Burro Creek Campground — Hotel in Lake Havasu City

A beautiful place that once was a lot more that I had no idea, like a lot of places you see where the road bypasses it and people move on, businesses suffer and people are just more in a hurry now than they've ever been. So I learned something last year of my family history.. and today, I stopped by my Mom's very first stomping grounds, where my Grandma Irene and Grandpa Bob Fuqua started out together known as Burrow Creek and restaurant called Cattlemen's Cafe that they ran, before later moving on to establish roots in Wikieup until all their (6)kids grew up. Locals know of them.

My Mom(the oldest) was around 6 or 7(est 1963) of another photo I came across when they were here(Pic I can not share as it has my Mom, sister Shawnee and brother Barry in just their shorts and diapers, but grateful to have such an old historic photo of when they were kids)

See Cattlemen's Cafe postcard (pictured)

All this time being born and raised, growing up in Bagdad, never knew I had family history at the ol Burro Creek.. may have been for a short time. Pretty cool family history. As I think the place can be quite magical and serene depending on the time of year.

I've came here a couple times in my childhood for day trips to swim. Never stayed at the campground. But today, in my travels back home, I decided to drive thru on the old Highway 93 and take some shots. It's bittersweet and a bit emotional to see how things change and people move on.

I just may find myself stopping in more often in my travels to embrace and enjoy...

This park has to be a destination to be found as it surely isn’t something you merely stumble across on your way to the store. From the road, everything is pretty much hidden. Even the sign on the highway mentioning the campground is mundane and faded. Once you leave highway 93 and follow the blacktop down into the canyon, the logic of sticking a campground in the middle of the middle of nowhere starts to make sense.

The road goes from blacktop to very firm granular sand. Easily accessible with a Class A with toad attached. None of the sites have power, water or sewer BUT several of the sites offer exceptional pull-through and are relatively level.

Water was off during our stay but there was a trailer tank that you could fill transfer jugs with potable water. There is a dump station with flush water as well as trash receptacles throughout.

The sites vary in size, intimacy and layout. There’s some great ones for tents, beauties for tongue draggers and fifth wheels and as mentioned before, some nice coach sites. All of the sites have a covered picnic table and fire ring. All were quite clean as well.

There’s trails to the creek that are worth the time. There was a bit of overgrowth in some spots but that’s expected this time of year.

The street price is $14 a night but half if you have an annual interagency pass. At $7 a night, it’s “groomed boondocking”.

If you find yourself heading up or down 93 and are open to a nice little rest stop, swing on in. It’s worth the price, even if only...

The park was easy to find. It is located just off of US 93. There is pavement all the way until you arrive at the park. Signage is adequate. Self check in was efficient and friendly (pay by cash or cheque written on a US account). The rules are fairly basic. Some parts of the interior roads are a little rough. You may need to go at a snails pace or you will shake you cupboards open.

Our site, 02, was a pull through that was plenty long enough for our Coach and Towed. There are no services at the site. There is a table with built in sun shade and a fire pit. The surface is dirt/sand and reasonably ;level.. Distancing is very good. Overall the park was pretty and well manicured.

We were not able to connect our Verizon wifi as there was zero signal. On occasion we could get one bar on our phone. We did not use the washrooms but we checked and found them clean. There is fresh water at the dump station and spigot spread throughout the park.

There is a pathway that runs along the creek towards the bridge. If Ghost towns interest you, Signal is about an hour away down Signal Road (about 9 miles north on 93) then about 20 miles in on a fairly decent dirt road. I suggest you do not attempt without a high clearance 4X4.

There are no services near by. The closest gasoline/convience store is in Wikieup.

We paid $14.00 CASH per night and we feel we received very good value. We will be back if in...