Trip to Wisconsin Part 2

The Trip to Wisconsin continues. We woke up at the Checotah/Lake Eufaula KOA to cooler weather. Knowing that we had only a five hour drive ahead of us , we took our time getting ready. Eva and I strolled around the campground a bit and then it was time to pack up.

Things went nicely until I rolled the kitchen slide in and a ton of water began running down the inside of the slide. I quickly grabbed a bath towel and mopped it up and then tried to dry the entire top of the slide off.

Since this was so messy I climbed up on the roof to dry off the other slide before bringing it in. It was a mess. Large tightly spaced water drops covered the entire roof. I was actually having second thoughts on whether this was a great idea. Would I be able to maintain my footing on such a wet roof? Slowly I edged my way to the slide and five minutes later the job was complete. I went back in and pulled the second slide in.

Ten minutes later we were on the way to the next stop; Lake of the Ozarks/Linn Creek KOA. Needless to say, Eva did her share of barking over the course of the trip.

I struggle with how to describe this KOA. It has potential, but I don’t know how long it will take to make it what it could be.

The minute we pulled into our site and I hooked up the surge protector I regretted making this stop. One leg of the 50 AMP connection was bad. This is why I always recommend having an EMS surge protector. I’d much rather move spots in a campground than have an electrical issue inside my camper. I immediately called the office and reported the problem.

The manager was a very nice woman who only cared about making us happy. I felt sorry for the obsolete equipment she was dealing with. After about 30 minutes we were all hooked up in a new site. The site was not level, and it was gravel, but I really didn’t want to mosey on down the road at this point. I really just wanted to sit outside under the awning with Tammy and Eva, have a beer and relax.

Next there was a dog running loose in the campground which forced me to put Eva in the trailer. This is a pet peeve of mine. After that happened some employees showed up and spent the next two hours digging around in my campsite. I have no idea what they were trying to do, it looked like they were just moving dirt from one spot to another. My advice to KOA would be not to have employees invade a paid campsite to spend hours messing around and being a general nuisance. I might have felt different if I wasn’t traveling with a dog; but then again it is annoying to have people messing around right outside your front door for no purpose other than leveling earth.

So given all if the stuff going on at this KOA including really old infrastructure, could I recommend them? The Jury is out on that! It appears they are trying to improve this KOA; but at this point they really need to infuse a bunch of cash to get these sites up to speed. Rusty electrical boxes, and non-functioning hookups send a message that you don’t care about the right things. The people are nice, and they care; and you can see the effort is there. For example; The bathrooms/showers at this place are amazing, a real surprise. So as I said, its a work in progress. I wish them well.