richjann
For Rubys Landing: The 3rd star is for the nice people in the office. Other than that you are camping in a glorified salvage yard here. some of the other campers look as if they were in a meth fog or something. Nice little lake with a chapel on it and access to river were pluses. Would probably not drive the 10 minutes off of the intersate to stay here in our 38' 5th wheel again.
Posted May 21, 2020 by richjann from new york. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.
John Orris
For Rubys Landing: A charming RV Resort in the Gasconade River. Checking in was super fast and easy. They were very friendly and helpful.
We did a float down the river. They drop you off 5 miles upstream and you can float or paddle back to the campground. We used a tandem kayak from them.
Campground is clean and well kept. 30/50 amp. We stayed in spot 80 right on the river. The view was tremendous.
Porta potty by the river could use cleaning. Our only minor comment. The main bathroom and shower area was clean and new. Many nice amenities at this park. Playground, pond, store, cabins and more.
Local area has a Walmart and some Really nice restaurants. We can’t wait to return!
Posted Aug 21, 2018 by John Orris from Wichita Falls, Texas. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.
Wilhem
For Rubys Landing: Over the past 25 years of paddling Missouri's Ozarks waterways, and hundreds of camp-outs, I've seen quite a range in the quality of service and facilities from private outfitters. Ruby's has room for improvement.
This was not a good experience with Ruby's staff and management. The owner, desk-clerk, and our driver all had differing data on exactly where our put-in and take-out were located. Huh? The driver told us our t/o was 5 miles below our campsite, while the owner told us ALL their trips end at our camp. Ok, that's fine, please take us to the 10-mile put-in. Nope. The driver took us NOT to the contracted 10 mile trip put-in, but to a Missouri Conservation Dept Access only 5 miles upstream. I'd paid Ruby's $20 for them to shuttle my canoe up river to a more distant, private put-in, but instead, they drop us off at a close-by MDC Access, where I could've run my own shuttle (I have my own canoe) with our group and saved my shuttle-fee. (Score $20 to Ruby's. Nice trick, Ruby.)
Snafu #2: Despite the owner knowing weeks in advance that a group of men and women were going to camp for several days at their tent-campground, Ruby's had placed no porta-potties in the entire campground. So, we asked (repeatedly) for a porta-potty to be brought down from the campground's collection (stored up near their office). Sadly, no, the management admitted they are "Too busy." to put out porta-potties in the campground. (It's hot in late June, and who wants to walk 1/2 a mile from the riverside campground up the hill to use the restroom?)
Ruby's Landing is in its infancy, so hopefully they will improve in the future, with more experienced staff, and gain a sense of appreciation for their clientele.
Pros: Clean restrooms close by the office (with odd, nearly non-functional sinks..who designed these odd concrete tops?)
Pet-friendly (aka, friendly dogs can run free-range).
Cons: Old, poorly running shuttle vehicles, ancient aluminum canoes for rent.
Unorganized and under-informed staff. (where is our put-in and take-out?)
Few picnic tables, no fire-rings, no restroom facilities near the river-side campground.
And all the above lack of services in late June, a month and a half after the high water, plenty of time to prepare for the "bread & butter season Seems the ownership is too busy with the heavy construction and earth-moving they are doing. By the way, does it make sense to bulldoze nearly all of the trees down, folks?
Posted Jun 26, 2017 by Wilhem from Missouri. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.
