9/24/07 Another Nightmare Campground???

It was ten thirty before we finally got out of Enid. We were hoping to stay in the FamCamp at Altus Air Force Base in Altus, OK. Some military bases have campgrounds for active and retired personnel to use. Generally, they are much cheaper than a regular commercial campground.

A through the windshield view of what we saw as we drove down the road dragging our home behind us.

Mini mountains?

By mid-afternoon we thought we had better call Altus AFB to see if they had space available for us. Hmmm,,,no phone number, what to do, what to do. When you're on the road and need a phone number, call somebody back in Delaware and ask them to get a phone number off the Internet. So we called our friends Mickey and Cindy and told them what we needed. OK, they'll call us back with the info. I guess we were anxious and they weren't calling back fast enough so we called them again. No answer. Now what? I know, call KK, I know she's home. She was and said she would fire up her computer, get us a number and call us back. Well, as luck would have it they called back one right after the other with two different numbers. We called both numbers and kept getting moved around the base and finally got an answer that the FamCamp was full. The last lady we talked to recommended Friendship Inn. Now, I'm afraid that just doesn't sound like a campground to me and I was right. It was a motel but they had RV spaces. OK, that will work. So we find this place only to find that they have overhangs which are much to low for us to go under. I called the Inn and the lady explained that yes they did have RV spaces but they were 2 miles away from the Inn. Now that sounds better. So we parked and I went in to get the "key" and pay for the night. A reasonable $18.00. We were given directions to an Mobile Home Park which is being converted to an RV park. Being converted are the operative words here. So we finally find the place and are totally confused! Nothing is marked, no direction given as to where our "site" is. There are metal things sticking up out of the ground (tie down stakes for mobile homes) the hookup services are far apart so that we have to bring out extension cords which were packed away and one of the permanent residents came over to "help" us. He was a kind man and he wanted to help (and TALK) but put him with two tired people who want nothing more than to get set up so we can eat and get some rest, well, we just weren't the best company. He was so nice he even told us that he had wireless Internet and that if we wanted to try and see if we could get the signal we were welcome to sign on.

So we finally got set up.

Another traveling day down!