Homolovi State Park Campground

Signs everywhere indicate that rattlers can and will eat your children if you stay here, but we're headed out tomorrow after staying for the work week and, sadly, all of my kids are completely rattler venom-free.

On the other hand, a tornado warning came through a couple of days ago. We got a notification on our phones, I guess AT&T has some sort of GPS-powered warning system. There isn't much in the way of "shelter" here, like most campgrounds, but I called the ranger (who had no idea there was a tornado warning) and he said to hunker down in the showers until it all blew over. Which it did, with no tornado, but high winds shredded our awning up.

Anyway, I think it should be noted how wonderful the showers are here. They're personal, for one. You go into a very clean, tiled room and get to lock the door behind you. Always nice. And they're free. And hot. And not timed.

Not sure what the draw to Winslow is, other than the song, but there was a hotel there with very expensive, eclectic dishes and the Lady and I enjoyed that quite a bit. I guess they have the two largest pieces of the World Trade Center on display somewhere, too. Seemed like a strange thing to have, but no stranger than that bridge in Havasu...

At a mean age of 35, though, I do believe we were the youngest people (aside from our kids) within 100 miles of Winslow and Homolovi.

On a double positive, the sunsets here were epic and though you can see the lights of Winslow off in the distance, the skies were dark enough to catch a few shooters.

AT&T was only good for calls, but Verizon was fast enough to stream video and work my soul away.

Only stayed one night as it was just a stopover. Very friendly and helpful campground host when I was there in March 2016. I am not sure how many special programs the park runs, but when I was there, they had a local potter giving a pottery talk/demonstration outside the visitor's center. Good TV coverage with just antennae.

The sites are very good but little in the way of privacy other than spacing. When I was there, the campground was far from full so everyone had plenty of room.

You have to go to Winslow, AZ to just see Standing at the Corner. Also other historic sights in town.

Excellent place to stay. You are basically camping on a desert plain. The sites are paved, with enough room for your rig and your toad. You can see for miles from your motor home window. We are self contained, so only needed electric. This was the perfect choice of campground for us. OTA television yielded 26 stations. Verizon signal is a very strong 4G...no problem getting on line.