We are so glad they are close at hand. Also I have been luckie enough to be selected for jury duty in July. We will also do our doctor things while here. We will be back on the road as soon as possible. And thanks to all of you that emailed and called with best wishes.

Lazy Days Seffner/Tampaa FL 3-2011

Site: We had 3 sites here. The first was a back in with full hook ups, with cable TV.   The site and the roads are all paved. A newspaper is delivered to each occupied site.  The sites are big rig friendly with little or no privacy between sites. This site was a little short, as our truck was half on the road when parked in front of the RV side ways. The next site was in a repair bay. We stayed in our rig at night, then we left during the day while they worked on it. We did have a full hook up. Our next site was a lot longer. We were in one of the ends with a large circle turn around. A lot more room to back into it. The reason we went to this site was repairs weren't complete till about 4:30 and we didn't want to hit the road that late.  Mosts sites were level.
Laundry: There was a very nice laundry.  The laundry was clean and bright. They had about 10-12 washers and dryers.
TV,phone,Wifi:We had good cable TV. Over the air TV was good as you are in the metro area of Tampa. Great Verizon phone service.  Parks wifi was slow.
Dog friendly:Lot of room to walk your pet. There is a fenced in area to let them run off leash, not to large. They have dogie treats at the check in area.
Amenities:A large screened in pool and club house.
Location: Located right off I4 and about 1 mile from I75 . Easy in and out.
Summary: This is a large RV park at a very large dealership. We were here for warrenty repairs. They have about 150 repair bays. Because of its size we did not get personalized service. You are just a number. Most repairs will have to be redone.  We talked to people that had been here for weeks.  Good thing we went to the RV park after repairs were complete as we still had a leak that needed  re-repair, if there is such a word.
Bonus:Very large dealership to shop or just look at 100s of new and used RV's. They are all left open for your casual inspection with no pressure. Free light breakfast and lunch Monday to Saturday. There are all types of free seminars each day at the dealership. They can rebuild your RV if you have the time to spend there. When we were there the RV park was near full, so best to have reservations in the winter season. All staff was very friendly. There is a Cracker Barrel and Flying J on the property. This is a great place to shop for an Rv, but we would not go here for repairs unless there was no other place near by. Our coast was $0.00 for our stay. First time visitors get two free nights. Also there was coupon on line for two free nights. Also at any RV show they are at you can sign up for two free nights.  While in repairs you stay for free while in the bays. Sorry only picture of last site.

Cracker Barrel Inwood WV March 2011

Not an RV Park but a good overnight stop along I81 in WV. Good food as most Cracker Barrels. We didn't put out all slides. There is highway noise, but for the price----on well.