Today will not be a big day for my faithful readers. We went nowhere but we did get in some football watching. I also dumped the holding tanks but there are no interested parties who can be thrilled by long manuscripts describing the technique used to get rid of sewage.
Therefore, I shall use this space to give my usual description of the RV park where we are staying.
Name of facility: Hidden Valley RV Mountain Resort
Pithy comments about facility name: It is not in a valley, is not really a resort and “resort” may be stretching it when describing the place.
Facility roads: There are no roads, as such, and gullying is rampant where adequate drainage structures have been omitted during grading.
Pool: Covered with a nice blue tarp. No swimming.
Facility wi-fi capability: Negative.
Facility cable TV hookups: None.
Facility public pavilions or recreation availability: Limited to rock collecting, mostly from the roads.
Facility wildlife: Moles, small birds, rabbits, rednecks, Harley riders, old people, some dogs.
Cost: We have an RPI membership so the cost is $10 / night which is about right when taking the amenities into account.
Other: The nearby freeway traffic can be heard but only rarely.
Facility appearance: Rustic but weedy.
Nearby tourist attractions: None.
Facility administration: Unknown. No apparent management interference in daily operations or maintenance. Maintenance activity unrecognizable by the naked eye.
Overall rating: Nominal. This is a high-altitude parking lot with spaces the size of an ordinary postage stamp accessible over roads of dirt and gravel. Reviewer was assigned a spot adjacent to asshole who warms up his/her diesel pickup truck by idling for 20 minutes at 5:30 AM. Dumpsters are regularly, if noisily, emptied. Posted facility rule violations are rampant because of management disdain for doing anything requiring the burning of calories. Reviewer noted the following regulation violations because management didn’t: nighttime open ground fires, widespread “quiet time” violations, machinery repair within the park, outdoor welding operations despite high fire danger, permanent residents with substantial junk scattered about their and others’ sites, unclaimed dog doo.