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The sites are gravel surrounded by mown wild grass. These grasses have sandspurs in them as well as small, low-growing cacti, so if you're in sandals or flip-flops stay on the well-worn paths. Your pets might not like those sharp burrs in their paws either. The sites are level and functional. Instead of the typical picnic tables at each site, there's a square, four bench version made of plastic coated mesh steel--a nice design. As others have noted it's a pleasant, quiet little place to hang your hat for a while. The bath house/laundry/office building is fairly new, clean, and nicely kept. The only complaint I heard from one of the other campers was that the first site he pulled into had 20 amp or 50 amp type plugs only. He had gotten all set up, then started to plug in and discovered his 30 amp style cable wouldn't work. So, by all means, check the plug types here before you set up, unless you have adapters for all the types. This 20/50 amp-only arrangement is NOT on all the sites in the camp. There are plenty of others with the typical 20/30 amp setups on the electric posts. The 43 foot mothership next to us was very happy to have the 50 amp connections. We only use the 20 amp plugs so it doesn't matter to us. Our arrival today is after the announced seasonal change date, so there is no full-time office manager. Nor is there a campground host. Registration is strictly self-service, even if you arrive during normal duty hours. We asked another camper for the bath house door combination, and later also found it pasted to the inside of the lid of the self-registration box. Regarding the seasonal change from summer to winter, which normally involves a cutoff of water after labor day, they're having an unseasonably warm September here, so water was still on and will be until October 1. It's good to see management applying common sense instead of rigid rules. (It was 80 degrees when we rolled in about 2pm). Normally the change of seasons results in a reduced daily rate, but since FHU is still available, we assumed the summer rates would apply, even though we couldn't find anyone but other campers to ask. And, as always, our fellow campers were fonts of useful info. There is some rather confusing signage here for fee payment. There's a large brown sign in front of the office parking area that says the full-hookup fee is $12.50, while the self-registration envelope, and the box in which you place it says $15.00 per night. The commissary and exchange are medium-sized, modern and well stocked. There's a pleasant nature trail and archaeology exhibit adjacent to this campground that makes for a nice evening stroll in good weather. This is a great place to stop for a day or three while crossing the high plains of America. Side Note: For Sprint cell and broadband card users, we had four bars and EVDO while we were here.