Take Heed of Red Flags

The first red flag was they did not have a website with photos (though they were Passport America members).

The second red flag was there was graffiti on fences and road signs in the area.

The third red flag was there were police cars in the park. We were told someone had died.

The fourth red flag was most of the rvs were 20 years old many of which were not in good shape.

The fifth red flag was the man who helped us was in charge of the neighborhood watch (the people were all very nice).

The sixth red flag was a woman came up to me to tell me there was a better rv park just down the road.

The seventh red flag was the site did not have 50 amp electricity and the second site we moved too -- now getting dark -- had no electricity.

The final red flag was the police did a run through.

They offered to give us the night free because of the electrical problems. We took it and fired up the generator so we could look on the computer for a another place to park our motorhome. The next morning we moved to a lovely park (the manager described the former park as being in the "bad" part of town). It was not that much more money. Now we are parked across the road from the swimming pool and recreation/fitness room and happy!

In our 14 months of travel we have only had one other time we decided not to stay in the park where we had reservations. That time it involved being told we would have to boil the water and there was garbage and a dead rat near the utilities. Yuk! I say that is pretty good odds considering we have stayed at 51 RV parks.

Hemet, California is a lovely city and we are happy to be here especially hearing about the snow and wind at home. Hope you are all fairing well and it warms up real soon.

When we arrive in an area we check out a number of things: Where is the Costco, the Wal-Mart, the nearest Trader Joe's or natural food store, the post office, our favorite restaurants and is there a military base in the area (if we are not staying on one). Hemet got an A+ for meeting our needs as well as having some new and beautiful landscape.