{"id":1059,"date":"2025-01-22T11:17:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2025-01-22T11:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:17:18","slug":"amarillo-koa-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/?p=1059","title":{"rendered":"Amarillo KOA Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koa.com\/campgrounds\/amarillo\/\">Amarillo KOA Journey<\/a><br>1100 Folsom Road<br>Amarillo, TX 79108<br><br>806-335-1792<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 5, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E1DFEF8C-8E47-4BFC-B9F9-A812D81386A3_1_105_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E1DFEF8C-8E47-4BFC-B9F9-A812D81386A3_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Black pickup truck and trailer parked on a gravel pad at a campground with grass sites and rows of low trees.\" class=\"wp-image-1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E1DFEF8C-8E47-4BFC-B9F9-A812D81386A3_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E1DFEF8C-8E47-4BFC-B9F9-A812D81386A3_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E1DFEF8C-8E47-4BFC-B9F9-A812D81386A3_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amarillo KOA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amariilo, TX was only a few hours from my previous campground in Tucumcari, NM, but I&#8217;d lost another hour due to time changes and was so utterly exhausted that I couldn&#8217;t have handled a longer drive. As it was, I spent most of the afternoon after I&#8217;d arrived and set up wandering around in a daze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/D8469C7E-BD25-4FEE-BFD1-B2C31F175B60_1_105_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/D8469C7E-BD25-4FEE-BFD1-B2C31F175B60_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"A row of 6 metal mariachis in rust red and yellow lined up in the grass in front of a tan storefront with a sign reading Elev 3597 overhead.\" class=\"wp-image-1061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/D8469C7E-BD25-4FEE-BFD1-B2C31F175B60_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/D8469C7E-BD25-4FEE-BFD1-B2C31F175B60_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/D8469C7E-BD25-4FEE-BFD1-B2C31F175B60_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Amarillo KOA office and store<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember having to mail something (a payment? I think? for something that slipped through the cracks when I moved), and buying a card to put it in at the store, and having to repeatedly ask, and be told, how to buy a stamp for it. Eventually got it mailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7800BDB1-EEAC-4A49-A93C-55405F4730BE_1_105_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7800BDB1-EEAC-4A49-A93C-55405F4730BE_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"A walkway leading off to the side of a building in a campground. Directly across the road at the end of the walkway is a truck and trailer.\" class=\"wp-image-1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7800BDB1-EEAC-4A49-A93C-55405F4730BE_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7800BDB1-EEAC-4A49-A93C-55405F4730BE_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/7800BDB1-EEAC-4A49-A93C-55405F4730BE_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My trailer, directly across the road from the laundry room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also remember getting lost trying to find my way back to the trailer after taking a load of laundry to the laundry room. Then, when I went back to the office the next day, I came out by the walkway from the laundry room and saw that my trailer was right there, directly across the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took a nap after getting my laundry done, got up to eat a late dinner, and went right back to bed. It was a cute campground, with lots of amenities and decorations brightening up the area. Wish I&#8217;d had more energy when I was there! But I got lots of rest and was ready to go again the next morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amarillo KOA Journey1100 Folsom RoadAmarillo, TX 79108806-335-1792 August 5, 2021 Amariilo, TX was only a few hours from my previous campground in Tucumcari, NM, but I&#8217;d lost another hour due to time changes and was so utterly exhausted that I couldn&#8217;t have handled a longer drive. 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