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HIDDEN VALLEY RV PARK is a certified PLAN-IT Green Park |
- Actively demonstrates and communicates conservation and recycling practices to employees and guests.
- Park provides recycle bins for cans, paper, glass and/or plastic
Keeping San Antonio visitors up to date on what's happening in San Antonio & providing a relaxing RV experience for all our guests at Hidden Valley. Please visit our blog for suggestions, to get San Antonio travel info, RV stories, travels, & RV tips. You may also contact us or reserve at the links on the right margin. WEBSITE: http://www.hiddenvalleyrvpark.com 210-623-6737 EMAIL: info@HiddenValleyRVPark.com
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HIDDEN VALLEY RV PARK is a certified PLAN-IT Green Park |
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Shopping for the perfect campsite |
Remember back in the day, when you reserved a site, you could ask for your favorite site and if was still available you could have that site saved for you? Families would reserve the same sites each summer for their vacations. There wasn't any extra fee for this guarantee.
Fast forward to 2023, this practice still exists at some campgrounds but at many, you reserve a site type (pull thru, back in, 50 Amp, etc.) and get put where the park puts you. Unless, of course you put in a site lock fee. What IS a lock fee and why does locking a site have an extra fee?
Site Lock Fees
Ever drive around a sold out campground and wonder how a 14 foot pop up ended up on a 110 foot site? Here’s how that happens. The guest booked that site online. They picked that specific site and locked it. Now its important to note that some campgrounds will not let you pick what site you want. You may not even know, or care. In the past, other campgrounds like Hidden Valley RV Park let you select the exact site you wanted when booking. However that sometimes hurts the campground, how?
Imagine this sequence of events:
July 4th weekend and Hidden Valley is almost sold out. The only sites left are a 100' and a 30' site. A family with a pop up goes online and books the 100' site. Now a guest calls looking for a site for his
No matter the time of year - we seem to be getting more and more busy, and for many, the advent of the holiday season can evoke an array of emotions, including feelings of being overwhelmed. Preparing dishes, shopping, parties, family, performances and more - can feel like too much to manage.
Perhaps you’re the one who makes those special decorations that everyone loves or the food dish that's requested for seemingly every party, (in San Antonio, think tamales.)
Or maybe you’re the one who always picks up family from the airport. The requests to do more during an already event-filled time of year can feel like a lot to juggle, especially on top of normal, day-to-day obligations.
But even during non-holiday seasons, workplace demands, family plans, commitments to friends and colleagues and even recreational choices that we love, can cause a feeling of over taxing ourselves.
It’s important to remember that just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should, and it’s okay to say no. The situation can be as big as a business decision or as small as agreeing to babysit for the grandkids. However, that’s often easier said than done, so here are some tips to help empower you the next time you need to say no:
Thanks to KSAT 12 for providing this great list of reasons to "Fall Hard" for Fall in San Antonio.
September is one of my favorite months because it’s the start of fall and the beginning of less sizzling weather but very sizzling attractions and events. Technically fall doesn’t officially start until the autumnal equinox on Sept. 22 but pumpkin-flavored goodies have already hit the shelves and the ever-coveted pumpkin Spice latte is back at Starbucks. Here’s to hoping the fall is cooler than this scorching summer has been and that it brings a little rain.
The digital copy has each attraction or restaurant linked so you can easily browse to the establishment's website to check for hours, pricing and directions while you're out and about.
Before you plan your itinerary, give us a call or BOOK YOUR RV SITE for the coming fall/winter season at your San Antonio RV destination, Hidden Valley RV Park
Rachel B Cardenas, a familiar face of the Hidden Valley RV Park
team has been our office manager since her official start here in 2019. Growing up at Hidden Valley she has a special
place in our hearts and we like to think the park’s in her heart too.
Her firsthand experience with customer service, computer
systems and communications has been a great benefit for the park and our
guests. Read on to learn more about
Rachel.
Where is your
favorite place to camp?
I most often camp on Port Aransas Beach in the Gulf
Coast. I love the small beach town feel
and that it is full of pet friendly areas and happy people. Garner State Park is a close second choice
for the river tubing and getting to the top of their hiking trails.
What do you enjoy
most about working at Hidden Valley RV Park?
I love the team I work with here plus the beautiful sunsets
are the perfect close to my day. I also
really enjoy meeting new guests from all over the world and seeing them come
back for years to see us at Hidden Valley RV.
What does the Hidden
Valley promise – “Southern hospitality” – mean to you?
Attention to details, going the extra mile and exceeding
expectations by becoming our guest’s personal concierge, providing directions
to attractions, parking options, new and unique events or things to do and just
making our guests feel like family. I
want to make sure you love our city as much as we do!
What Hidden Valley RV
Park improvements in the area of customer care have you been a part of?
Implementation of a simplified and streamlined online
reservation system for our guests.
Developing a touchless registration system to save our guests time and for their safety during the pandemic
Tell us more about
Hidden Valley RV Parks plans for the future.
There are some big changes in the works but they’re still in
the development stage. Keep on the watch
at the park and on our Facebook page as the new year comes around. Yep, it’s a cliff hanger!
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Best RV Movies |
RV
This comedy stars Robin Williams and Jeff
Daniels and has the best dumping scene in any movie ever; with
a massive explosion that leaves Bob (Robin Williams) covered in an unpleasant
situation. The funny thing is we have all been there. Bob goes to the dump and
realizes he has no clue what he is doing. So, two kindhearted fellow campers
offer advice, but they are as clueless as Bob. This scene alone is worth
watching it repeatedly.
There are lots of mishaps along the way on this RV
adventure! A run in with racoons, his laptop gets stolen, no internet (we’ve
all been there) and constant run ins with an obnoxious, banjo playing,
partridge family singing family that sells car horns for a living. This movie
will have you laughing, singing and saying, "OMG, that's so US!"
We
Are the Millers
This is a very adult movie! It is
packed full of comedy, truth and intense moments that leave you cringing. It is
the type of movie that has you up pacing and covering your
Dark, damp and dreaded by many. Often smelly and always unhealthy. You may have guessed that this dastardly nemesis is MOLD and it's equally unwelcome cousin, MILDEW. While mold can be an enemy anywhere from house to boat to garage, RVs have a propensity to produce this stuff of our nightmares.
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Yuck, MOLD |
In addition to being bad for the RV or home, causing rotting and decay of the building materials, mold is particularly damaging to our respiratory systems. My husband is highly allergic to this fuzzy growth and it throws him for a loop even when it's in the outside air.
So, that begs the question, how can it be prevented, especially in our RVs?
There are many electric air purifiers and dehumidifiers available through Amazon, hardware and big box stores that can pull moisture, that causes mold to form, out of the air. These do a decent job but only when your RV is plugged in to shore power not when it's in storage.
Available from Amazon |
This is a pretty neat device that requires no electricity. All you do is put the crystals in the cup and leave it out to do its job. When all of the crystals have dissolved, it is time to replace them.You'll be surprised at the amount of moisture it pulls out of the air and into the cup.
Open the windows and roof vents and let fresh air clean the damp RV air for you. When condensation collects and never has a chance to dry out, that is when mold occurs. Open a vent and a window, or a couple of windows to get the air flowing through your rig. This may not work well in very humid areas though.
Fans keep the air moving and can help to keep moisture from settling. Depending on how large your RV is, you may want to use two or three fans in order to cover the entire area. Using both fans and a heater works quickly ot move out and dry out an RV. Small electric heater are generally fine but your propane RV heater can be used as well if propane is readily available where you are and not priced sky high.
Window Insulation will create a barrier that keeps condensation that has formed on the window from reaching your living area. It also helps to keep heat from escaping. I've seen products at Walmart and even some DIY projects using bubble wrap that both claim to prevent condensation on windows and around the sills.
When you see condensation forming on hard surfaces in your RV, wipe them up. Don’t leave your windows, counters, walls, and vents holding moisture. When you see it, wipe it up.
Ideally, you want to try to keep your humidity level inside between 30% and 50%. A hygrometer, or digital Humidity Meter can help. Some dehumidifiers come with hygrometers installed, but you can also purchase them separately from Amazon and elsewhere.
Pipes can crack or leak, allowing moisture to collect in your walls and compartments. Check those areas regularly to make sure they aren’t any leaks or moisture and if there is, tend to it immediately.
Bathrooms
make a perfect mold habitat. Most people keep the door closed so it is
essentially shut tight with no real air movement. The moisture can build
and lead to some nasty mold. Open the vent regularly and let the fan
run, especially after someone has taken a shower. Also, leave the door
open. A heater at the doorway, run until the air is dry can be helpful. Keep wet towels and bathmats elsewhere till they are dry.
Cooking generates a lot of moisture. Turn on the range fan while you are cooking and keep the lids on the pots as much as possible. If it is dry outside, open some windows. If it isn’t dry, consider turning on the central heat or a fan for a while. Heat dries up the moisture while cooler temperatures encourage it. Keep that in mind when you are fighting mold. If you need to get rid of moisture in your RV, turn up the heat.
This Water Damage and Mold Remediation Link has some tips to get rid of persistent mold.
What about y'all? Do you have any mold busting tips? Tell us about them below in the comments.
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