Mammoth RV Park Has Issues

[teledork]

My camper is a shell model. I have nothing to plug in. I have used the tent sites at Mammoth RV on occasion, been doing so for several years.

This past Monday I was told I could not use the tent sites. Presumably I would have to pay the additional 20+ dollars to use an RV site even though I could not use the electrical hook-ups. When I stated that I had nothing to plug in I was told that they needed to "save" the tent sites for tents and I was prohibited because my camper is a "cab over".

The next morning I drove by on my way to the mountain. One tent site was occupied - BY A VAN WITH A POP UP!

So yes - the only difference is that my camper is a "cab over". And the rest of what I would say about this I will leave to your imagination because I am trying to use less profanity in my on-line communication.

But the skiing was stellar!

 

[Ace!]

Is your recreational vehicle a tent?

 

[Vic Harder]

Is your recreational vehicle a tent?

No, but I carry one.

Seriously, I have run into this and pitched a tent on the site, and place I have been (so far) accept that. Bizzare.

 

[craig333]

Sure is odd the way some places work. At MacKerricher State Park they suggested I do to the tent side.

 

[ski3pin]

According to my quick look at their web site winter rates, a standard partial hookup site is $51.30 and a tent site is $35.34. Maybe the owners were checking you in - as in fill all the expensive sites first. Do the tent sites get much use in the winter?

 

[Bill D]

They should have asked the guy in the van to move as well.

That being said... I'd be frustrated as a tenter if I was forced to use an RV site and pay $51.30 because all the tent sites were occupied by campers/vans etc., especially if the campground was nearly empty.

 

[camelracer]

Get one of those instant pop-up tents. Throw it out and sleep in your camper.

 

[SunMan]

Rates seem to have gone up since I stayed there last. Stayed there one night a few years ago, paid for the hook up site thinking i'd finally use my electrical for the first time ever and plug in a portable heater to supplement my Wave 3. After checking in and reading the rules I found out plug in heaters were forbidden. What did I just pay $45 a night for??? Planned to pay the $10 for a tent site the following night then wondered why i would do that with free camping and hot water not far down the road. Haven't gone back since. Rarely do I see tents in there during the winter.