Rockwell RV Park - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

It didn't take long for us to drive out of the rain storm over El Reno, Oklahoma. The next city with several camping possibilities was Oklahoma City. Several campgrounds were rejected after seeing them from the road or after reading their scathing reviews online. We ended up stopping at the Rockwell RV Park in Oklahoma City.

Rockwell RV Park in Oklahoma City

Buffalo exhibit at the RV Park

Rosie at the Rockwell RV Park

This appeared to us to be a nice "mom and pop" type campground. Our site was a pull-through and there was more room between sites than we saw at the previous two private campgrounds we stopped at on this trip.

We arrived late and left early, so we really didn't get a good chance to review this park. Instead of our normal narative about each campground Rosie spends the night in, we will mostly talk about this park using bullet points.

Some specifics about this park:

• Our site had 20, 30 and 50 amp electrical service.
  
• Our site had water, electric and sewer connections.
• The park provided muffins and coffee every morning for breakfast.
• The park provided free copies of the local newspaper for its guests.
• The park had an indoor swimming pool and a hot tub.
• There were a couple of weight lifting gadgets near the pool.
• There were a couple of clean bathhouses in the park. The showers had the look of the ones in junior high school and we decided to use Rosie's shower that night.
• As a reminder of where we were, there was a large storm shelter in the park.

We were surprised by the cost of this park. After applying every discount known to the camping universe, our nightly rate was $35. The park attendant said that was the local going rate. I am glad we prefer camping along the Florida Gulf Coast in state and federal parks where the "going rate" is much easier on the wallet.

Onapa Campground and RV Park - Cheocotah, OK

We are on our way to Farmington, New Mexico, for the 2015 Wally Byam International Rally. The Wally Byam Club (WBCCI) is the Airstream owners association and it sponsors lots of fun things including rallies and caravans. More than 400 Airstream trailers and motorhomes are scheduled to be in Farmington for this rally.

We saw on Facebook that a group from the WBCCI Southeast Camping Unit was traveling together to Farmington. After a quick comment on Facebook, we were invited to join their caravan. Rosie, our 25 foot Airstream trailer, became the 11th Airstream camper in their group. It seemed to us that it would be more fun and safer to travel in a group rather than going 1,500 miles alone.

By the way, the leaders of this caravan did a great job putting it all together. There was always something interesting or fun to do at each of our stops. I know that it had to be challenging to find campgrounds at the end of each day's journey that were able and willing to accept 11 trailers for a night.

One of the campgrounds our caravan stopped at after a 370 mile day was the Onapa Campground and RV Park near Checotah, Oklahoma. This is a small private park near I-40 with about 30 camp sites. Probably half of those sites are filled by people living year-round in the park.

Onapa Campground

You could tell that the owners of this park were trying to provide a nice camping area. It had a playground area for the kids, a basketball court and an above ground swimming pool. Information about the park found online said that it had a bathhouse, but we could not find it.

Rosie in the campground

Here are some specifics about this park:

• The site we stayed in was gravel and pull-thru.
  
• Our site had 20, 30 and 50 amp electrical service.
• Sites also had water and sewer connections.
• The park provided adequate Wi-Fi service to its campers.
• We were able to use 4G voice and data service from AT&T while in this park.
• This is a pet friendly park.
• We were able to watch HD signals from ABC, CBS, FOX, PBS and NBC from Rosie's antenna. We were also able to see Me-TV, Escape, GET, Grit, Ion, Cozi, Bounce and Laff digitial channels.

While in this park, our group pulled out the grills and shared a good evening meal together. Early the next morning, we all headed west to our next stop on our way to Farmington.

The park's storm shelter. A reminder of where we were staying.