Grandy Creek KOA

We arrived here on July 26 for 6 nights in Concrete, Washington.  This park is a Thousand Trails and a KOA park which is located not far from the entrance of the North Cascade National Park. When we arrived we were told we could pick any site except sites with yellow posts which were reserved for KOA members, in other words visitors who pay the rack rate.  Not all sites have 50 amp electric or sewer.  We were lucky to snag one that had full hookups with 50 amp electric.  Our site was relatively level as I just placed a 2 inch pad under my right front tire and the bubble was in the middle.  I prefer not to use jacks unless necessary.  Most sites are nestled into a canopy of trees and we used our lights in the motorhome most of the day because the sun did not penetrate the thick cover of pine trees.  This park is an amusement park for children as they are all over the place riding bicycles and playing games.  For a $5 fee per child which lasts up to a week, your child can play miniature golf, unlimited bouncing on this huge bouncing pillow, and an free ice cream social on Saturdays.  On Saturday, they had contests with horseshoes, chess and checkers, rope pull, basketball hoops,miniature golf tournament and painting for children with prizes for the winners.  Saturday evening they had an outdoor movie.  There was no  over the air TV reception, but got good cell reception on verizon.  People with portable satellite dishes were successful obtaining TV.  We rented movies nightly for $2 at the small store on the property.  We needed some AAA batteries for our remote to operate our blueray player and did not find out till after the store was closed.  They actually opened the store for us three hours after it was closed.  You can't buy that kind of service.  We paid $10 per night with our RPI membership and I rate this park P*****.

On Saturday, we caught a 5 PM mass 16 miles away.  We decided to get a bite to eat at a Mexican Restaurant in that town.  After eating a pound of their delicious chips and salsa, I could not finish the two pound wet burrito they served me so I brought it back to our campsite for TV dinner the next day.  Aggie had a tostada.  Sunday, we toured North Cascade National Park and watched a free video at the ranger station about the park and the few grizzly bears in the park which number less than 20.  Did you know that a grizzly bear consumes 20 thousand calories per day.  That is a lot of ants and berries.  We only went to Diablo Lake which is only about 60 miles into the park.