Today's thoughts: Tri State Campground

Greetings from Matamoras, PA!!

There are actually 3 businesses at this location, Tri State Campground, Riverview Inn and Charlie Shay's BBQ. All owned and run by the same couple. The Riverview Inn seems to cater a lot to weddings and private parties. Charlie Shay's BBQ is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday under the Pavilion on the premises here.

The campground seems to be an ideal location for one night campers as they get off of Interstate 84 for the night on their way up to the New England states. I personally would not recommend it for long term camping for those who are not familiar with the area. There are very few amenities for the camper located on site. There is a shower house, laundry room and office. No place to purchase camping supplies on site and you would be hard pressed to find them in local stores, depending on what you need.

The campground is in need of repair and updating. Many sites do not have fire rings or picnic tables. Limited 50amp sites for the big rigs. The grass is not mowed on a regular basis either. At least not in the campground itself. Land-scaping in the campground leaves a lot to be desired. And there are no activities for children.

If you are fortunate enough to have a fire ring at your site you will be hard pressed to find firewood here at the campground and many places today do not want you to bring in your own firewood due to possibly transporting bugs with you. The picnic table I got, by dragging it over from another site is in such sad shape I thought about burning it in the fire ring. Perhaps that is why so few picnic tables can be found today? Others may have actually acted on my thoughts, LOL. If you sleep with your windows open, you will hear the traffic on I-84 all night too.

For all the negative the campground seems to have just take a walk on the rest of the property and down to the river and things begin to change. The grounds by the bbq tent and the Riverview in are well maintained and absolutely beautiful!! This site sits on the Delaware River. Canadian geese seem to love to visit here and can often be seen walking out from the fields to the river in the morning. Sadly, I did not get the pictures taken until later in the day when they were off hiding in the shade someplace.

If you are here over a weekend do plan on eating at Charlie Shay's BBQ the food is exceptional!!

There are several stores nearby for shopping, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Price Choppers, Staples, etc. There is cable TV with limited channels and WiFi available here at the campground.

I have ordered a WiFi system for my camper which I will write about in my next blog. We are hoping for delivery by Wednesday so we have time to install it before we take off on Friday. We are going back to Fort Bellefonte Campground that I wrote about in my last post. Look for more from there as well!!

Here are some pictures of Tri State Campground along with Charlie Shay's BBQ and the exterior of the Riverview Inn.

Until next time,,,,,,,Blessings!!

My rig and camping spot

Looking towards the BBQ tent from the campground

Not many here this morning, but it was pretty full for the weekend. BTW beware of resident's and owner's dogs running loose. The rules say pets must be leashed but apparently that does not pertain to owners and employees.