KOA Fredericksburg, VA

 

 

In this posting we are heading south from our northern adventure in 2010. We had left I-81 in Winchester, VA to transit down to I-95 via US-17. We were heading to Four Oaks, NC to visit with friends before heading home to SC. We had to make one more stop before getting to Four Oaks.

We have stayed at a lot of KOA campgrounds in our travels. When we were full timing, our KOA card was golden (15% discounts). We have seen all kinds of them and had never been treated badly until we got to this one.

http://www.fredericksburgkoa.com/

First mistake was going that far off the major highways for a KOA. It was more than 12 miles into the CG. Once you go that far off your highway you have too much invested in the fuel  to do any serious bartering.

We knew better than to think all KOA’s have nice managers. Because we no longer had a KOA card the manager refused to give us any sort of discount. I reminded them that - at the time - it was KOAs policy to give military discounts.We were promptly told that we could purchase a KOA card. And, that they only gave discounts to active duty military.

After the check-in hassle they parked us as far away from the CG store/office as possible. I requested something closer and was told they liked to keep open spaces for any caravan outfits that might stop by.

Now to be fair I’ve read the reviews for that place and it seems people in family groups and large numbers of RVs traveling together like the place. So I just have to assume they just don’t like single units that just want to spend the night. So they take advantage of the fact that they are so far off the highway and turning around and leaving is an added expense for the traveler.

After checking-in and getting to our site we discover that it’s much like most KOAs out in the country. The interior park roads were paved but had lots of pot holes to avoid. The sites did not have paved patios. The site we were assigned to was large and level but I’ll bet it would be muddy in the rain. Being on the end it was very close to the wilderness of the surrounding woodlands. There was a smallish pond close to our site and it had an active beaver family building their winter home. We had a 50 amp FHU site so we used the evening to wash cloths and cook a nice supper.

Here are some pictures. I didn’t venture far from the trailer taking them. Like all other posts in this blog you can click on any of the pictures to enlarge the view.

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  Cal & Linda