Chehalis RV & Camping Resort

Thousand Trails Chehalis

We stay two nights from August 31st through September 2, 2019 in campsite H43, the price was $o.oo due to our Thousand Trails membership. Our site has electricity and water hook up. The site was level and has plenty of ripe blackberries for picking. The campground is at an elevation of 150 ft. Access to the campground was right off Centralia Alpha Rd, our 28 ft travel trailer easily fit with room to spare in our site. Once we entering the campground, the pavement turns to hard-packed gravel as we looped around once to find our campsite. Weather was sunny upper 70's, the nights low 60's.

This is a very quiet campground, activities we found at the campground to keep busy was billiards, two lodges, and two pools, Bingo was being played in one of the lodges. The campground has free showers, plenty of hot water and not more than a minute walk from our campsite.

My wife and I enjoyed the campground, we will be back the next time we want to go to Mt. Rainier or Mt. St. Helens.

The Chehalis RV and Camping Resort, interestingly is the first Thousand Trails Campground to be established. That being said, its age is definitely apparent, but I think adds to the charm of the campground.

We visited this campground in April. Though it was a rainy weekend, this was a great place to relax and leave the hustle and bustle. It was a short and easy drive from Portland, just minutes off I-5. The campground only had two loops open at this time because of the rain. Unfortunately, the roads and sites were quite muddy, but I think that's to be expected at this time of the year.

When the rain stopped, the Roy Rodgers field next to our site proved to be a great place to run my dog. It had an expansive view of farm land and was very charming.

TLDR;

Pros:

• Secluded and detached, very relaxing
• Just enough signal to live stream the Master's (very important!)
• Friendliest neighbors who "owned" their site

Cons:

• During the rainy season, this campground was muddier than most other sites
• 30 Amp, but I kept tripping throughout the night. Only my heat pump was on

I thoroughly enjoyed the campground. In the rainy season, I think it was a perfect place to sit under the awning and watch the rain come down. It is an older campground, which invites flaws. However, knowing that it would be a wet weekend, having great neighbors, and being a beautiful setting in the rain, I thought the campground was quaint and relaxing.