I stayed at the Lake Minden Resort for about 10 days. I was in the area visiting a dying family member in the hospital. I held unusual hours becuase of being in the hospital at night. When I checked into the park, I specifically reviewed ALL materials given to me to make sure I would not be breaking any rules by sleeeping during the day and leaving the trailer at night. There was no rule stating NOT to leave the trailer overnight. I am aware that some parks have this rule. Usually the checkin materials include wording about this - if this rule exists. It was only after they left a "violation" note on my door that I knew they had this Rule. How can it be a violation, if it is not communicated to you! I immediately, upon receiving a note on my door, contacted the office and explained the situation. They seemed fine with my unusual hours. They NEVER told me they were going to complain to Thousand Trails. I pay a large amount of money to Thousand Trails for my membership and, becuase of their complaint, my membership was temporarily suspended. I would have left if they had informed me that they were going to complain. This situation is extremely upsetting. I had a family member dying. They knew the situation and yet they complained. The worst of it is that I was in my trailer every day!! This complaint shows a lack of empathy/compassion. I would never stay here again. I prefer to stay at places where people are friendly and empathic. Shame on them.

We stopped here on our run from the snowy weather up North and pulled in late at night, parked in the dark and still managed to get a good site. Our stay was brief and we barely took advantage of any amenities. The select your own site is a little frustrating in the dark. But after unhooking and driving around a little we found a good site overlooking a wheat field. In the morning we were happy to see that we hadn't run over any small children and still parked relatively straight for a pitch black parking job (always a good test of a partnership). We enjoyed a walk around the lake in the morning and breakfast on site (cheap and good). We were able to eat outside and enjoy the view. Propane was available, but the hours for fill up were very limited and we were not able to get any. We had partial hookup (water/electric) and plenty of dump areas on the way out.

We needed to use the Sacramento airport twice and decided to snag these spots in a 30% off sale on Thousand Trails. After our first experience, we wouldn't have gone back except we already had the reservation and it was near the airport. Our second experience was better. You don't reserve a specific site here and there are a limited amount of full hook-ups in the front, w/e on the opposite corner of the lake and two areas for dry camping. I think the dry camping spots looked the best, but it was going to be 100, so we opted for w/e. When I asked at the front, they said usually you can pay less for dry camping, but that wasn't an option online when I booked. The website really doesn't tell you much and you could expect to come into a nice full hook-up spot and be disappointed and mad you paid full-price for no hook-ups. The small area for full hook-ups is right in the front and the spots seem a little close together. The weirdest thing is their dump schedule. The plumbing is old, so they can't have everyone dumping at the same time, so they have alternating days and times when you can dump (no Sundays). You cannot leave your hose hooked up in case of back flow. There were only a few spots open in that section when we arrived and they didn't dump on our departure day, so we would have to use the dump station anyway. The only dump station that is working is in the w/e area. The other two are out of service. Our day of departure, the water was turned off in the morning. The notice being on the bathroom doors which we had not used until that morning. We did not use the lounges or cafe up front, but they all seemed to be in good shape and used. The laundry was fine and the bathrooms are decent. The sports courts shown the map are overgrown and the dog run was dirty and had Easter eggs in it (why?). They do seem to have a list of activities going on as far as special events, but we were not there for them. There were a lot of people fishing. The other frustrating thing to happen was we wanted to add one day onto our stay and the lady at the front couldn't add one day without it taking away my discount for the whole stay. The next morning when we went back to try again all the computers and phones were down. This lady made it sound like it would have been easy to make a new reservation, but because of the downed system we had to call the 1800 number. We got the day in the end, but it just seemed ridiculous. I was left the night before not knowing if we would have to move just because of some computer glitch. Cell service was odd. We got along ok working, but Verizon was better although it fluctuated. I would lose AT&T on my phone in different parts of the RV. Knowing the lay of the land helped the second stay be easier. We also had some beautiful sunsets.

The Thousand Trails Lake Minden Resort is located convenient to Lincoln, California and the greater Sacramento area. We stayed four overnights at the Thousand Trails Lake Minden Resort. The Lake Minden Resort is more of a campground than a resort. In this video, I provide a tour of the campground and amenities. Lake Minden Thousand Trails is a great place to resupply as there is a Sam’s Club, Costco, a Costco fuel center with diesel fuel, and a wide variety of shopping, banking, and restaurants available within 25 miles of the campground. Verizon cellular service clocked in at 28.8 Mbps download speed and 4.60 Mbps upload speed. AT&T cellular service clocked in at 128 Mbps download speed and 21.8 Mbps upload speed. T-Mobile cellular service clocked in at 0.79 Mbps download speed and 0.84 Mbps upload speed.

Tolerable TT campground. Very small sites, limited full hookup. No pool, lake water is nasty. Small bathroom/shower facility in full hookup section. Fair quality. Full hookup sites mixed in with cabins. Clientele was rather rough. Nice open field with soccer goals and basketball court, but on the opposite side of the lake from the full hookup section. Camp store is very limited. The “restaurant” on site is open but the word restaurant envisions something far more substantial and developed than what’s there.