RV PARK REVIEW: Moab KOA - Yuck the Muck !!! Where's my Rubber Ducky?

MAY 2013

I thought the saying was April showers bring May flowers?

Easy access to the campground from US 191 (the main drag running through Moab) 

The night before leaving the Bryce Canyon area, we made on-line reservations at the Moab KOA. After the great experience we had at the Bryce/Cannonville KOA (A+ rating) we presumed we'd feel pretty much the same about this one. We also chose the Moab KOA for it's convenient location to Arches National Park; which was our number one attraction we planned to visit. We also liked their campground amenities and would fit McTraveler's needs:

• 50 Max Amp
• 65' Max Length
• Wi-Fi
• Cable TV
• Pool
• Propane ($)
• Mini Golf ($)
• Bike Rentals ($)

Campground entrance

Picnic table and a grill are provided

McTraveler was the first coach to park at this new site

Upon entering the campground, we noticed that it was well maintained; and we liked the natural, raw high-desert setting.  

Our greeting at check-in was lack luster ... like we were a bother or even worse, a pimple on their ass. Would a smile really hurt you?  We are your guests; and guests like us keep you in business, or not.  We're not looking to make a BBF but a warm welcome would have been appreciated. You know what they say about first impressions ... you don't get a do-over to redeem yourself.

Our park escort (a fellow workcamper) to our site was friendlier and helpful.  He even stayed to jaw-jack while we were hooking up utilities. We shared with each other our workcamping experiences ... we had been workcampers at a KOA in Arkansas the previous year.

McTraveler was the first coach to park on a brand site designed for big rigs.  WOW, this is pretty neat, or so we thought.  The desert soil is red, gritty sand and the freshly graded site had not packed yet.  The new site had a very light gravel base that was just wide enough to get your tires on.  Stepping out of McTraveler was directly onto the loose dusty desert floor. Well, dusty until the skies opened up so much we were looking to board Noah's Ark.

Pam's first step out after the deluge, into inches of standing water, resulted in her shoe getting sucked off her foot and left in the muck.  Maxx and Mollie didn't like it either when they tried walking to Kamp K-9 for their potty breaks.  Mollie, our blonde and silver Yorkie, was no longer blonde, not even a strawberry blonde, but ORANGE!  Maxx didn't look much better.  With the consecutive days of rain, we got sooo tired of washing eight paws and legs every time the pups went out.

We think it's wonderful that campgrounds expand when the need arises; but in this case they were premature in opening up the site.  The ground was not packed so during the rains, the loose sand washed over what little rock they had in place.  It would have helped to have some type of edging between the sand and the rock to keep our doorstep area from becoming quicksand and muck.

We really didn't spend much time in the campground; we were too busy out exploring the area and enjoying our adventures.  So with mixed thoughts on this campground we say ... stay during dry season but beware during rainy seasons.   This campground gets a C rating.

Campground main entrance road changes
from paved to gravel

So McTraveler Adventures thanks you for stopping by our campsite.  We hope you drop back by real soon; next time we'll have the s'mores ready.

Until then, wishing you safe travels!
Pam, Jim, Maxx and Mollie

Campsite view

Campsite view

Campsite view

The red rock cliffs behind us were beautiful

Campsite view

We couldn't find the ark
 but did find our rainbow at the end of the day;
 and that put a smile on our face.
What a beautiful way to end our stay in Moab.