RIVERBEND RV PARK

We have been staying at Riverbend RV Park.  It is in South Fork, Colorado.  Some of you may know this park as Kamp Komfort  in the movie National Lampoons Vacation. Yep, that's right. In the office, you will find pictures of scenes filmed here hanging on the walls.  There is also the bell that Chevy Chase rang and rang and rang and......you get the idea, in the movie. The south fork of the Rio Grande River runs right behind the park. There are no cabins on the river.  However, for the movie, they built several small, open-air type cabins on the river.  All are gone now except for the cabin in which Chevy Chase's family stayed for the night.  They even sell T-shirts with Kamp Komfort on the shirt.

This park has a lot of character. South Fork is the youngest town in Colorado.  It became a town in 1992.  One of the ladies here has been coming here since it opened. Her name is Dorothy and she knows everyone. She is in her 80s and is still going strong. She has a green thumb and takes care of all of the plants and flowers here. She loves children of all ages.  And she can tell you where anything is, what you need to see, where to fish, and what time or day any special event is happening. There are quite a few people here that come back year after year. Some stay all summer. Some stay for a month or a couple of weeks or several days. It is hard to get reservations. We just happened upon these reservations quite by accident and luck. 

There are several other RV parks in South Fork. We have checked most of them out and quite truthfully, I like where we are best.  The trout fishing is good.  They have Sunday evening ice cream and Bingo, Tuesday night card Bingo, Thursday night pot luck, Tuesday morning breakfasts, and occasionally some other special event.  Every evening they show a movie through their cable channels so you can watch on your own TV in your own RV. They post the name of the movie at the office each day. They have a laundry room with 3 washers and 4 dryers. There is a game room, a playground, and a community center.

Part of the playground

The laundry room

Besides the 51 campsites, they have several cabins. They range anywhere from 1 bedroom to 3 bedrooms. I haven't seen inside one, but the outside look like log cabins. There are people who rent the cabins each year too. Reservations are hard to come by.

One of the cabins

You can rent by the month for $526 a month/plus electricity if you are in one of the sites that is not a river view.  If the site is river view, it is $576 a month/plus electricity. They require a $50 deposit. Not bad for this area. The young couple that are the owners are in the process of doing a lot of updates. They are converting 30 amp sites to 50 amp this fall. They are working everyday to update things and to keep everything in working order. This couple is from Arlington, Texas and wanted to move their kids to a smaller town with an easier lifestyle. They are very nice people. One thing I can say is everyone has gone out of their way to try to make our stay very enjoyable.

We have already reserved our site for next July. We are in the process of making a list of things we want to do next year because we are getting to the age where we might not remember!

Notice the swing

You walk down these steps to get to the river.



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