As I’ve talked about before, we love exploring the Arizona desert in our RZR. We are lucky to have several hundred miles that also include old mines, caves and interesting buildings close to home.
We’ve always stayed in Quartzsite at Park Place RV because its centrally located to the trails we like to ride. However, we were missing another section of the desert east of Quartzsite that we wanted to explore. It was time to look east for a park that could function as a home base around the Salome area.
We plan our RZR rides in this part of Arizona for spring or fall. We don’t want to ride when it’s too hot as the RZR doesn’t have air conditioning. The weather is usually just about perfect. The campgrounds are much less crowded since most snowbirds haven’t arrived yet or have already left so getting a campsite is easy.
We found it in Desert Gold RV Park. It’s a G7 park, so we knew our stay would be at a clean, friendly and well-run place. The front office staff at every G7 park has been over-the-top helpful and friendly. We were given our information packet when we checked in and I noticed one of the lock codes was familiar. I casually joked that was the year my mom was born which made the staff laugh. The person that recently reset the code was also born that year. We laughed since I would not forget the code during our stay.
This park is a combination of RV spaces and park models. Most of the RV spots are closer to the office but there are some sprinkled in among the park models. The sites are long and wide. We had plenty of space for our coach plus trailer and lots of room side to side. Our group was four coaches this trip and we had plenty of space for an evening fire between them. Speaking of fires, it’s propane only, which I love since there are no worries about properly extinguishing it before bed.
Even in early March, there were plenty of activities. They had music every night, plus bingo and Sunday church service. They had happy hour every day that we missed because we were still out on the trails. The main set of buildings includes a recreation hall, craft room, multipurpose room, laundry room, showers, and a mail room all laid out around a pool.
They even have a mine themed miniature golf course!
If walking the campground is your exercise of choice, you’re going to get some good miles in here. Walking the perimeter is 1.45 miles. There are several shaded pathways throughout the park.
We accessed the trails directly from the park, making it a perfect home base. Our first day’s ride took us to Patton Lookout, the town of Bouse, a rock prison and Salome for a quick beverage before heading back.
The second day we totaled 115 miles checking out Kofa Cabin, Wilbanks Cabin and Jasper Springs.
Each night fellow campers stopped by our campsite to ask where we’d been. I love this about the camping community.
This is a park we’ll come back to again and again. Afterall, there’s much to explore in our beautiful desert.