Thousand Trails Verde Valley

Thousand Trails Verde Valley is a large RV park with lots to do. This Cottonwood AZ campground was a great base to explore Sedona and Verde Valley and kept us busy with activities.

The Thousnd Trails Verde Valley preserve is a big park and we made it a point to take part in as many activities as we could. As usual, we took walks, rode our bikes and used the pool. But this time we also played shuffleboard and miniature golf, and found these pastimes a fine way to while away an hour or so. We hit the ball around on the tennis courts and Jose shot some hoops. We played pool. After all, all this stuff is here and it's free!

We usually got out to play at these activities in the morning or evening. It may be a dry heat out here in Arizona, but it is still plenty hot come noontime. That left us with a good part of the day to do errands, assorted jobs around the coach, sightseeing or just relax.

The Thousand Trails Verde Valley Park is in Cottonwood Arizona, not too far from Sedona. The preserve grounds are extensive. There is a great view of the Verde Valley and Verde River as you drive down a windy road into the park.

The sites are grouped into four different sections.

Sections B and C are next to each other. Section B has the swimming pool/jacuzzi, tennis/pickleball/basketball courts, more horseshoe pits, swings and volleyball. Here also is the Pool Lodge with a pool table, ping-pong table, fooz ball, kid's activities, puzzles, etc. Section A is on the other side of the Pool Lodge.

In addition to the recreational games on the premises, we also enjoyed the entertainment provided on Saturday nights. We enjoyed two country/western groups and a magician.

The cafe offered lunch a few days during the week, breakfast on weekends, a Saturday dinner, and an ice cream social on Sunday.

Sites are gravel and come in assorted sizes and shapes. There are plenty of large sites, many with trees.

There is a nature trail on the Thousand Trails Verde Valley preserve. You can also walk down to the Verde River that runs alongside the park and attracts a variety of birds.

An aside about using our Thousand Trails membership... The Thousand Trails Verde Valley Park location is a good one for making the most of our memberships. With our Platinum Plus Thousand Trails membership, we can stay here for three weeks. Then we have to be out of the park for a week. Well, just down the road in Cornville or Camp Verde are Resorts of Distinction (ROD) Parks. We also belong to ROD; we became eligible for ROD through our Thousand Trails membership. We could go to either of these two ROD parks for up to two weeks. And then we could come back to Thousand Trails Verde Valley. Or alternate with the other ROD park. So in essence we could stay in this area for an extended period, just changing parks every two or three weeks. The stays in these TT and ROD parks are free (no nightly rate anyway - we did have to pay upfront to join and do pay annual dues).

Another alternative to going to an ROD park, when our three weeks are up? We could go to an RPI park and pay $10/night. Or we could go to another TT park and stay another three weeks for "free".

We really enjoyed our stay at Thousand Trails Verde Valley in Cottonwood AZ. Aside from taking advantage of the many park amenities, we ventured out to see some interesting sights and scenery in the Verde Valley and nearby Sedona.

Thousand Trails does seem to be cutting back on the sale of full memberships, so hurry to take advantage:

• Go to www.1000trails.com/WHMSfreervweekend.asp
• When you make your reservation, be sure to note that Jose & Jill Ferrer are the referring Thousand Trails members.

A visit to one of the Thousand Trails parks will give you a chance to consider park locations, your personal travel plans, and then do the math on possible savings.

Thousand Trails is also selling one park memberships.

1. Go online to www.1000trails.com/jointoday
2. Choose a preserve from more than 80 nationwide.
3. Use promo code: MBRP, and list Jose & Jill Ferrer as the referring members.
4. Complete and provide payment to activate the membership.

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