ArdraF
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We arrived at Portal RV Resort in Moab yesterday (4-25-09) afternoon. If anyone is nearby we're in site R-47 (south end, the row nearest the wetlands) and we plan to leave Wednesday morning.
I'm sure you're curious to know about Portal. First of all, this is the Classic Car weekend so they're full. Apparently business has been quite good and they're booked pretty much through the end of June.
The "new section" looks nice. The pool and bathhouse at the south end is all finished with the landscaping added about a week ago. The koi pond also is finished with a path around it and a fountain in the center. Both look very nice. Our site is next to the new fenced and grassy dog park. I've been watching the four-legged critters run around in there and they love it! Yes, there's a bench for their two-legged owners to use. The only thing not finished in this section is the landscaping between the lots and that has been left undone because some owners will want casitas and they don't want to install landscaping and then have to tear it out. Seems logical to me. They just started selling lots a month ago because the process with the city took much longer than expected. When they bought the place, it was in the county but the city annexed this area last year. The Premium (new) and Full Hook-up (old) sites all have city water, sewer, electric, cable TV (no through-the-air TV in Moab), and wi-fi. By the way, as with most RV-lot-owner resorts, the sites will continue to be rented out when the owners are not using them. In other words, it won't be much different than it has always been. Marty, the blond lady in the office, is still here too. There is no obvious construction going on now.
The "old section" is just as it was last year. Once a certain percentage of lots have been sold they will re-do it too. They're going to eliminate the tent area because it attracts a much younger and noiser crowd. We learned one interesting thing yesterday. They have both artesian wells and a stream that feeds into the old fish ponds so all the landscaping is "free" water. Lucky for them!
We had dinner last night at the Sunset Grill and missed the company of our framily (Steve is still one of the servers - 18 years now). The high winds were mentioned in another thread and, yes, here in Moab we also were rocking in the wind that had huge gusts. In fact, we drove down yesterday from Price and encountered several big gusts while driving. Even the cars slowed down! There was so much red dirt in the air that when it rained after our arrival in Moab it rained red dirt (I know this because of our nameplate that was put out before the rain and was clean and is now dirty). That was one huge weather system! Today is bright and sunny and virutally no breeze.
All in all, I have to say Portal is turning out to look very nice. There are now 40 premium sites and that number will double once the whole place is finished.
ArdraF
I'm sure you're curious to know about Portal. First of all, this is the Classic Car weekend so they're full. Apparently business has been quite good and they're booked pretty much through the end of June.
The "new section" looks nice. The pool and bathhouse at the south end is all finished with the landscaping added about a week ago. The koi pond also is finished with a path around it and a fountain in the center. Both look very nice. Our site is next to the new fenced and grassy dog park. I've been watching the four-legged critters run around in there and they love it! Yes, there's a bench for their two-legged owners to use. The only thing not finished in this section is the landscaping between the lots and that has been left undone because some owners will want casitas and they don't want to install landscaping and then have to tear it out. Seems logical to me. They just started selling lots a month ago because the process with the city took much longer than expected. When they bought the place, it was in the county but the city annexed this area last year. The Premium (new) and Full Hook-up (old) sites all have city water, sewer, electric, cable TV (no through-the-air TV in Moab), and wi-fi. By the way, as with most RV-lot-owner resorts, the sites will continue to be rented out when the owners are not using them. In other words, it won't be much different than it has always been. Marty, the blond lady in the office, is still here too. There is no obvious construction going on now.
The "old section" is just as it was last year. Once a certain percentage of lots have been sold they will re-do it too. They're going to eliminate the tent area because it attracts a much younger and noiser crowd. We learned one interesting thing yesterday. They have both artesian wells and a stream that feeds into the old fish ponds so all the landscaping is "free" water. Lucky for them!
We had dinner last night at the Sunset Grill and missed the company of our framily (Steve is still one of the servers - 18 years now). The high winds were mentioned in another thread and, yes, here in Moab we also were rocking in the wind that had huge gusts. In fact, we drove down yesterday from Price and encountered several big gusts while driving. Even the cars slowed down! There was so much red dirt in the air that when it rained after our arrival in Moab it rained red dirt (I know this because of our nameplate that was put out before the rain and was clean and is now dirty). That was one huge weather system! Today is bright and sunny and virutally no breeze.
All in all, I have to say Portal is turning out to look very nice. There are now 40 premium sites and that number will double once the whole place is finished.
ArdraF