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Monday, July 7, 2014

Review: Fort Amarillo RV Park & Resort

Bottom line:
In Amarillo, TX with easy access to I-40, well kept, clean bathhouse and restrooms, good price, good service.

Fort Amarillo RV Park is very close to I-40 on the immediate outskirts of Amarillo Texas. We drove through and stayed on June 30th, 2014. We had planned to continue to Albuquerque, NM but the broken generator needed service and the Cummins service center had an 8 AM opening. We have another stay scheduled for July 8th, 2014 and just happened to be there.

Being in Amarillo, the RV park is not green. This is the panhandle of Texas and everything is gravel, dirt, and a few trees to liven it up. Still, everything was level, the park was well laid out and it was about 2/3rds full. There are right at 100 RV sites in the RV park, and each site has 50/30 amp hookup, water, cable, and sewer. In the center is a gift shop called Lizzie Mae's, bathhouse, rec hall, and a duck pond with about 8-10 ducks. The shop has a lot of odds and ends. Mostly art, it also has some local hot sauce, preserves, snacks, and the kinds of things you'd see in a community art of co-op store.

The pool, hot tub, and rec hall #2/storm shelter are off to the side. Everything was well maintained and clean and the office service was super friendly. The price was under $40.

On a side note, the Cummins service center in Amarillo did not honor the appointment we had with them. We waited about 90 minutes before I started messing with the generator and got it started. Likely there was nothing but basic service needed, but they said that their generator tech had to do a quick job on a semi-truck that was there for a week before starting on ours. If we had not called the day before and confirmed the 8 AM appointment I could understand the delays, but we had delayed our entire travel schedule for this appointment. The service desk was apologetic, but they could have earned high praise and a paycheck by just getting us taken care of quickly.

Summary:
The Fort Amarillo RV Park is a good place, and I recommend it.

I give it eight out of ten stars.

Fort Amarillo RV Park & Resort (official site)