Originally Posted by
Mike A
Thanks for bringing these questions to light.
Sorry, still a little confused about 'improved sites'.
If I remember right, you can only reserve them online, but even so, because there are just so many available, that only puts you on a list so that those that registered for one before you did have priority so you may not actually get an improved site after all, correct?
Ive only 'RV'd' in Camp Scholler, so far, but one thing that you need to do (I missed this years AirVenture so improvements might have been made) before you stake out a site is to look around. There's almost always a bout of heavy rains during the week and in the past there have been areas that flood, meaning, a few inches to a foot of standing water proceeded by a mud quagmire. Look for low spots where water will accumulate. If your lucky, it will already have rained heavily enough that you can see the small lakes forming.
Also, it's nice to have a Porta-Potty close by so you don't fill your black water tank up but, the Porta-Pottys get used all night and the doors typically loudly slam shut, so don't stake a spot too close to them.
In the past I would try to save a couple bucks and drive the RV over to the dump site but, it can be a hassle and in the past towards the end of the week the dump site has become so bad it becomes a 'Hazardous Waste do not enter zone'. Just pay the fee and have the poop sucker truck come right to your campsite.