Your San Antonio RV Park's New Logo

Many of you Hidden Vallians, our readers, guests and friends, have already noted the new Hidden Valley logo.  Our Facebook page, Instagram, twitter, pinterest and google plus pages have all had surveys in early September asking for your choice of several options with different colors and features and the votes were pretty heavy on this one:

 Now we're in the process of replacing the old logo with this new one on all our handouts, literature, websites, blog, etc.  This redesign represents a new face for Hidden Valley.  Over this year and next we will be focusing on adding features to make the park more modern but still keeping it's quiet country atmosphere and rustic outdoors feel, intact.

In early 2014 we had our grand opening of the new "Top of the Valley" premium RV sites. We plan to add to that area progressively with more new sites.

We are almost finished construction of the Medio Corner RV sites, a cozy, quiet area for extended stay guests, nestled among some mature shade trees and on a terrace above the Medio Creek. 

We have improved our bandwidth for our WiFi systems and are adding WiFi to all of our sites and areas.

Although our entrance road will always be a gravel road, we've instituted a heavier maintenance schedule for it's upkeep and have recently topped it with over 200 sq yards (12 large loads) of road gravel.

In early 2015 we will begin construction of a new registration center, laundry and restroom/shower facility.

We've been joined by a few camp hosts to our team and are very excited to have them begin their stay with us in only a couple days.  Watch our following posts for a formal intro to our new team members.

With our Winter Texan friends about ready to arrive we are very anxious to share our new projects and also to continue to build features that our guests are interested in.

As always we are very attuned to your needs and greatly desire to get your suggestions.  I's like to take this opportunity to encourage all our visitors to use any of the RV review sites they prefer to  inform other RVers of our "Little Piece of Country in San Antonio."   Many of our guests have told us that park reviews are the biggest help in assisting them to find a park to fit their needs.  In case you've never posted a review, here's a list of choices where you can do so:

Trip Advisor

Guest Rated.com

RV Park Reviews.com
(note:this is the Von Ormy, TX page, you need to scroll down to get to Hidden Valley RV Park)

Google Review

Yelp 

Feel free to choose any other review sites as well or to suggest your favorite in the comments below.

Teri Blaschke is the RV Park operator of family owned HiddenValley RV Park in San Antonio, TX and writer of the park blog “A Little Piece of Country in San Antonio.” Teri contributes to various other blogs with a focus on either travel or social media and how it relates to the outdoor hospitality industry but her passion is serving the RV travel community by providing a memorable RV camping experience and growing the Hidden Valley RV family.  Connect with us on Google+, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter@HiddenValleyRV

Is True Hospitality Recognized Anymore?

Everyday we read in the paper and online of people getting awards for some good deed.  Not that ALL those awards aren't deserved but from time to time a person is recognized for a TRULY selfless contribution, the accumulation of all the little things that make such a difference in peoples lives.  One of our humble full time RV Park guests, who will probably blush when reading this, devotes much of her life and time to making the lives of others richer.  

In our RV Community, she is usually the first to make friends with newcomers.  Although making friends among RVers is a common thing, Her manner is so hospitable that when our repeat guests phone or  email me, they often mention her in their comments and always ask for the site next to "Jackie, John and the girls," the girls being her brood of 4 extremely well behaved chihuahuas.  At park events and potlucks she's always the first to "join our event" on Facebook and her potluck contributions are always the most sought after and the first to be finished.  Did I mention she's the best pastry chef and cook in Texas, the UP of Michigan and maybe the US?  Her and her husband, John, are always offering their hand to help with park activities and have taken personal interest in some in the RV community as if they were their own family.

And it's not just US tooting her horn.  The Fort Sam Houston News Leader reported in their August 2nd publication that: 

"In a special presentation (Major General) Volpe recognized another individual, Jacqueline Smith, wife of Master Sargeant John Smith, of the Army Medical Department and School." 

Jackie's Doctor Mary Walker Award and pin

Our own Jackie Smith received the Doctor Mary Walker Award for her volunteer work.  This award is presented to "an outstanding military spouse for demonstrating dedicated and exceptional volunteerism, that improved the quality of life for soldiers and their families."

Over the years She has spent many an hour making baby quilts for soldiers' children, cooking meals and baking goodies for the wounded soldiers at the Medical Center and has now crafted this perfect replica of the AMMEDDC&S crest.  Her handmade quilt depicting the Army Medical Department crest is now displayed inside the Blesse Auditorium.

John, her proud husband, is on the left.

 Her work was so admired by the other departments at the base that 2 others have commissioned her to quilt replicas of their crest. 

Jackie's most recent creation is a table cover for the Hidden Valley Clubhouse dining table of her own design.

So for Jackie and all those who "follow the course of hospitality" (Rom 12:13) a warm and hearty shout out and thank you!  We are so glad to have you as part of our RV family.

Teri Blaschke is the RV Park operator of family owned HiddenValley RV Park in San Antonio, TX and writer of the park blog “A Little Piece of Country in San Antonio.” Teri contributes to various other blogs with a focus on either travel or social media and how it relates to the outdoor hospitality industry but her passion is serving the RV travel community by providing a memorable RV camping experience and growing the Hidden Valley RV family.  Connect with Teri on Google+, Facebook and Twitter@HiddenValleyRV