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Holbrook/Petrified Forest KOA Journey
102 Hermosa Drive
Holbrook, AZ 86025

928-524-6689

August 2, 2021

We arrived at the Holbrook KOA around 2 PM after a somewhat stressful drive from Seligman, AZ. I’d gotten the trailer hitched back up to the truck without too much trouble, just a lot of jiggling back and forth to get the trailer ball lined up under the hitch, and we hit the road. But my cat, Mister, would not shut up! He hated being in cages and the drive was stressing him out. I stopped at a truck stop to let him out and have some snacks, and he calmed down in the trailer but continued to complain once we got back in the truck. But other than that the drive was easy enough, with lots of pretty scenery.

Getting into my campsite proved to be a challenge — it was right near the camp store with a hard left turn to get into it from the entrance road. I cut the corner too tight and nearly clipped the water spigot on my first attempt. After some jiggling back and forth to get clear, I pulled all the way through and drove around the campground to come back at it from the crossroad, which was a much easier angle and I got myself parked and set up.

I was generally trying to travel 150 – 200 miles a day, which was usually around three hours on the road. Which wasn’t a lot, but since I was traveling every day, each day also included one or two hours of set up and break down and it was too exhausting and too hot to do much else. So I just kept going down the road.

The Holbrook KOA was near the Petrified Forest/Painted Desert National Park, and a short drive to the Grand Canyon, and serves as a good base camp for exploring the surrounding sights. But I didn’t take advantage of any of that, and found the campground itself to be a bit noisy and cramped. Probably would have been more comfortable in one of the outer spaces instead of right next to the camp store on the main entrance. But I was only there one night and it served its purpose.