Northern Quest Casino

[Grizzled]

We're thinking of staying a few nights at the Northern Quest Casino in Spokane, WA. It's free for RVs to stay, but no hook-ups. Anyone ever stay there? Where's the closest water fill as I'm not going to have a full tank. Closest dump site is a gas station near by that charges $5.00 or, from what I hear, it's free with a fuel fill up.

[fanrgs]

Which direction are you going into Spokane? If you are headed east on I-90 after Spokane, the county fairgrounds/sheriff's office in Coeur d'Alene has a great multi-lane RV dump for just a donation. If going west to Spokane, you could also stop there for water.

Although we didn't stay at the casino you mentioned, we stayed at the Coeur d'Alene (Indian) Casino 25 miles south of the town on US 95. Before July 1, the 30A/50A electric hookups (the only hookups they had) were free, but I am not sure of the cost after July 1. We had the same problem as you, but we found a gas station just north of the casino that had free potable water and we dumped at the sheriff's office dump mentioned earlier.

If you are going to spend time in Idaho, we found it one of the most RV friendly places anywhere. Nearly every town, big or small, had a free or low-cost dump in a city park, behind a gas station, at a visitor information center, etc. And they are generally well-marked by signs on the main street or highway. That makes it a great place for boondocking, which must be what many of the locals do to warrant construction of that many dumps.

BTW, free with fuel fill-up is standard practice for dumping at gas stations along the Alaska Highway. And I even got a free, very high-pressure RV and truck wash with a fill-up in Tok, Alaska.

[Grizzled]

Well, the trip to Northern Quest went well. Had a lot of fun and didn't end up to bad in the casino. The RV parking is around the outer edges of the parking lot for the casino. Most spots are relatively level. The parking lot is surrounded by open land, so taking the dogs out for their potty breaks was easy, other than the ditches being filled with water on one side. We parked the trailer and went inside the casino, came back and had a registration card attached to the door. Filled it out and went to take it into the registration desk when the security guard drove up and offered to take it in for me. Great staff there and felt pretty secure while staying there. The dump station is at the gas station next door as is a water spigot, although I'm not entirely sure if it's potable water or not. I filled up my tank at my BILs house in Post Falls prior to heading to the casino. The dump site was $5 and had to go inside for a token, no big deal at all. Staying on the weekend could prove interesting if you don't arrive early. We arrived on a Thursday and there were only 3 or 4 other RVs there, Friday things changed a lot. The RV spots filled quickly by the afternoon and by Friday night they were all full.

This being my first "review" of a site, I hope that I covered everything. Any questions or comments?

[fanrgs]

Glad you enjoyed your time there and good review. However, it would be more useful if you would post your review on campgroundreviews.com. That way a lot of people who don't own Forest River products would be able to benefit from it.