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Dale Hollow State Park, Burkesville, KY - 20-24 June 2018

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Spent a great 5 days at Dale Hollow State Park. I will do the review of Dale Hollow State Park first for those that just want to learn about the location.  After that I will write about our experience. Reserving the site :  I made the reservation through the "All Stays Camp & RV" mobile application using my Reserve America account with no issues.  We paid 40.00 a night.   Travel to site :  From Frankfort, KY it was about a 2  1/2 hour drive.  Bluegrass parkway to Campbellsville exit and straight south on 2 lane road through Lebanon, Columbia to Burkesville.  Finding and entering the campground was very easy.  They are on Central Time Zone Checking in :  Arrived at the campground at 1100 check-in was 1400, they had no issue with checking in early.  Originally we could only get a reservation in L loop which did not have septic service but at check-in they had a site in C loop for 5 extra dollars a night.  Got a mirror tag and res

Oklahoma City, OK: 2-9 June

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Just returned from a trip to Oklahoma City, OK for a National Guard automation conference.  We decided to pull the travel trailer for this trip to see how we do on a long pull.  This was a 2 day pull over about 550 miles.  The first night we stopped in Strafford, MO at a roadside RV park (Strafford RV Park) that made us a bit nervous.  It was a somewhat rundown but we had no issues and just wanted some sleep after a 9 hour drive.  We stayed just south of Oklahoma City at Road Runner RV park .  This park is definitely not one for vacation unless you are exploring Oklahoma City.  The park was right off I-35 about 10 min south of downtown.  We arrived at 1700 and had no issues setting up as we had made a previous reservation over the phone.  The rate was 40.00 a day for full hookups. Road Runner RV Park The only snafu we had was that the sewer connection was out of reach of our 20 foot hose, so off to Walmart.  Our inventory is now complete; we have extra water hose, electric