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AZ camp host
Yahoo Message Number: 99303
Looks like I will be volunteering as a camp host in Arizona from March 1 through April 30 at the East Cochise Stonghold campground. It is a National Forest Service campground.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coronado/forest/recreation/camping/sites/cochi se_stronghold.shtml It's about 92 miles east of Tucson.

$10/night or $5/night with the Golden Age Pass. It is a 'primitive' campground with no water, electric, or dump facilities. The host spot does have a dump (only reason I took the job). I'll have to drive a couple of miles to get water, no big deal as the water capacity of my 30 IB lasts me at least two weeks of boondocking.

I do have friends in Sunsites (about 20 miles away) where I will do laundry and check my email.

If you are in the area stop by and stay a while, this campground is not used very much, mostly weekends and holidays.

Jerry (soon to be in AZ) 2000 30 IB
Jerry Galang
Meridian, ID 83646
Re: AZ camp host
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Yahoo Message Number: 99312
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Looks like I will be volunteering as a camp host in Arizona from March 1 through April 30 at the East Cochise Stonghold campground. It is a National Forest Service campground.

How's the road out to the campground?
 We drove out there many years ago and just about lost all of our teeth because of the washboard road!  It's a nice little campground, though, and full of history.

We almost moved out to Sunsites at one time before we decided to go fulltiming.
 Instead of moving your rig to get fresh water, why not get a bladder, like this one: http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/portable-rv-fresh-water-tank-45-gallon/1605 (or go to www.campingworld.com and look up Item #1605).
 We have one that we used when we were camp hosting at a small BLM campground in Northern California a few years ago.  We also had an Extend-A-Stay installed and bought an extra propane tank so that when the portable tank was empty, we'd simply put it in the toad and drive it up to be filled rather than having to break camp to drive the Lazy Daze.

Linda Hylton http://map.datastormusers.com/user1.cfm?user=1167 http://earl-linda.blogspot.com/
Linda Hylton
Re: AZ camp host
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Yahoo Message Number: 99314
Jerry, don't forget the great apple pie in Wilcox at the apple orchard along the freeway. Campground sounds like a nice place. Thanks for the info. John leach, Prescott, Az.

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Re: AZ camp host
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Yahoo Message Number: 99316
"Linda & Earl Hylton" wrote:
 
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...Instead of moving your rig to get fresh water, why not get a
bladder, like this one...

On the Camping World website: "Not for use on lightweight vehicles"
 By my calculations (at about 8 lb./gal.) we're talking over 350 pounds here.  And then there will always be that clown who thinks he can hold onto it up there on the roof (like a mattress) as he tools down the road.
 And another thing, that recommended accessory: the "Water Hose Storage Caps" -- are they just for those people who aren't smart enough to realize that you can just screw the two ends of your water hose together? :-)

Rick
Re: AZ camp host
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Yahoo Message Number: 99317
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By my calculations (at about 8 lb./gal.) we're talking over 350 pounds here.  And then there will always be that clown who thinks he can hold onto it up there on the roof (like a mattress) as he tools down the road.

We used our Honda Element with a full water bladder  on top with no detrimental effect.
 HOWEVER, we only had about 1/4-mile to go to get fresh water and drove very slowly.  I would NEVER, NEVER recommend driving at freeway speeds with a full bladder on top of ANY vehicle.  In fact, I wouldn't recommend going over probably 10 MPH with the thing on top of a vehicle and just for short distances.
 I guess it would rule out it's use if you had many miles to go to get fresh water unless you could put it in the back of a pickup truck...or like our Honda Element, in the back of the vehicle.  However, in those cases, the bladder might be lower than the fill on the rig necessitating the use of a pump to transfer the water (with the bladder on top of our Element, we were able to transfer water just from gravity).

Linda Hylton http://map.datastormusers.com/user1.cfm?user=1167 http://earl-linda.blogspot.com/
Linda Hylton
 
Re: AZ camp host
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Yahoo Message Number: 99319
Chris wrote:
 
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Here's an unbroken link to the campground: http://tinyurl.com/3pcm9p Jerry, I noted in the NFS site that the campground is limited to 21'
RVs. Obviously that

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rule is waived for the host. Is the 21' rule enforced?
I think that is to discourage the big class A's, There are several sites that a 30 footer would fit. Thanks for the link fix.

Linda Hylton wrote:

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How's the road out to the campground?
It's a dirt road with a couple of washes to go through (dry) the washboard wasn't too bad last month.

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Instead of moving your rig to get fresh water, why not get a
bladder,
 I plan on having some 5 gal jugs to refill using my toad. Thanks for the link to the bladder.

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We have one that we used when we were camp hosting at a small BLM
campground in Northern California a few years ago. We also had an Extend-A-Stay installed and bought an extra propane tank .

I doubt that I will need propane for the two months that I will be there.

John leach wrote:
 
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Jerry, don't forget the great apple pie in Wilcox at the apple
orchard along the freeway.

I'll have to give that a try while seeing the area.

Thanks to all who responded.
Jerry (soon to be a camp host)(hoping some LDs will come visit me) 2000 30 IB
Jerry Galang
Meridian, ID 83646