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Hey, has anyone ever stayed in one of these puppies? I'm looking for places to stay this summer when I travel. Are they big enough to practice in?

There not even big enough for special noctournal activites ................ alone. Seriously I stayed in one for 3 nights in a KOA in the Smokies and if it had been 4, the men in the little white coats would have come to take me away. They are really small. About half the size of a typical college dorm room with a very low ceiling. You can barely stand up. Maybe the rest of the country, outside of Tennessee, has larger ones. I hope so.

My experience is some what better.
I spent 3 days in one with my wife back when we were young enough for the nachturnal activities.
But then again - as a Marine a shelter half (pup tent for the Army types) would have worked for that also.

KOA usually has a couple of different sizes. small ones are about 10x12 with larger being around 10x16.
Has a bed, a chair, and usually a small table.
Some even have (VERY) small landing claiming to be porches.

I don't think we have to worry about "nocturnal activities". I just need a place to practice, a place to sleep, and something cheap.

(slept on way too many gym floors in my corps days to be picky)

KOA cabins are great . Thanks to KOA you can count on the consistency of quality nationwide . The wife and I have been taking the kids "camping" in a popup camper for 8 years now and will only stay in a KOA . Three times we opted to leave the popup home and just get a cabin . Great fun. Make sure the one you will be staying in is airconditioned. We actually rented one on the beach in N.C. (mid-summer) and it did not have A/C . Only a ceiling fan . Our dumb mistake for not reading the information closely . Some cabins can be more luxurious then others but will cost more .They will also be the bigger ones . Ours didn't have cooking facilities but others will . If you're bringing kids they will have plenty to do as well . Most locations will have activitys planned during the day and sometimes at night .

Depending on where you are, there are often cheaper options than KOA. If you go to Joshua Tree National Park, for example, the cabins rented out by the National Park Service are great! Most don't have electricity or running water (hit the Stater Brothers' supermarket in Yucca Valley for what you need--it's close enough to go there after you check in to your hut), but if all you want to do is sleep and practice, it's great. I should warn you about the 118-120 degree temperatures, but it's a dry heat. I worked at the Marine Base in Twentynine Palms (also not far from Joshua Tree NP) last summer and 95 degrees here is a lot less comfortable than 120 degrees in the desert. Every once in a while you get a heavy shower to cool things off--then the sun comes out and dries everything in about an hour!

KOA - Kamp On Asphalt.

I suppose it is better than not camping at all though. I always prefer State Parks. I think it may depend on the State though. I have been through States where the parks were not so nice.

It sounds like there are larger Kabins in other areas than the one I used in Gatlinburg. If you get a MW182 it won't matter. You could practice in a pup tent.