Thousand Trails Adding $2 Million in Upgrades
February 25, 2009 by Sherman Goldenberg 3 Comments
Thousand Trails is spending $2 million to upgrade its camping preserves over the winter.
“Overall, our goal is to give you better roads for driving at the parks, better campsites to park your rig, better power hookups for your RV and basically, nicer surroundings for you to relax and enjoy a wonderful vacation,” Joe McAdams, president of Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc. and Thousand Trail’s parent company, told readers in the January/February issue of Trailblazer magazine.
Here are examples of some of the dozens of projects taking place over the winter:
From East Coast to Texas: Work is beginning on campsite renovations for 200 campsites at the Orlando, Fla., preserve and 250 campsites at the Indian Lakes, Ind., preserve; the main roadways at Lake Conroe, Texas, Indian Lakes and Medina Lake, Texas, are being repaved or improved; and major electrical upgrades are underway at the Chesapeake Bay, Va., Forest Lake, N.C., Hershey, Pa., and the St. Clair, Mich., preserves.
West Coast: New playgrounds are under construction at San Benito, Calif., Lake of the Springs, Calif., and Oakzanita Springs, Calif.; road improvements and a new entry fence at Wilderness Lakes, Calif.; new paddle boats, kayaks, picnic tables and barbecue grills at Lake Minden, Calif.; new lodge furniture at La Conner, Wash., and Pacific City, Ore.; a remodeled entrance and new ranger station at Leavenworth, Wash.; new fencing and horse corrals at Rancho Oso, Calif.; and new flooring for the family lodge and new fencing at Palm Springs, Calif.
“Depending on permits and weather, some of these projects may take longer than others to break ground, but the funding is there and the park managers are just as eager as you to see these projects completed,” McAdams said.
The upgrade project started with preserve managers creating a “wish list” for what their park needed or wanted, McAdams explained. He said ELS is fulfilling “a large portion” of their requests.
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If we are members of thousand trails, do we have to pay anything if we stay at an outdoor world or ELS PROPERITES?
We were thousand trails members at Lake Tawakoni but had to pull our trailer out when they announced last year that we had to pay our our monthly membership yearly. We are retired on a fixed income and we can’t afford paying yearly dues. When we signed up dues were monthly and we absolutely loved having our trailer there. Please let us know if anything has changed and we can go back to an affordable monthly rate. Several of our friends kept their rigs there and they had to pull out for the same reason. We are all waiting to hear if things can go back like it was when we bought our membership. For now it is just going to waste. Thanks
When are you going to replace the aluminum wiring in Lake Whitney? I have a fifth wheel and I can’t use 30 amps in whitney I have to use 50 amp there anywhere else I can use 30 amp. We love Lake Whitney the park is wonderful the management & their help are the nicest people. So all the parks we have been to are wonderful and I recommend thousand trails every day to those that don’t have a membership. Thx. Butch Littlejohn