San JuanTrailer Park

My Mom just called from R.P. The park manager just told her the park was closing to the public. They will respect some reservations in the near future.

I'm so sorry, Chuck. Looks like the Thanksgiving bash will be at the Cove this year.

Bummer Chuck!! :( You can always hang at the Reef with us. :D

I was going to go down this weekend but 36 hours of work in three days changed my mind. I was going down the first two weekend in Oct. and two in Nov. plus New Years Eve...I hope Thanksgiving is still a go.
Sandy Beach is so far away from where I hang out...
I've been on the Mirador for almost forty years!!!!

Hey AZ why is it closing down? More condos makes no sense in this day and age. :o

Don't send that trailer trash over here, I think a better place for him would be the

"PIGEON COOPS", :lol: :lol: :lol:

ROCKO SAY, KISS, KISS, KISS, :lol: :lol: :lol:

azbeachboy said:

Sandy Beach is so far away from where I hang out...
I've been on the Mirador for almost forty years!!!!

You're never too old for change , Chuck! :lol:

Sorry to hear that, Chuck. I know how much that place on the beach has meant to you. :cry:

You can just call me spoiled. From what we heard the trailer park was going to stay one for a couple more years. I've been beach front for so many years. The last trip down I was telling my wife how lucky we were to have a $500,000 trailer spot for $35.00 a night. When I was a kid we had a rv in Playa De Oro then I spent many years camping at San Rafael. I bought a trailer in 2001 and went beach front. Its been wonderful, good weather or bad having that beautiful ocean to look at...

as a relative newcomer to RP - 4 or 5 years - I have only stayed on the Mirador beach at PDO. of all the beaches I have seen around there - none seem as nice as that stretch from Mannys to the east - just beautiful.
It'll be a sad day when there are no places left on the beaches for rv's and their owners.
really looking forward to Thanksgiving - hopefully dinner is a little late - we'll be arriving early afternoon, has the menu been discussed yet?

Joester,
I'm deep frying two turkeys...

Hey Chuck/
So who is buying it? I've tried in the past to talk the las Dunas guys into doing a trailer area down by the fish camp but they put their bucks into a 3 building 3 story condo complex that hasn't taken off (one half finished building sits half sold...it is a good deal).A trailer park would have been a better bet as things have turned out.

Jerry,
I really don't know. My Mom called me yesterday and she will be home on Tuesday or Wednesday. What I do know is Roberto the owner of the Granada Del Mar sold the lot for $1.4 million. The new owners wanted four million for the lot. If San Rafael sold, San Juan is priceless if they want to build on the property.
Just look at every project on the Mirador...Nothing is going on....

Azbeachboy....a while back when you posted that SanRafael had been sold, I checked with 2 friends who have permanents in the park...they didn't know anything about the sale. They went back and checked with the owner, who swore that the park had not sold. With the lack of construction activity in town, and a lack of financing, I wonder what is going on.....is it rumor (the sale of San Rafael and the closing of San Juan)....someone just playing with the "Trailer Trash", like the Pigeon Coopers????.....LOL....BTW, I own one of those Puerto Penasco Trailer Trash t-shirts!!!

Chuck,
You can put your trailer in my yard if you want. No ocean view but always a bud light in the fridge and my wife is a good cook.

My Mom told me both stories. She got her information form the park manager at San Juan. You have three big projects on the Mirador with no construction going on.
Jim,
Thanks for the offer.

Its official San Juan is now closed. My Mom talked to the owners representative and he said "we can't afford to keep it open at $35.00 a night" Also before she left the water was turned off.
Anybody want to buy a 38' fifth wheel? I'll make you a good deal!

so sorry to hear about that - was there no advance notice?
seems like they would honor any rental/lease agreements to the end of the year, but if the water is shut off, that's the end of it I guess.
please keep us posted. :( :shock: :? :cry:

$35/ a nite? And they cant afford to keep it open? The Reef only charges $17!

The Reef has over 200 spaces. San Juan has 30 or 40. That can make a difference.

Its also a smaller piece of property and the reef has alot more overhead.....
just sayin'..........

The Reef also has storage, a store, a bar and don't they also own Puesta Del Sol?

I can see why it couldn't stay open as it rarely filled up giving AZBB most of the park to himself. It basically has no other accommodations other then a shower and hookups. On the down side if you got one of the spaces next to the alley/street then you were up most the night wondering if you were getting your chairs and other goodies stolen or listen to Spanish music as some young thing was getting banged in the back seat ;) OK, the free show was on the up side :twisted: On the other side you had everyone walking past your space and eyeing your stuff as they jumped the wall\chain. No WiFi, Dirt lot, drunk security, no bar, no place to ride quads, trash cans always overflowing. What someone that's having withdrawals from the dump might look at is asking about dry camping at the same or lower rate?

azbeachboy said:

Its official San Juan is now closed. My Mom talked to the owners representative and he said "we can't afford to keep it open at $35.00 a night" Also before she left the water was turned off.
Anybody want to buy a 38' fifth wheel? I'll make you a good deal!

Did you keep it set up there all the time? There is still Playa d'Oro, and San Rafael, if that one stays open....there were rumors that Elegante might re-open for a while (until construction picks up in town....that's probably a couple years away!!!).

Ladyjeeper said:

The Reef also has storage, a store, a bar and don't they also own Puesta Del Sol?

I believe Puesta del Sol is owned by the Playa Bonita family...including the 2 hotels.....the Brown family owns the Reef....and all of the rest of the stuff that's been built there. I heard that they even put in the elevator in the Reef Restaurant just for the old man.....

Oh yes, that's right, the restaurant is part of Playa Bonita. You know, the memory is the first to go. As Charleton Heston always says, "GETTIN' OLD AIN'T FOR SISSIES!" :lol:

I think he died

How did I miss that? I need a vacation!

who? Charlton Heston? OH, my god I need a vacation too!!!
Chuck and Val, we are sorry to hear about the closure, we will still be neighbors? (brain fart,pheeeewit).
Well, it seems that PDO is still open and with all of the RV parks closing in Mirador it will be smart for them to stay open, I hope, since we just got a new home for the "Cove" :eek3:

I'm going with my brother on Sunday to see what we can find on a permanent basis. It looks like I'll end up in the North 40...

Welcome Chuck and Val! The party's over here..........! Viva El Mirador!!!!