Wine Country RV Resort
2500 Airport Road
Paso Robles, Ca
After leaving a park with no amenities, we arrived at one with lots of them, and the price to with them.
We have been to this resort several times in the past, but recently we have avoided it do the cost of the sites. They have various levels of site pricing depending on how your site is outfitted. The current rates are from $52 for a dirt site with a small grass strip between sites, to $93 for a site with concrete drive and patio, with furniture.
While this has always been a nice place to stay and ideally located to visit the myriad of local wineries, it was not without it downsides. One big negative for us was that in the upper ?premium? sites, they were also the closest to Highway 46. Even at night the traffic noise was significant as it is also a trucking route.
About a year ago the place was bought out by ?Sun RV Resorts?. A large company that owns dozens of RV campgrounds across the country. We came back this year to determine what if any changes were made by the new owners, and there were several. The primary reason we stayed a week though was because Diane, being ever on the lookout for a deal on RV sites, received an email after Thanksgiving last year offering a 50% off rate if you booked right then and paid in advance. She jumped on it and we wound up paying about $38 a night, a real bargain!
As far as the changes, one of the biggest ones was the addition of a new premium section of RV sites in a lower area that used to be for RV storage. The pads are double wide and all cement, and probably the quietest ones in the park. Another is the addition of several camping cottages that were built on existing RV pads. They are quite nice and well appointed from what I could see from the outside. These too are pricey, ranging from $159 a night during the week, all the way up to $279 a night on holiday weekends. We saw several of them filled during our stay. We had reserved one of the newer premium lower sites, but found that we were moved due to new construction in the area. We wound up in an older site with concrete parking pad, but mostly grass in the patio area.
The restrooms are all top notch and easily handicapped accessible, as is the pool. There are two hot tubs, one by the pool, and another up the hill a bit that is for adults only. Park WiFi is strong all around the park due to many repeaters. Our Verizon air card worked well here too.
Another nice amenity they added was a separate outside wine and beer bar. They serve many local wine and various beers on tap. It is right across from a event area where bands are sometimes booked. We lucked into 2 free events the week we were here. One was a wine tasting event in the clubhouse on a Friday night. 10 local wineries were there and had tables set up and were doing free tastings for their wines. The resort also put out a small buffet of meats, cheese and crackers. It lasted about 3 hours and was great fun. The next night a band played in the outdoor club area. It was 60's and 70's music, and they were really good. It appears that Sun Resorts is intending to keep people interested and returning to the park again and again.
We are hoping that they offer the same Black Friday deal next year, we would jump on it! We also toured a few of the local wineries, and even a olive oil farm and tasted their olive oil. We had some relatives stop in for a visit, and worked out regularly in the resort exercise room.
On a side note, VMSpc, my engine monitoring software came out with an new release of the Windows tablet software. I installed it, and it worked much better than the previous build. I have become quite well acquainted with Art Renda, the VMSpc guy at Silverleaf. I will be calling him for some further insight into a few of the new features.
I also got around to installing my latest mod, a string of LED's under the slide on the patio side of the coach. They were really inexpensive on Amazon, and included a remote control to operate them and select from dozens of different colors that they would display.
As for repairs, I replaced a failing HDMI splitter in the entertainment cabinet, and changed out the water valve in my Thetford toilet as the original one was starting to leak. All parts came from Amazon Prime, and were delivered to my door. I also paid a local wash crew to hand wash and dry the motor home. After spending the previous weeks at the ocean and a few rain storms, it needed it.
Another thing I forgot to mention earlier on is that I have a new bicycle on this trip. I purchased a folding bike from Amazon and carry it in the back of the Jeep. It is a Schwinn Loop, a 7 speed bike that comes in it's own carry bag. It weights about 30 pounds, and folds easily. After going through 2 sets of bikes in about 10 years, hauling them around on the back of the Jeep, and them getting slowly destroyed this seemed like a reasonable alternative. So far it has worked out great, stays out of the way, and is easy to store when the weather gets bad.
From here is it back to the California Coast for one last look at the Pacific before we head east. For those following Diane's blog, she just updated hers as well with lots more info on the places we visited.