We like Lake Texoma Thousand Trails and have stayed here several times. This stay, though, was just a short stop before we headed south. In fact, we intended to stay a bit longer but old man winter visited with the promise of even more cold, ice, and snow in the days to come. We decided to “get while the getting’s good” and headed south after just one night.
Tag: Texas
2021 – Lake Texoma RV Resort – Pottsboro, Texas
Lake Texoma RV Resort is one of the nicer places we’ve stayed in in our years of fulltiming. This campground is very well laid out with wide roads and easily navigated campsites. The property is exceptionally well maintained. I think this is the only place we have ever stayed that has a built in sprinkler system! This keeps the grass looking good even in the middle of hot north Texas summers.
The facilities are well done โ with nice laundry, showers and bathrooms. There’s also a fitness center and club house. Everything is kept perfectly clean.
The doggie park gets a lot of use. This resort caters to adults; there’s no playground but there is a nice outdoor pool. There is decent WiFi and Direct TV.
There are several people who are there long term. Many of them are in beautiful, newer motorhomes and 5th wheels. For “long timers” large rental propane bottles are available. We were glad to take advantage of this as the winter temperatures dipped below freezing many nights.
We appreciated the helpful staff. They went out of their way to take care of their guests. More than once I saw the owner park a new guest’s RV for them. When I arrived I was glad to park my own rig, but someone was right there to guide me in and then to start hooking my utilities up.
We were a bit disappointed that there was no lake access at the resort. Still, there is a big marina right down the road with restaurants, boat rentals, and fishing guide services.
This RV resort isn’t exactly handy to folks traveling Highway 75 at the Texas-Oklahoma state line. I think it’s a little over 10 miles west of that major highway. The roads are good, but there are a few turns to get to the resort. Also, you might want to know that the campground does enforce their check in time (1:00 pm as of this writing). If you arrive before that, you won’t be allowed to check in.
As you might guess, a resort offering this level of service isn’t going to be a budget campground. At the same time, it is nice to feel spoiled once in a while.
2020 – Lake Texoma Thousand Trails – Gordonville, TX
We enjoyed another nice stay at Lake Texoma Thousand Trails, near Gordonville, TX. The August heat was intense and that kept us inside more than we would have liked. However, there was a bit of a reprieve in the mornings and evenings. We took advantage of that to get some walks in and to sit outside and enjoy our morning coffee.
The virus has limited activities at Lake Texoma as it has most everywhere. However, the pools are open. They received plenty of action, especially over Labor Day weekend. I was a bit surprised to see several nice sites unused over the holiday. I’m guessing it was the result of unseasonably hot weather plus the virus concerns.
I’ve reviewed this Thousand Trails before, so I’ll just add a few more photos in this review. We enjoy this campground and will look forward to staying there again.
2020 – High View CoE Campground – Ennis, TX
We have traveled between Lake Conroe Thousand Trails and Lake Texoma Thousand Trails a few times. Frankly, the 300 mile drive is longer than we like traveling in a day. Our desire for a nice, yet inexpensive spot along I45 brought us to High View CoE on Bardwell Lake at Ennis, TX. The campground is about 10 minutes from the Interstate, and with our America the Beautiful Pass the price is right. One night stops aren’t our cup of tea, but this campground is just about right for a short stop between north Texas and Houston.
The sites offer 50 amps and water. However, the water hookups are well behind the sites, so bring plenty of water hose. Since our stop was a short one, we didn’t explore the entire campground, but in the first section there are only 10 or so sites that will accomodate a larger rig. We were in site 09 and it worked out just fine for us. The sites on the side of the road toward the lake are mostly short and downhill toward the lake. They would make good tent sites but you wouldn’t be able to put a bigger rig into them. When reserving online pay attention to site length!
We were told that the place was really hopping over the weekend. Our Monday night stay was very quiet. There were no campers anywhere near us.
I think High View will be on our list as a decent overnight as we drive between the Thousand Trails campgrounds.
2020 – Lake Conroe Thousand Trails, Willis, TX
We’ve spent a lot of time at Lake Conroe Thousand Trails at Willis, TX and I’ve written many reviews of this nice campground. However, our stays haven’t been in the heat of August. The afternoon heat has been brutal at times. Still, we’ve enjoyed some pretty sunsets over the lake and also some nice evenings. There were plenty of available campsites when we arrived although the campground filled up over the weekend. The Activity Center is closed and the pool is operating on a limited basis because of the pandemic. Because of the weather and the health related limitations I wouldn’t rate this stay as one of our better ones. Still we like Lake Conroe. It is one of our favorite Thousand Trails. Here are a few photos from this stay.
2020 – Green Caye, Dickinson, TX
We’ve been at Green Caye RV Park in Dickinson, TX several times through the years so we pretty much know what to expect when we arrive.ย Some of our favorite spots are in the cul-de-sacs of the campground.ย There’s a bit of a community feel in these areas of the campground.ย ย Most of the people in the cul-de-sacs are long term residents who get to know one another.ย Since the cul-de-sacs are quieter with larger sites they are popular.ย When we arrived at the campground in November we asked to be put on a waiting list for one of these sites.ย It was February before a spot opened up and we were able to move in.
Our 3-4 month stay over the winter of 2019-20 turned into a nine month stay. Not only did the Coronavirus throw a monkey wrench into everyone’s plans, but we also filled in as an interim pastor at a local church. That position also lasted longer than expected.
Green Caye is a RV residential campground with lots of working people and permanent residents. The property is well cared for with a responsive maintenance staff.ย The grass is mowed on a regular basis and problems, in general, are taken care of in a timely way.
On the other hand, there are no activities most of us associate with “camping.” This is a place where people “live” in RVs and there is nothing “recreational” about it.
There are some nice walking areas on the property. The longer route circles a now-closed par 3 golf course that has been converted into cattle pasture land. The shorter route circles a retention pond that is well populated with ducks, both domestic and wild.
Since I’ve written other reviews and posted lots of photos through the years, my photos feature the many pretty sunsets we enjoyed during our evening walks.
2019 – Lake Conroe, TX Thousand Trails
We’ve stayed at Lake Conroe Thousand Trails near Conroe, TX several times and I’ve written several reviews of the place. Rather than rehash previous reviews I’m going to focus on just the new section (Section B) which is near the entry gate. It seems strange to us to be set up in a nice campground loop that we remember as a big, unused field. Even now new construction continues as vacation cottages are being built adjacent to the new Loop. There’s a lot to like about this section. The roads are very good and the campsites are all concrete, including a large concrete patio on each site. There are several pull through sites in addition to nice, easy access back in sites. As you can guess this new area of the campground is quite popular and sites in it don’t stay vacant for long.
Still, there are some things you might want to know about “B Loop.” As nice as the sites look, several are rather sloped. Pay attention to the back in sites closest to the big retaining wall. The sites aren’t all sloped, but some motorhomes had tires a considerable distance off the ground as people tried to get level. People in 5th wheels can get by better than those in longer motorhomes, but some have considerable piles of blocks under their jacks. On the other hand we were backed into a beautiful site on the north side of the section and got level front to back without much effort. I wouldn’t even try some of the other sites.
The only other thing to think about is that the new section is a ways from the Activity Center, the pool, and especially the lake. If you have children who want to spend time at the basketball, tennis, and mini-golf facilities you might be happier in a campsite closer to the center of the campground. In that case, the real plus of the new section for you is that there are more sites available in sections of the campground closer to the recreation facilities.
2019 – Airport Park CoE, Waco, TX
As I have said before, Corps of Engineers campgrounds are our favorites and we have enjoyed Airport Park CoE again this stay. The campground is located on the northwest side of Waco on Lake Waco. There are many campsites with great lake views. We were in the middle loop. Only three of the campsites in our loop have full hookups. All three FHU sites are on the side of the road away from the lake. We still had great views but there were campers in pull through sites (but no sewer) between us and the lake. I think the loop most distant from the entry has more FHU spots. On future visits we will probably try for one of those sites (but see the information on the airport below).
Still, though, we had little to complain about. Our view out the front window was very nice, the site was paved and easy access, and we enjoyed having FHUs. Most of the sites slope a bit toward the water. Because of that I noticed that the motorhomes especially that had back in sites with the rear of the camper toward the water had a harder time getting level – something to keep in mind when making reservations.
And, if you are coming over the weekend, you will want to make a reservation. This popular campground fills up often.
The fact that this is called “Airport park” might help serve notice that the campground is adjacent a busy airport. Everything from recreational small planes to passenger jets to military aircraft come and go. During our visit a major fall cold front came in (record lows in the 20’s matter of fact). With a north wind, the air traffic came and went right over the campground and lake. Our middle campground was a bit west of the primary traffic – that most distant campground I mentioned was directly under it. After a few days the wind shifted and so did the air traffic. There was still some action, but not nearly as much.
Waco is a neat city with lots to see and do. We visited Magnolia attractions, went to a big Christmas market and book sale, and walked across the famous Brazos river bridge in downtown. There is more to see, but this is not our first visit to Waco. With the cold, rainy weather throughout the first part of our visit we were mostly happy to hang out at the campground, staying inside, enjoying the view.
This is a great campground and we recommend it to you.
2019 – Lake Texoma Thousand Trails – Gordonville, TX
Due to the fact that Lake Texoma Thousand Trails, near Gordonville, TX, is located near the north-south route in and out of the Houston area it is often on our travel itinerary – either coming or going! We have stayed here several times and I have written other reviews, so there is no need to do yet another. This stay included the weekend prior to Halloween and the park went all out to make it a special time for the children. This is a popular weekend at the park and there were lots of children in attendance. Jackie enjoyed helping out with the carnival.
We also enjoyed worshiping with and visiting with our good friends at Denison, TX Church of the Nazarene.
2019 – Spring Stay at Lake Conroe Thousand Trails, Willis, TX
