Stop #35: Venture RV Park, Richfield, UT

On our way to Las Vegas from Colorado we did an overnight stay at Venture RV Park in Richfield, Utah. We didn't even unhook the RV so we didn't explore this area at all. We just wanted to break up what would've been an extra long travel day.

Our site

This campground looked fairly new. Grounds were very clean. Roads are paved but the sites are gravel with a concrete pad for a picnic table. There's a big gazebo with picnic tables a nice playground, a fire pit area, pickle ball and basketball courts. The office was closed so did not get to see what other amenities were offered inside but it wasn't a big office so couldn't be much.

Overall, it's a nice campground. Not sure what the area offers though. From what we could see on their site they mention having direct access to ATV trails and being in proximity to the Big 5. However, having visited the Big 5, there are many other campgrounds closer to each of them. This campground is 1-2.75 hrs away from each of these, which is too far in our opinion:

• Arches National Park – 2.5 hrs

• Canyonlands National Park – 2.75 hrs

• Capitol Reef National Park – 1.1 hrs

• Zion National Park – 1.75 hrs

• Bryce Canyon National Park – 1.75 hrs

We took off early the next morning for our last stretch over to Vegas but were interrupted by a loud noise which startled us all while on the road. Thankfully our tires were intact and we were able to continue driving to a safe spot on the side of the road. Paul inspected the truck to find that the turbo hose had blown off and didn't have a clamp at all for reattachment. Paul tried using zip ties to no avail so we had to call in for a tow truck. Thankfully we were only 10 mins away from a GMC dealer and the towing company that OnStar secured for us had a big enough tow truck for towing both our truck and RV together.

Tow truck to the rescue!

Following an assesment, our truck had to stay at the GMC dealer becuase they did not have all the parts they needed to fix the problem. Paul had befriended the tow tuck driver on the way to the dealer and he had offered to drive us and our RV over to Vegas that same night should we not be able to get our truck fixed that same day so we took him up on that and got into Vegas by 9:30pm. Our big plans of getting in early to Vegas and have dinner with my sister and brother law didn't go as planned but we were safe and for that we were thankful.