3 nights at this amazing location over Thanksgiving. Being a holiday known for tradition and time spent with family, we knew we needed to make it special for Marcos. I found this kitschy RV park on historic route 66 and it just spoke to me!
Our trip over from Las Vegas was beautiful. Desert landscapes, mountains in the background and a quick stop at the Hoover Dam.
The RV Park was much larger than we expected. 2 restaurants, a hotel, pool, RV park, and multiple walking paths spread over 1400 acres. Additionally, they own the largest dry caverns in the country. 210+ feet under the ground and spread over multiple acres.
Our campsite was large and secluded with water and electric hookups. Red dirt, views of the desert, and beautiful sunsets.
On Thanksgiving we got a great tour of the Caverns and then had a private, traditional Thanksgiving dinner in the grotto to celebrate. This place is amazing! Always hovering around 62 degrees with low humidity the “weather” was perfect. These caverns also house a private suite which can be rented for $900 a night with ghosts as your guests. So much history and so many cool things to look at and enjoy.
After our dinner, we returned to our site expecting between 1-5 inches of snow that evening. What a surprise we had the next morning! We received somewhere between 18-24 inches of snow and lost power for roughly 36 hours with the low temp being 12F degrees!
The landscape covered with snow was beyond memorable. Marcos has been asking for snow since the beginning of our trip and we finally delivered the day after Thanksgiving. What a sign! Plus, this is the first time that Maggie saw snow, and after the initial growl she loved it.
Of course, spending two nights in a RV with no power and freezing temps proved to be difficult. We stayed warm enough, but all else was lost. No running water, brittle RV parts due to the cold, frozen pipes, etc. We spend 5+ hours digging out the day we left with no snow shovel and helping others that were worse off than ourselves.
Needless to say, the caverns and the weather made for a Thanksgiving that none of us will EVER forget! Overall, we fell in love with this place. So much to offer, such wonderful, welcoming staff.
We would recommend everyone to stop here for an unique R66 experience. From here, we head to Sedona to thaw out!
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