Jackson Rancheria RV Resort - Jackson CA

Well, here it is May, and we are finally on the move in our second year of full-time RVing. We've modified our plans now that summer is approaching, and Arizona is not looking very attractive. Soooo...we're going to start moseying east and then north heading towards Crater Lake, the see where the road takes us. But first we'll head into the foothills for a short stay. (We need to return to Sacramento for a get-together with Tom's family before we leave the area). 

Let me start by saying the Jackson Rancheria RV Resort is beautiful. It's certainly one I will put on my list to revisit sometime. It is located in the Sierra foothill town of Jackson, CA, about 50 miles northwest of Stockton and is set on a hill about a mile or so from the casino. Everything is very well-kept and spacious. It's set far enough from the road, so you really don't get any of the traffic or noise here. Mostly mature RVers, so a very peaceful setting. At night, there is very little outdoor lighting, so at dark, everyone is indoors and all is quiet. 

There's a paved walking trail that goes around the RV parking portion of the campgrounds.

The office offers free popcorn and iced tea. It also has the pool, a ping pong table, and a putting green outside. The price for the stay surprisingly was not really above typical CA RV resort pricing. The one disadvantage was that the only showers were at the clubhouse/office building, and we were at the far end of the resort.

There's a shuttle that comes through the resort every 20 minutes to take people to the casino. The casino was smokey (as to be expected). The restaurants were a little disappointing when compared with the casino at Pala. The logical setup for the restaurant locations at Pala is better as are the food and happy hour.

On our second day there...mistakenly thinking that the wait might be shorter in Jackson...I spent a long afternoon at the Jackson DMV getting the tags for the car before we leave California. At first it seemed hopeful, but then three of the five staff left to take people out for driving tests... At least the other people suffering the wait with me were very friendly and talkative!

I doubt that Tom had a much better day. At our previous stop in Lodi, one of the front leveling jacks on the RV got stuck and would not fully extend or retract. So Tom spent most of the day under the RV and finally got the jack back into the housing to prevent any damage. Fortunately, the site at Jackson Rancheria was fairly level, and we have leveling blocks to take care minor sloping at other sites until we can get the problem fixed.

The next day was much better as Andrew came up for a day of golf with Tom at Castle Oaks Golf Club in Ione. We followed that up with a prime rib buffet at the casino.

The resort gave us coupons for $5 off on food at the casino when we first arrived, but we kept forgetting to bring the coupons with us! We did, however, take advantage of the $10 off the RV wash coupon. It's ALWAYS nice to get the RV cleaned!