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06-19-2012, 01:31 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Livermore
Posts: 5,155
M.O.C. #1920
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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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06-19-2012, 03:39 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Sunshine
Posts: 1,445
M.O.C. #538
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All three KOA's are owned by the same people. FWIW
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06-19-2012, 04:31 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Copperas Cove
Posts: 1,426
M.O.C. #12096
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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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06-19-2012, 05:06 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Posts: 2,710
M.O.C. #7992
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by steelpony5555
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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Just curious. Why would you mark them all off when the poster only had problems with one? JIm
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06-19-2012, 06:03 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
M.O.C. #11455
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Won't be stopping at Lakeside ever.
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06-19-2012, 07:45 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Silverton
Posts: 489
M.O.C. #11144
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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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06-19-2012, 09:28 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Copperas Cove
Posts: 1,426
M.O.C. #12096
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Same owners at both KOA's....guess I should have said the ones in question....
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06-19-2012, 12:52 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Land O Lakes
Posts: 2,783
M.O.C. #10246
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Parts Ed
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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Agree....
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06-19-2012, 06:41 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Murrieta
Posts: 5,816
M.O.C. #9257
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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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06-20-2012, 08:56 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brandon
Posts: 3,944
M.O.C. #1034
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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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