I had planned to stay at the KOA near Sequoia as we had been there before. But I didn't anticipate that we were going to be arriving on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, and waited too long to make my reservation and the KOA was full.
I started searchingi for something else close to Sequoia and found Lemon Cove. They were charging $117 for Sunday and $107 for Monday.
I could not find anything else available and read the good reviews, so I went ahead and made the reservation.
I have NEVER paid that much for an RV spot, and was not happy about it. I thought it must be a really spectacular park. It was not!
We were traveling from Bakersfield which is only about an hour and a half away. Lemon Cove has a 3PM check in time. I have never been to a park that has a 3PM check in time. This is not a hotel. The office was closed from 1-2, so we waited for it to open.
When they opened it up, she said that she was not going to charge us the $25 early check in fee. Which I thought was absurd to begin with. She said she was feeling generous.
The spot we had was very uneven & the sewer is pretty much on an uphill slant from the trailer, which was an issue for dumping.
Being Memorial Day weekend the park was full. There was a huge group there (which don't get me wrong I have no issue with families camping together and having fun) and it was very noisy and crowded.
I would not have felt bad about paying for this ridiculously overpriced park if it had been a really nice resort type park. But it most definitely is NOT.
This was just price gouging at its best.