Saturday, October 3, 2015

Myrtle Beach State Park - Myrtle Beach, SC


We originally expected to stay two weeks but dallied too long before actually calling for reservations and in the end could only get a W&E site. We had a ditch out behind our trailer so I dumped the gray water in it every night but still had to use the blue boy (30 gal) one time to dump black water because of all the visitors we had.

The facilities at the fishing pier and CG store provide just about anything one needs to stay there without having to leave the grounds. You’d have to be extremely unlucky not to catch some fish when using the pier. We were after trout and drum and ate a lot of fish that week.

Our trailer is 38’ but we had no problems transiting the park roads to get to our site or when maneuvering to get parked. The site was pretty flat and the trailer was easy to get level. (Deep Woods Off recommended). We had a very short walk to a bathroom with warm water showers. That was a life safer because of all the visitors we had.


RV Parking Places #85  
 

http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/myrtlebeach/camping.aspx


















 

Roosevelt State Park - Morton, MS



All paved roads into this SP and a lot of paved parking sites to pick from. Kind of out in the boonies but a nice place for a couple of days of quiet camping. And our 35’ & 38’ fivers with trucks attached fit nicely into the sites assigned to us. From our site I could walk down the hill behind our trailer to the lake. Got some nice pan fish but nothing larger.

Our sites were FHU but getting a dish signal wasn’t possible and we have over 200’ of cable. We did get good reception from our bat antennas that got all the major channels.


RV Parking Places #84  
 
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Walnut Ridge CG - New Castle, IN




This is a beautiful well manicured CG out in the IN countryside. The owners live across the street from the CG entrance. The CG does not have provisions for dumping sewer or gray water at your site. We stayed a week and I had to use our blue boy one time. A beautiful country golf course a few miles away and great family restaurants in New Castle.


Our site was a pull thru with W&E (50A) and a concrete slab. We had clear sky’s for our dish antenna.



RV Parking Places #83

 

 
http://www.walnutridgecampground.com/










 

 

Friday, October 2, 2015

Rancho Verde RV Park - Camp Verde, AZ



When the winter months start to turn into spring in Arizona the northern ’Snowbirds” get antsy and start north leaving a lot of really nice RV Parks nearly empty. For us it was just time to move to a higher elevation from our winter stop in Yuma and stay another month in an area loaded with sights to behold for the first time.

Our traveling companions were with us on this stop at Camp Verde. We had done our home work well. The Rancho Verde RV Park was an outstanding base camp for our numerous side trips in the are. Way off the major highways and roads it presented a quiet family atmosphere. The owners/managers - that live on the grounds - were gracious hosts at all times during our month long stay.


The park offers two levels for parking. The lower one has a bubbling stream thru it. The upper level is much easier to park in and get satellite TV reception so we stayed there. We also got to park side by side there.

The area is about 3200 feet above sea level and did not give us any problems. Trivia: Worlds largest Kokopelli is there.


RV Parking Places #82
 
http://www.ranchoverdervpark.com/



Timberland Acres RV Park - Trenton, ME


There are a number of campground options when parking near the attractions near Bar Harbor, Maine. The one we used last time there was the Timberland Acres RV Park. Like almost all of the CGs up in that part of the country it’s very family oriented with amenities to fit family needs.

Out in the back section where we parked, the pull thrus are huge, level and roomy. We got a very generous military discount there making it just that much more desirable for us. It was our home base for two weeks. Not mentioned in the CG web page is the fact that the Walmart is less than a mile away and free parking for the free shuttles to Bar Harbor and Arcadia National Park are just a short distance down the road. Also on the same road is the - must go to - Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound.

For the first day of our stay we had most of the back section to ourselves. Then they started showing up. Hitchhikers, we were surrounded by them. Over the next few days more than 40 of them showed up. They even had a Hitchhiker rep traveling with them. They were all part of a large Hitchhiker club from Texas and were staging up for a caravan tour of New Brunswick & Nova Scotia.



RV Parking Places #81

 
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http://www.timberlandacresrvpark.com/

http://www.trentonbridgelobster.com/