Dates: April 13 - April 14, 2010
Location: At a friend's cul de sac in High Point, North Carolina.
Our Site: N/A
GPS Coordinates: N/A
Reason Selected: It was on our way and we were invited.
Setting: Suburban neighborhood near a highway.
Guidebooks: No factor.
Big Rig Friendly: Sort of. Not very level.
Hook-ups: None
Laundry: None
Price & Discounts: Free!
Other Factors: N/A
OVERALL RATING: N/A (out of ten)

Dates: April 14, 2010 - April 17, 2010
Location: About 2 miles off I-77 Exit 20 in southern West Virginia.
Our Site: 8 - Mash Fork Campground
GPS Coordinates: 37.50142N, 81.13818W
Reason Selected: Looked like a nice state park choice as we made our way through West Virginia on our way to Kentucky.
Setting: The campground sits down in a valley between the West Virginia mountains. Several sites back up to a babbling brook (Mash Fork).
Guidebooks: None used.
Big Rig Friendly: A little dicey getting from the interstate to the campground. The country road is narrow with some potholes and low hanging branches. It just requires going slow and being cautious. Once in the campground, their is more room to maneuver.
Hook-ups: 30 amp electric and water at the seven sites on the inner loop. 30 amp electric only at the other 19 sites. There are a couple of spigots on the campground road to take on water. Dump station is located outside the campground on the way out of the park.
Laundry: Washer and dryer at the bathhouse.
Price & Discounts: $23 for electric only. $26 for water and electric
Other Factors: Mash Fork and Camp Creek within the park are stocked with Rainbow, Golden, and Brown trout. There are two waterfalls within the park. The park is adjacent to Camp Creek State Forest which has lots of hiking trails. The bathhouse is old. About a third of the sites are satellite-friendly. Volunteers were very nice. Website is okay. There is a Super Walmart about 11 miles away at Exit 9 on I-77.
OVERALL RATING: 7.5 (out of ten)
We really liked Camp Creek. The campsites didn't quite have the "it" factor, but they were close. We're glad we stopped and we would definitely stay there again. If the bathhouse had been nicer or the road getting into the park would have been better, we might have given it an 8.

Dates: April 17, 2010 - April 18, 2010
Location: Northeastern Kentucky. About a mile off I-64 Exit 172.
Our Site: 13
GPS Coordinates: 38.34481N 82.95514W
Reason Selected: Needed an easy place for an overnight stop on our way to Louisville.
Setting: Several sites in the owners' back yard. A mixture of back-ins and pull-throughs. Pretty close to the interstate, so road noise is a constant.
Guidebooks: No factor.
Big Rig Friendly: Yes, although turning into the entrance can be a little tricky.
Hook-ups: Full hook-ups with 30-amp electric.
Laundry: None
Price & Discounts: $27 for pull-through sites and $23 for back-ins.
Other Factors: No website. Convenient to interstate. No problem for satellite.
OVERALL RATING: 6 (out of ten)
This campground certainly was not one of our favorites, but it was a convenient stop on our route. It's a little pricey for what it is. It served its purpose.

Dates: April 18 - May 2, 2010
Location: Fisherville, KY
Our Site: N/A
GPS Coordinates: N/A
Reason Selected: This is our home base when we return to the Louisville area. We discovered it a couple of years ago on Workamper News when the owners advertised for someone to cut grass over the summer in exchange for a site.
Setting: Beautiful rural horse farm with rolling hills and wooded pastures.
Guidebooks: None used.
Big Rig Friendly: Not easy to get into the sites and the turn to go down the road to the sites is too sharp and subject to dragging.
Hook-ups: Full hook-ups with 50 amps.
Laundry: None
Price & Discounts:Negotiable
Other Factors: There just aren't any good, convenient RV parks or campgrounds in the Louisville area. This place is private, quiet, and gated.
OVERALL RATING: N/A (out of ten)
We'll keep going back as long as they'll have us. :)

Dates: May 2 - May 3, 2010
Location: In central Indiana about 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis. A couple of miles west of IN Hwy 37.
Our Site: 81
GPS Coordinates: 40.12446N, 85.96960W
Reason Selected: Looked like a great stopping point on our way from Louisville to Elkhart, IN. Also, we had some readers staying there at the time and they invited us.
Setting: Very nice park-like setting along a branch of the White River. Nothing around to complain about.
Guidebooks: No factor.
Big Rig Friendly: Yes, but the sites are not angled and the campground road is not wide enough to allow enough swing room to get into the non-angled sites. The sites that back up to the river are shorter than some of the other sites. You can get into them, but they don't have enough room to park both a big rig and another vehicle.
Hook-ups: Some sites have full hook-ups and some are water and electric only (30-amp electric). There is a dump station and a bathhouse.
Laundry: Didn't check, but no reference to laundry on the website.
Price & Discounts: $20 per night plus tax for full hook-ups and $19 plus tax for water/electric. This is a Hamilton County park, so residents get a discount.
Other Factors: Very nice campground hosts. The campground road is newly paved and the campsites are concrete with picnic tables. Canoeing on the White River with a launch in the campground. Website is decent. Quite a few trees, but there are more open sites toward the rear of the campground for satellite.
OVERALL RATING: 7.5 (out of ten)
Though we only stayed one night, we enjoyed this campground. It was uncrowded on a Sunday evening and it had the natural setting we like. However, there were a couple of negatives. First is the issue of the sites being somewhat difficult to get into due to not being angled and there being limited swing room without running off the road (a bigger problem when it is wet). Second, they just crammed too many sites into the campground making the spacing between sites much less than we are used to for natural setting parks like this. One minor issue is that the sewer connections are at the rear of the sites and require extra sewer hoses. Overall, we liked the campground and would come back to do a little canoeing. A few folks have emailed us and told us it's the best campground in the Indianapolis area.

Dates: May 3 - May 6, 2010
Location: Elkhart, Indiana near the Michigan border.
Our Site: Eight sites and they are all basically the same.
GPS Coordinates: 41.66978N, 85.95251W
Reason Selected: We had an appointment to install disc brakes and a new suspension. Mor/Ryde has a few sites in a gravel parking lot for their customers for the nights before and after work is done.
Setting: This is a gravel parking lot in an industrial area that borders a neighborhood. Train tracks are nearby, and the trains run often. With trees and hedges around the perimeter fence of the parking lot, the sites are somewhat hidden from the public, but there is no gate or security.
Guidebooks: None used.
Big Rig Friendly: Very big rig friendly. Plenty of room to maneuver. However, as you approach through the industrial area, it's not quite clear if there will be enough room until you actually get there.
Hook-ups: Sites have 30-amp elelctric only. No water hook-ups, but you can take on water from the side of the Mor/Ryde service bay building. However, it may take 50 or so feet of hose to get to the spigot. No sewer hook-ups and no dump station. They do have cable.
Laundry: None.
Price & Discounts:Free!
Other Factors: Satellite isn't a problem. If having work done at Mor/Ryde it usually takes two or three days. If they are working on your rig and have it torn apart, you can sleep in your rig inside the service bay where there is a 30-amp hook-up and cable. They do it all the time. Can't get the customer Wi-Fi in the parking area, but cellular air cards work fine both in the parking area and inside the bays. Free Wi-Fi inside the main building in the customer lounge. The customer lounge has a TV, books, magazines, games, and complimentary snacks. If you are there around lunchtime, Mor/Ryde provides lunch for you.
OVERALL RATING: 5 (out of ten)
It's just a parking lot for convenience. It gets a five because it's free. :)

Dates: May 7 - May 9, 2010
Location: Goshen, Indiana near the Michigan border.
Our Site: 184
GPS Coordinates: 41.58031N, 85.80429W
Reason Selected: After having work done on our rig at Mor/Ryde in Elkhart and Lippert in Goshen, we just needed a place to overnight for a day or two before heading north for a summer workamping job in Michigan.
Setting: It's a fairgrounds. :) Amongst the barns and buildings and pavilions, there are a couple of hundred RV sites scattered throughout. The roads are paved, but the RV sites are mostly grass with a few sections having gravel sites.
Guidebooks: None used.
Big Rig Friendly: Yes. There are numerous RV rallies held throughout the year, so any size rig can get in. However, the sites are very close together and it can take some skillful parking to get into some tight spaces.
Hook-ups: Over 100 sites have full hook-ups with 50-amp electric. Another 100 sites have full hook-ups with 30-amp elelctric. There are several more sites with water and 30-amp electric. There are 10 dump stations, but nine of them are side-by-side in a grassy area that wasn't mowed when we visited.
Laundry: None.
Price & Discounts:$19 plus tax for water/electric; $25 plus tax for full hook-ups; Weekly rate of $140 plus tax; Monthly rate of $350
Other Factors: In addition to the numerous rallies, the fairgrounds is open for regular camping in all months except July when the annual 4-H fair is held. Sites are all back-in sites, extremely close together, and most sections have back-to-back sites where you are butted up to the rig behind you. Sites near the entrance are a little larger but closer to the road. However, the sites in the back of the fairgrounds are closer to the very busy railroad tracks. Close to several RV factories in the area and a decent place to stay to visit factories and Amish country. Note: Even though it's "Elkhart County" fairgrounds, it is not run by the county. It's run by a non-profit private company.
OVERALL RATING: 6 (out of ten)
Nice to find full hook-ups at a fairgrounds, but this isn't our kind of place at all. It is a decent value for exploring the area, but we prefer our campgrounds to be places to hang out and enjoy our site.