Building a small RV park.

[Tip&Tina]

Your park looks amazing! When we roll this way we will stop i! Good luck, not that you’ll need it!

 

[Jim]

As an update on the transition from "Building an RV Park" to "Running an RV Park", I have to say, we are having a blast! I have not had even one visitor that we have not gotten along with or that has been unhappy with the experience.

Right now we are having fun, our visitors are having fun, and the effort has been well worth it.

On a side note, Ryker is still having problems with the bee population. Not sure what we're going to do with him. . .

 

[Headhunter]

Hi Jim:

This is Jim II. How about your pads. Are they paved or dirt? It is really messy when it rains and the pads are gravel, dirt or grass. When you say full hook up, that means 30/50 amp service with sewer hook up correct?

When you say you have Jeep trails, can we also take a side by side on those trails?

What would be the closest town for food, restaurants, and necessities?

Your rates seem very reasonable.

Regards HH
JCP

 

[Jim]

Hi

Hi Jim:

This is Jim II. How about your pads. Are they paved or dirt? It is really messy when it rains and the pads are gravel, dirt or grass. When you say full hook up, that means 30/50 amp service with sewer hook up correct?

When you say you have Jeep trails, can we also take a side by side on those trails?

What would be the closest town for food, restaurants, and necessities?

Your rates seem very reasonable.

Regards HH
JCP

Edited: I was trying to make this post over my cell phone. Didn't work very well!

Hi Jim. Roads and pads are crusher-run (crushed rock). Full Hookups is indeed, 50/30/20 amp service. Sewer and water as well. Then, each site has its own gazebo and each gazebo has a sink with running water, food preparation counter, refrigerator / icemaker. Each of the pads has a generous amount of room so that you are not in your neighbors yard. Some of the sites, like Site #7 and Site #8 have decks off the gazebos and the decks are enclosed with railings so that your doggies can spend some off-leash time with you.
The Jeep trails are for the most part forest service roads so side x side would have to be street legal. And then, some of the Jeep trails are a little more challenging. click here and click here.

The town of Franklin is 13 miles from us. Several good restaurants and lots of groceries available there.

Jim

 

[Headhunter]

Hi

Edited: I was trying to make this post over my cell phone. Didn't work very well!

Hi Jim. Roads and pads are crusher-run (crushed rock). Full Hookups is indeed, 50/30/20 amp service. Sewer and water as well. Then, each site has its own gazebo and each gazebo has a sink with running water, food preparation counter, refrigerator / icemaker. Each of the pads has a generous amount of room so that you are not in your neighbors yard. Some of the sites, like Site #7 and Site #8 have decks off the gazebos and the decks are enclosed with railings so that your doggies can spend some off-leash time with you.
The Jeep trails are for the most part forest service roads so side x side would have to be street legal. And then, some of the Jeep trails are a little more challenging. click here and click here.

The town of Franklin is 13 miles from us. Several good restaurants and lots of groceries available there.

Jim

HI Jim:

Wow those videos are some nasty trails, they sure as hell are not service roads....LOL. Even though my tow vehicle is a 2018 4 door Jeep Sahara, I would like to tackle them with my Kawasaki Teryx S/S. I can tow my Jeep, or tow my Teryx on a trailer, but I can't tow both. My Jeep has a plow setup with 2in receiver hitch that sits a little low for off road 4 wheeling.

The sites sound really good. I have a 13 month old pup named Shelby, full bred, black lab, that loves the outdoors. I am waiting to take delivery of my new 2021 Tiffin 33AA. It is finished and I am waiting on seats and a generator. If I get delivery early enough in August, I will give you call and try and set you as a destination.

We live in the Pocono Mts in PA. We live in a log cabin with a log cabin designed Gun Shop adjacent from us called The Hunters Hut. We are mountain people more than shore people....LOL Your RV park seems very nice, I wish you the best of success. I hope to see you in the near future.

Regards HH...
aka JCP...

 

[Jim]

HI Jim:

Wow those videos are some nasty trails, they sure as hell are not service roads....LOL.

Regards HH...
aka JCP...

Yeah, those are a couple of the more "funner" roads. lol But there are dozens of easy rides that take you to the lake or some lunch/dinner destination.

Anyhow, congrats on the new MH and I hope to see you sometime in the future!

Jim

 

[Headhunter]

Hey Jim:

Any pictures of your RV lots? Especially with the new Gazebos?

HH

 

[Jim]

Hey Jim:

Any pictures of your RV lots? Especially with the new Gazebos?

HH

I have a bunch of pictures of each site, gazebos and all, on our website or here on the RV Forums page.

 

[John&Andrea]

Building a small RV park.

The Deer Springs RV Campground Initiative Trish and I have wanted to make a small RV Campground for a long time, but we just didn’t have the time. But lately, our interest has been renewed and I think we’re going to make a run at it. The site we have chosen is a meadow down at the bottom of...

rvforums.com

 

[John&Andrea]

It all looks great. I think many of us will be regulars there. The link is long but very enjoyable.

 

["EZ"]

Hey Jim:

Any pictures of your RV lots? Especially with the new Gazebos?

HH

You should go back to the beginning of this thread so you can look at the hundreds of pictures Jim has posted from the very beginning of the construction of this camp ground. It's been an amazing transformation of the property. This thread should answer all of your questions about the ammenities as well.

 

[Headhunter]

I did and you are correct very nice. The website is very nice also.

HH

 

[Jim]

Debra and Karen (and Birdie and Bogey - the doggies) visited our park last week. They were fantastic guests, funny as all get out, and Debra turned out to be a pretty darned good photographer. While she shot many good photos, this was one of my favorites.

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Debra and Karen (and Birdie and Bogey - the doggies) visited our park last week. They were fantastic guests, funny as all get out, and Debra turned out to be a pretty darned good photographer. While she shot many good photos, this was one of my favorites.

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Very nicely done! My college photography instructor would say it adheres perfectly to the “Rule of Thirds;” keeping the points of interest out of the center of a photo so that the eye doesn’t get confused.

@Jim, you need to get permission to use that photo (with proper attribution, of course) on your Deer Springs website.

TJ

 

[skychs]

Beautiful !! Wow. Thats an image that pulls you into the photo. Well done...

 

[Jim]

Last night I was doing my rounds (i.e. riding my golf cart around ) and a few of the guests had broken out guitars and were jamming in the gazebo at site 2. Acoustic music, rolling across the meadow. It was awesome!

 

[TJ&LadyDi]

Last night I was doing my rounds (i.e. riding my golf cart around ) and a few of the guests had broken out guitars and were jamming in the gazebo at site 2. Acoustic music, rolling across the meadow. It was awesome!

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The world needs more of this, especially right now. Nice to see—and hear—folks making music and enjoying life! And, what better place to do it than Deer Springs! Thanks for sharing this, @Jim.

TJ

 

[Jim]

Lately we've been debating what we needed most, a group fire pit or a pavilion. The pavilion will obviously win out but I have work to do first so that a lumber truck can get back to where the pavilion will be. And I hate to be running heavy equipment too close to the visitors sites as that would certainly ruin the ambiance of our quiet little park.

But I'm not one to let a good day go to waste, so today I started clearing out access to a leisure area where our visitors can sit back and enjoy the sounds of the creek.

• Picture one is the wooded area that blocked access to the creek.
• Picture two is the area after I spent a few hours moving trees, pulling up Rhododendron plants and gaining access to where the creek is.
• Picture three is the creek that's been hiding and will soon become a place for our visitors to enjoy.

 

["EZ"]

It never ends. This place is spectacular!

 

[Jim]

It never ends. This place is spectacular!

lol, no, it will end. But not for a couple of years as I want to add at least 4 rental cabins and maybe some tree house stuff.