Safe Harbor RV Park - Riverside, AL

Traveling I20 in AL and looking for an overnighter site? This is the place. Pull-in, park, walk to the drop box and pay for your site. All sites are FHU (30 & 50 amps) The CATV is basic and all channels (about 20) are clear. We always get in there early, so I do some fishing. Never got a big one but always catch something. Never have tried to stay there during a NASCAR racing weekend but have asked and all say it’s always full-up all week.

I’m showing pictures of two parking sites we have used. After that I used the time for fishing. Linda likes to get a wash started and read a book until supper time. We use 50 amps and wash every day on the road. Once you get used to the small combo washer/dryer it’s easy just as long as you keep-up.

                                                   RV Parking Places #80

 

http://www.safeharborrvpark.com/

 

Twin Rivers Campground - Nashville, TN

When visiting Nashville your campground selection is going to be very dependant on the activities you are there to enjoy. On this particular trip our sights were set on visiting the Bass Pro Shops, the Grand Ole Opry and taking the boat ride in the Gaylord Opryland Hotel.

Our RV CG choice, Twin River’s Campground, was situated close to our visiting destinations. The park office is a terrific place to get discounted tour tickets to area locations/attractions with pick-up and delivery right in front of the office. Right next door to the RV Park office is a dinner buffet restaurant with free shows and dancing on the weekends.

The CG itself has very level sites with each having average sized sites and easy to get in and out of. We had a FHU and set up our own TV dish connection. The park was well kept with a wonderfully helpful staff. And, they always had a good pot of coffee ready.   

http://www.tworiverscampground.com/index.html

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g55229-d2433348-Reviews-Delta_River_Flatboat_Tours_at_Opryland_Hotel-Nashville_Tennessee.html#photos

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPageC?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&appID=94&tab=3&storeID=24

RV Parking Places #79

 

 

 





 

T-Ricks RV Park - Hazen, AR

 
Over the years we have often traveled I40 and always have our eyes pealed for quick easy places to spend a night at an economical price. T-Ricks at exit 193 fit’s the bill. It’s a fueling stop with a store and a smallish - well laid out - RV park with FHU service. Stop at the store and pay the site fee and then go across the street and pick-out a site. We got there in the early afternoon and there was no one parked there. By bed time it was three quarters full.

They have diesel and gas there so in the morning we topped the truck off and got some of their fresh breakfast sandwiches and hit the road all refreshed.

RV Parking Places #78

 

 



Short Stay Navy Outdoor Recreation Area

Short Stay belongs to the Charleston, SC Navy Weapons Station. It’s actual location is north of Moncks Corner, SC a few miles off US-52. It is a gated facility with around the clock security. This is a large complex with just about any type of recreational equipment on hand for immediate check-out by authorized users. There is a large well stocked CG store. They also have a wide selection of fishing equipment for sale and live bait.

Even though I have an uncle and five first cousins in the immediate area we have only stayed here once. For a long stay it’s just too far from town and would require manually dumping our gray & black tanks. For a long weekend of just camping and doing some fishing it’s great.

We had a very large corner site up under the trees and away from most of the nightly activities.

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RV Parking Places #77

Fort Amarillo RV Park

On our last west to east cross country trip while traveling east on I-40 we caught up with a huge Midwestern storm front that was threatening the Mississippi delta country in the Memphis area. We decided to hunker down in Amarillo, TX. After browsing all of our campground references for the area we decided on the Fort Amarillo RV Park & Resort. When we got there the storm was less than 35 miles out in front of us. The sites there were all level pull thru and plenty long enough. They were narrow but divided. The access off and back to I40 is simple and easy. A super Walmart is less than five miles away.

If you ever stay there allow some time to browse the Lizzie Mae Mercantile. Trinkets galore!

We ended up spending five days there. The Mississippi crested well below flood levels and I-40 was wide open all the way past Memphis. But, even after spending a couple of nights each in OK and AR the Mississippi was still over it’s banks as we crossed into TN, and it was still heavily overcast.

 

RV Parking Places #76

 

http://www.fortrvparks.com/

 

Massena International Kampground, Messena, NY

This is a well situated campground if you want full amenities and a central location for side trips. Our site was a level grass site with FHU (50 amps) and CATV. Our section was back to back parking. Other sections had more traditional side-by-side parking. It’s about 65 miles from Alexandria Bay along the very scenic St. Lawrence River and part of the 1000 Islands.

Just a few miles east of the CG is the International Seaway Bridge. Using the bridge it’s about 75 miles to Montréal.

Another close by attraction is the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort. They have free dry camping sites in their paved parking lot. Well lit and just a short walk to the casino.

The links are active and pictures are enlargeable with a click.

RV Parking Places #75 
   

http://www.massenainternationalkampground.com/index.html

http://mohawkcasino.com/

http://www.sibc.ca/home/

KOA - Four Oaks, NC

Our stop at Four Oaks is to visit with our long time Navy friends that have lived in Four Oaks since retiring from the Navy many years ago. Becky is from Four Oaks and Frank - a city boy - fell in love with country living. Frank and I met while assigned to the USS Boxer in 1964. Becky and Linda met while working together at the Navy Exchange at Oceana, VA in 1977. Some time after we introduced them to each other they got married.

The KOA at Four Oaks reminds me of a well maintained trailer park. There are paved streets with mail boxes and driveways. That’s in the seasonal section of the park. But there is no real separation. It’s just a country CG with the normal KOA things. The pictures will describe it better than I can.

RV Parking Places #74

 

 



Indian Brave CG - Harmony, PA

This is one of those old back-to-back parking campgrounds. The infrastructure is old and mostly worn-out. When we were there the office was being run by young people that pretty muck didn’t even want to give anyone but their friends the time of day, especially people like us that were just going to be there a day or two.

Almost all of the CG roads were worn down to gravel with pot holes in all turns and low points. Our sewer connection was basically just a hole in the ground with a rock covering it. No way to get a doughnut to work. I just put a board on our connection and a few heavy rocks to insure it stayed in the ground.

There are a lot of people living there full-time with junk everywhere. It’s definitely not a return-to place for us..

RV Parking Place #73.
 

 http://indianbravecampground.net/

 

Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine CG - Beckley, WV

One time while heading north for the summer months and traveling up I77 into WV we decided to take US19 and avoid the tolls on I77 in WV.

US19 is a very good highway and we took it up to I79. When approaching Beckley we saw some signs advertising the Beckley exhibition Coal Mine CG. Linda called to see if they had a site available for a couple of nights and they did. It’s a smallish CG with the parking sites very secluded out behind the Exhibition Coal Mine. The roads to the CG are narrow with some tight turns for our 53’ rig, but once in the CG it’s easy parking for all sizes.

We stayed a couple of nights, just long enough to take-in the major attractions. The sites were clean, well maintained with FHU service (30 amps max).

RV Parking Places #72

http://www.beckley.org/exhibition_coal_mine/campground.html