Mystic, CT KOA - July 13, 2009

With reluctance this morning, we finished packing up and began the trip back south. We stopped first to dump the grey and black water tanks of the Silver Lady and put the Chrysler on the tow dolly. We headed out of Bar Harbor, a little before 10;00 am. The trip south was uneventful except that Stella, our GPS, did not like my route around Boston. She kept wanting to take us west off 495 and I only knew to take 495 to 95 to 295. In any event, we were able to find our way back to the KOA in Mystic (North Stongington), CT.



We checked into the Campground and were led, as is the usual KOA practice, to our site. It was immediately obvious that we were not going to be able to get the Silver Lady, plus the trailer with the Chrysler, onto the site they had assigned to us. We asked about bigger sites as we knew from the experience of earlier in the trip that they had bigger sites but we were told there were none available. We ended up out in a field with only water and 30 amps of electric service. Fortunately, it was a cool evening and we did not need the A/C. Before dinner, we decided to take a swim and to go into the office to complain about the site. This produced what I found to be a nasty confrontation when the clerk told me that I should be satisfied with what I had as they could have charged me for the 4 sites I took up in the field.



This is unlike any previous experience with KOA. Travelling with a unit our size, and towing, in this case a trailer that we could not remove, gives few options in terms of camp sites. This KOA knew the size of our unit and gave a large site to a smaller unit than ours and then would not and apparently could not make good on their reservation for us. Ultimately they gave us a refund of $3.00 for the night as we had no sewer. I will never again look first to KOA for campgrounds. There are several books available for "Big Rigs" and I will always look here first when making reservations.



All of thaat aside, we slept well and as always, we were very comfortable in the Silver Lady.