We landed this afternoon at Ely KOA Journey, pretty much right in the middle of Nevada, elevation, 6500 ft. This is just a stop-over for a night, but it really is a nice campground. We plan to drive around this after and check out the town.
From here we're heading north to Idaho. Our first stop is a place called Anderson Camp. We plan to spend a couple of days there so we can check out Shoshone Falls and what's left of Twin Falls
Free camping in a casino parking lot
Seven Feathers Casino has a beautiful campground, we didn't go there. Instead, we opted to dry camp in a parking lot that the casino has set aside for that purpose. The parking lot has several spaces for pull-thru camping, only, they are a little too short. I'm guessing in the fifty-foot neighborhood.
They also have an equal number of back-in spaces that are less than forty feet, however, the grass field behind the spaces allows for RV to hangover the parking lot. The other option (which we took) was to take up several of the back-in spaces and make them pull-thrus. Several people were doing this so it looked like the norm. We also noticed in other parking lots around the casino there were several RV's parking at a distance from the building. The casino features a $9.99 buffet at 4 pm and a steak and eggs breakfast for $2.99 for truck drivers (anyone one with a CDL) It was our first experience in a parking lot and it was good. Other campers were friendly and we felt pretty secure. We will definitely, use the casino in the future as a stop-over while driving I-5. The lot is located north of the casino just east of the Burger King. Generators are permitted to be run from 7 am until 10 pm.
Check out the casino's website for more information, if you're a veteran, Tuesdays are when you want to visit. https://www.sevenfeathers.com/
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