American RV Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Trent will be your driver for this post.

It is easy to get to the park from I-40. We saw some huge rigs get in and out without a problem.

We stayed at the American RV Park for three weeks in September, 2016. Our original plan was to stay for a week. It turned into two weeks after a few hours in the park and turned into three weeks when we realized toward the end of the second week that we were not ready to leave the RV park or Albuquerque.

The Verizon signal was strong here without using an extra antenna or booster. I forgot to determine a download speed average but it was plenty fast enough for the video files I send and receive for work and for watching Netflix.

Bedroom window view

Spot 49

"Heated" pool

Two features Sam and I really like about this park are the "free" breakfast and the pool.

The breakfast (8-10 a.m.) was not gluten-free or vegan friendly (but also that was not expected) so Susanne was out of luck. However, they had bagels, toast, hard boiled eggs (some days), yogurt (most days), two types of cereal, cow milk, mini-donuts (some days), small pastries, OJ, teas, and Folgers coffee.  Sam and I went almost every day.

The pool was great. The pool went what seemed like about two weeks without being vacuumed but was otherwise filtered and clean. They did vacuum or sweep the bottom in the days before we left - probably in a push to get ready for a wave of arrivals coming in for the Balloon Fiesta. There was "warm" water that flowed into the pool from four vents. The pool water was always warmer than you would expect based on the air temperature but never warm. Most days it felt perfect. There was a hot tub in a separate building but since those under 14 were not allowed in it, we didn't use it.

Breakfast

We were able to get level at our site without much trouble using blocks and it seemed like most sites were flat or close enough.  The water pressure and water taste were both good. The electrical (30 amp) hook up was good.  We did lose our power briefly on some mornings seemingly around the same time when our surge protector cut off power and indicating a high frequency error. After the built in delay on our system, the power came back on the rest of the day and worked just fine. I didn't talk to anyone about this so I don't know if it was a widespread problem or just a problem at our electrical post.  The sewer hook up worked as expected.

The park has two different laundry facilities. We only used the one at the office but looked in the other one and that site had the same type of machines and looked good. 

Laundry at the park office.

Working change machine and change given in the office!

There were bathrooms and showers available in the park. We didn't use the showers but checked them out and they were very clean. All the bathrooms I used were also clean and in great shape.

Dump station.

Another type of dump station in the park.

They have a park wide WiFi system and it worked sometimes. I would not suggest relying on it if you need the internet for work. I often could not connect when trying to test the system. When I was able to connect I got anywhere from the low single digits to almost 40 Mbps. There system would probably be fine if you just needed it to check non-work related email and surf the web with the knowledge that you might not be able to connect when you want.

The park offers cable but we didn't ask about it so we can't comment on it. However, our TV antenna was able to pick up a couple of the major networks and a bunch of local type stations. We didn't watch much broadcast TV so I don't know how stable those signals were.

Random shot in the park

Coyotes ran by the back of the park each evening.

The park also has a gift shop and a decent amount of RV supplies for sale.  Bottom line for this park is we would absolutely stay here again if visiting the Albuquerque area. Since there are so many things to see and do in the area, I know we will be back.