Teton Mountain View Lodge, Tetonia, Idaho
Dates: August 5-11, 2011
Temps Were in the mid 70's with lows in the 40's!
We had a view of the Tetons from the RV Park, just not from our site.
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| Grand Tetons in the distance. |
We enjoyed our stay and thought the price of the site was reasonable for the area. No real amenities but clean basic lodging not far from grocery shopping. There was a restroom and laundry facilities available.
Valley View RV Park, Island Park Idaho.
Dates: August 12-25,2011
Valley View is situated on the flat meadows of the large cauldera encompassing the Island Park area. We got checked into the office for a rate of $182 and change for the week with our Pass Port America discount. We paid for a full hook-up site with 50 amps. WiFi is an additional $1 per day. There is no cable but our satellite dish worked just fine.
Friends, Paul and Paula had reserved a site for us right next to them and we got set up in site E-7 in the back row of the park with a rear view of the hillside.
Our site E-7 next to Paul and Paula
The front office of the park is actually inside the prominent laundrymat at the entrance. The sites are grassy with lots of ground squirrel holes. Grocery shopping is difficult with limited selections in Island Park so stock up before arriving! Overall, it's a nice park with few amenities, but convenient to the west entrance of Yellowstone National Park.
Wallace RV Park, Wallace Idaho
September 9-11, 2011
The town of Wallace Idaho is off interstate 90 east of Coer d'Alene where we found Wallace RV Park, a small park practically in town but, just on the North side of the elevated interstate. The noise from the interstate wasn't noticeable.
It was warm close to 90 when we arrived. We got set up quickly but didn't run the A/C. The park is in a valley surrounded by tall pine trees. Others told us that we would have full shade by 4:30 and so it was.
The campground was nice but very tight. We talked to the owner at length who was very friendly. He purchased the park and a building on the south end of the park about a year and a half ago. He really wanted the building and the RV park just happened to come with it. He renovated the 100 plus year old former railroad depot building into a brewery, bar and soon a restaurant. The atmosphere inside now is that of a bar but they allow dogs to actually go inside. Somewhat interesting!
The campground like I said is very tight and not very deep. I wouldn't consider it big rig friendly but more like big rig maybe, depending on how crowded they are as maneuvering could be very difficult. We literally had only a couple of extra feet from Paul and Paula's open slide with our awning open. However, each site has a patch of grass and we were backed up to a boisterous little babbling creek. There is no WiFi at the sites but supposedly available inside the bar (we didn't try it). The sites are all only 30 amp with sewer hook-ups. The temps during our stay in September were just right with lows in the 50's and highs in the mid to upper 80's but only for a couple of hours till we were blanketed in shade from the surrounding hills and forest. Our sites didn't feel the morning sun till about 10:30.
We were so close to town that one morning we walked into Wallace and eventually walked around several blocks of the historic downtown area in search of a place for breakfast. We found a quaint little diner, Red Light Garage. There's also a small but reasonable grocery store in town. The Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes, a paved bike trail runs along the south border of the park just under the raised interstate.
Overall, we enjoyed our stay at Wallace RV Park and would probably return if we came through the area. Our purpose for stopping this time around was to ride The Route Of The Hiawatha Bike Trail.
It was warm close to 90 when we arrived. We got set up quickly but didn't run the A/C. The park is in a valley surrounded by tall pine trees. Others told us that we would have full shade by 4:30 and so it was.
The campground was nice but very tight. We talked to the owner at length who was very friendly. He purchased the park and a building on the south end of the park about a year and a half ago. He really wanted the building and the RV park just happened to come with it. He renovated the 100 plus year old former railroad depot building into a brewery, bar and soon a restaurant. The atmosphere inside now is that of a bar but they allow dogs to actually go inside. Somewhat interesting!
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| Wallace RV Park Bar with elevated interstate in the background. |
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| Our tight site next to Paul and Paula backed up to a creek. |
Overall, we enjoyed our stay at Wallace RV Park and would probably return if we came through the area. Our purpose for stopping this time around was to ride The Route Of The Hiawatha Bike Trail.
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