RUN BY: Private
LOCATION: Off I-10
Northwest of San Antonio, TX
UTILITIES: FULL
COST: $41/night
DISCOUNTS: NONE
OUR RATING (1-5):
Category I. Rating
NOTES: We don’t
usually stay at commercial campgrounds, but we found this one when we were
trying to visit family in nearby San Antonio.
It was the only place with openings and a reasonable price. It did have a lot for the money and many of
the campers were snowbirds there for the winter. Besides the typical campground
amenities there was also the cave which was very interesting. The people were
friendly and helpful.
Environment:
For this part of Texas, I would have to call the area wooded. Mostly small trees but very pleasant and
rural.
Amenities: Just
about everything you could want.
Dump: N/A
Public Water: Yes
Toilets: Yes
Showers: Yes
Laundry: Yes
Phone Service: Verizon 4G 3-bars
Nearest Propane: unknown – we found that Boerne has just
about whatever you might need.
Location:
Proximity to shopping:
about 5 miles
Camping Population:
Lots of snowbirds.
Sites: Typical
commercial campground – a bit close but adequate room. It seems they were all
pull-through.
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RATING KEY:
category - score
Categories: I -
established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days
II
- boondocking, dry camping where there
are no designated sites and no amenities but
one might choose
to stay for more than a night.
III
- over-night areas
You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to
things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities, location,
safety, camping population, site, phone service
* There are people who are not full-timers and van-dwellers
by choice. We try hard not to be demeaning or assume that they are bad people
but sadly, as you find in the poorer parts of a city, there seems to be more
crime. Many call these people van-dwellers. That isn’t really accurate even
though they do often live in vans. We know quite a few van-dwellers who have
good incomes, are full-timers by choice and prefer a van to other types of
vehicles. To try to show some respect for people who have a difficult lot in
life, I’m calling them ‘residential
campers’. It is only when you get a
high proportion of residential campers in an area that you find an increase in
petty theft, etc.
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