Caribou Crossroads RV Park

Really bad smell in cabin, like a mix of rotten eggs and propane. Impossible to air out or cover (we tried). Sign on sinks (kitchen and bathroom) says bad smell is due to water from well and claims water is tested weekly. Peeling paint, dirty sink and stove. Windows screwed shut in living area /​bedroom. Rear door just has skeleton key lock and could easily be opened by an intruder. Nasty black water when flushing toilet. Stains on carpet. Front porch light out. Furniture arranged inconveniently (had to shift a few things around to make room for the futon) and table space is taken up unnecessarily with knickknacks or kitchen appliances. Lots of deferred maintenance.
In addition, they appear to have numerous long-​term tenants in the trailer park section, so not sure whether I’d consider this an RV resort as the RV resorts I’ve been to don’t allow stays over 10 days. Has too much of a homey feel to it (lacks polish of a professionally run facility) and because of all the long-​term tenants I felt like we were «the show.» No real privacy as a lodge is right next door and store is on other side and trailer park is a few more feet over. BBQ was dirty, unkept, unused.
A real shame as this place could be quite the «diamond in the rough.» The cabin could be cozy once the smell is addressed and the cabin cleaned up, repaired and safety issues addressed, and the area made more welcoming once professional management is brought in and long-​term tenants removed.
After we left, I sent ownership an email with our concerns but no response. We left a day earlier than planned, the first time we’ve ever had to do that over many years of travel. Waiting to see whether they refund us for the unused day (not holding my breath).
Honestly, with that smell in there and so many other obvious issues I cannot imagine how they could, in good faith, expect a person to pay them to stay there. I suppose the signs on the sinks are their way of excusing themselves. Very disappointed.

Great smiles on the faces of the workers at th little café. Very clean, nice mom and daughter teaming up to work with the public. Quite an asset to this little hide a way!

Two part review for the ‘Bou: campsite and country store /​restaurant.
Campsite:
Located right next to a beautiful river, and a very short walk to a great swimming hole — complete with a huge boulder to jump off, this place is great for the weekend warrior. You can tent it or rent one of their cabins (which have their own kitchen, A/​C and bathroom). Great trout fishing is very easy to find — we contemplated even putting bait on the hook, it was that easy.
General Store /​Restaurant:
The best part about the general store was the country kitchen. The pancakes are those huge fluffy mamas. Biscuits N Gravy were great, and all the breakfast meats were big and juicy, not fatty and greasy. Our only mistake was waiting until the last day to eat there.
Also, make sure to have their shakes. They are awesome. One person in the group ordered a PB&J shake. Not for me, but he loved it. The chocolate shake would satiate the most rigorous chocoholic.

Love this place!
It’s located close to where we camp every summer, and last summer in 2009, we stopped here for some

In traveling down the hill from Lake Almanor, not many restaurants were open on a Sunday in most of the small villages along Hwy. 70. We saw a sign on the side of the road at Caribou that said CAFE OPEN, and, by 2:00 PM, we were starved. We stopped at the Caribou Crossroads Campground Café, and were very pleased with the friendly service, the YUMMY hamburger and the ample reading material about the history of the area. If you stop on a warm Spring or Summer day, take your food out to the lone picnic table on the bank of the Feather River beside the highway bridge — LOVELY! Clean restrooms too!

A rip-​off. I was camping in this beautiful canyon and came to buy firewood; The wood was sitting in front of the store, uncovered, under heavy rains for 2 days. I gave them money for firewood hoping they’ll produce some that had been stashed away covered from rains (as employee told me earlier they got some dry wood). However, only the soggy, completely inside-​out wet ones were available, they claimed it was «dry” – lying, greedy people. I asked for refund. I told them I was camping alone and I’m disables, had a frostbite on my hands before, a little hard for me to start this very wet wood dripping with water on a cold morning – they just kept saying «we’re not sorry for you, not sorry for you». I did get a refund though, after much rudeness and nasty treatment from them and telling me not to come and buy anything there again. The place is full of scary-​looking gun nuts, by the way.

This review is for the café and general store.
I came up to Feather River with some friends for fishing and to get a much needed break from the day to day grind. We stopped in here a few times to pickup some supplies and also to get lunch one day.
The store has the essential stuff you might need if you were camping in that area. I was happy they had ice cream bars since it was 100 degress out. They also had a gold miner kit which I thought was pretty funny.
The café served up basic café entrees like burgers and sandwiches. I ordered the patty melt which was a tad greasy. My buddy’s club sandwich did not have a good meat to bread ratio. I would have liked to order breakfast but we got there too late. The women that appeared to be the owner was very friendly.
On a side note, the RV park was having an iron chef challenge that weekend. The secret ingredient was… ground beef. I could only imagine the different hamburger helper concoctions that were entered into the contest.