Mountain View RV Park and Restaurant - Arco, Idaho (June 2018)

Our first impression of this campground wasn’t “Chamber of Commerce” perfect. When we reserved a site in this campground a few months earlier and they took our credit card information, we were given a cost for the night. When we arrived, the cost had significantly increased. When we questioned this unanticipated change, the woman working the counter tersely said she didn’t know who would have given us that rate, besides prices change. 

So much for our welcome to the Mountain View RV Park. 

On the positive side of things, we couldn’t help but smell bar-b-que while checking in. The restaurant part of the campground was cooking ribs and we were hungry. We can report that the ribs were good and that saved us from having to worry about dinner that day. 

The campground is a few miles away from the Craters of the Moon National Monument. It didn’t take long after eating ribs before we were driving through the monument. The monument's name seemed appropriate to us. It is mostly a large area covered with black volcanic rocks. Signs in the monument warn motorists to watch for wildlife while driving there. We couldn’t help but question what type of wildlife would want to live there?

Craters of the Moon National Monument

While we were enjoying our visit to this national monument, a quick rain storm came up. We used the water from the storm to help rinse the accumulated dirt off our truck.

Craters of the Moon National Monument

Craters of the Moon National Monument

Craters of the Moon National Monument

Here are some specifics about this campground:

• Our site was gravel and we needed some leveling tools to correct a side-to-side lean
• Our site was a pull-thru
• Our site had 20 and 30 amp electrical service 
• Our site had a water connection 
• Our site had a sewer connection 
• The campground had a restroom and showers that could be best described as “rustic.”
• Taking out the trash was an adventure. The dumpster appeared to be outside the campground and you had to unfasten a spring loaded clasp while holding your trash to get to it
• AT&T provided four bars of 4G voice and data service over our site 
• The park claims to provide WiFi service, but we were not given the passcode to access it
• There was a wide area between sites but the access roads were single lane and the space between rows was very narrow