Mt. View RV Park

     We stumbled onto Mt. View RV Park while looking for a camping spot near our Niece Anna's home in Boise.  The park turned out to be a great choice.  It was clean, well-kept, and the staff was very friendly.  We will camp here again when we visit Boise.

From their website

Boise's Most Convenient RV Park!

Stay with us when visiting Boise, ID; The City of Trees.  We're the only RV Park in the city limits of Boise.

As Idaho's most populated city, Boise offers a variety of attractions. From fabulous restaurants and entertainment venues to our scenic mountains and rivers. We offer Good Sam and AAA discounts for our nightly guests.

With 60 pull-thru full hook-up sites; complete with 20,30 & 50 amp service, asphalt pads, grass yards, and plenty of trees. Unfortunately, we do not offer cable television. We also provide handicap access and city water that actually tastes good! As a full-service RV Park, we also offer year round RV storage. Our on-site management ensures a safe, secure, clean, well maintained, and friendly environment.

Amenities:

Close to BSU (3.5 miles), close to downtown Boise (4 miles), Boise Airport, restaurants, Green Belt, Boise River, hotels, car rental agencies, museums, hospitals and Boise Towne Square Mall.

City water, 20, 30 & 50amp access along with waste dump at all sites. All sites are pull-through on asphalt pads. Coin Operated Laundry with Restrooms & Showers.

We have a 3rd party internet provider who services our network. The network is supported by fiber optics and redistributed throughout the park wirelessly. This network is available to any device that has a "static web browser". Once you log on, you have the option to either utilize a limited free period or purchase 1($3), 7($12) or 30($30) day packages. The free option allows the device to have either 6hrs or 500mbs of data per 24hrs. The 6hr portion of this free option starts from the time the "free button" has been engaged and will run continuously whether you are using the device or not. You are able to utilize the "free button" once per device per 24hrs. All options, free or paid, are high speed with up to 25megs down and 12up.

Reservations STRONGLY SUGGESTED. Reservation/Confirmation will take place over the phone. Please call during office hours to secure your desired dates. We do not offer cable TV. However, due to our close proximity to downtown Boise, approximately 50+ channels are available over the air depending on your antenna/TV. Please be advised we are not equipped for Tent-Camping.

Check-In/Check-Out: 12:00 (noon) MST

Jefferson County Lake Campground, Rigby, Idaho

      Because of the change in the weather in Yellowstone, we opted to head south from Montana and found ourselves in a county park just north of Idaho Falls.  As it turned out, this was one of the better campgrounds that we’ve visited.  Although we avoided the snow we did hit a bit of rain while here.  But because the campground was all paved and most of the sites (ie ours) have a large level concrete pad to park on the rain wasn’t the issue it could have been.  The park features a small lake, with a paved path circumnavigating it which was just about a mile and a quarter around.  The park is utilized locally for group picnics and other events.  While we were there a cross country meet was held there by several of the local schools.  Most of their race was dry, however, at one point there was quite a downpour and the kids ran on through it.  I imagine that it is a pretty popular place to swim and such during the summer.  The photo shows how hard the rain was coming down on the lake while these kids were running by.

       Idaho Falls is twelve miles to the south, so we took a day and went and explored.  The Snake River runs through the middle of town, and yes there is a waterfall in Idaho Falls.  It’s actually pretty cool and the city has done a great job with building a waterfront park around the falls.  Also, we found a great place to eat.  (Grandpa’s Southern Barbeque) We met Grandpa (the third generation of the original Grandpa) when came to our table offering us a sample of his gumbo.  It was just too good so I ordered a bowl with my meal.  The also featured buttermilk pie, which I had never tried, so we split a piece.  I can’t even begin to describe how good it was.  Needless to say, we’ll have to go back to Idaho Falls.

        Back to the campground:  The campground was across the lake from the park area with features like volleyball, basketball, the swimming area, boat rentals, and such, so it was pretty quiet.  The sites were spread out amongst the trees and had full hookups for a whopping $15 a night.  I highly recommend it for a stopover while traveling down I-15 or Idaho 20.  We stayed three nights and enjoyed it very much even with the rain.

     (from the park's website) Jefferson County Lake is a wonderful place to spend the day with a number of amenities and low fees assessed for maintenance and improvements (fees displayed below).  The lake fills naturally and is normally full the first week of July.  Amenities include 50 campsites with water and electric hookups, bathrooms, volleyball nets, playground equipment, a tennis court, sandy beaches, a lake slide, grassy areas, walking trails, a boat ramp for non-motorized boats, picnic tables, small shelters on a first come first serve basis outside the camping fee area, and large shelters by reservation only.