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05-04-2020, 11:40 AM
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Location: Taylors, SC
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Wapwallopen, PA
We were meandering south on US-11 following the Susquehanna River south to Harrisburg, PA. Its a very scenic drive and highly recommended for those not in a hurry to get somewhere. When we saw signs to Moyer’s Grove Campground in Wapwallopen we just had to go there because of the strange name. The CG has a very rural setting in a large oak tree forest with a nice clear stream with trout in it. They had a very well stocked country store. The CG has comfortable family atmosphere. Luckily for us the wind didn’t blow much while we were there because the acorns were falling from the trees and we were parked right under a couple of big ones.
It’s an older CG with smallish parking sites. I had to back-up just inches from a tree in the back of our site.
You know you’re out in the boonies when there's a public pay phone for all to use. They did not have CATV and we didn't even try to set-up our Dish. We could only get a couple of channels on the bat antenna. We did get a good Verizon signal and that allowed us to use our Verizon MiFi for our computers.
This CG is too far off the highway to be used by those trying to make time. We don't travel very many miles a day and the extra time to get to a CG like this, get parked and hooked-up is not a burden at all. We're not going to leave much before check-out time.
The link is active and the pictures will enlarge if you click on them.
http://www.moyersgrovecg.com/
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05-08-2020, 10:31 AM
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#22
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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Riverside, AL
Traveling I-20 in AL and looking for an overnighter site? This is the place, Safe Harbor RV Park. 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. Linda likes to get a wash started and read a book until supper time. I’ve never got a big one but always catch something. We've never tried to stay there during a NASCAR racing weekend but have asked and all say it’s always full-up all week.
We use 50 amps and do a wash every day. Once you get used to the small combo washer/dryer it’s easy just as long as you keep-up.
The link is basic and active. Click on the pictures to enlarge.
http://www.safeharborrvpark.com/
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05-17-2020, 04:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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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 much didn’t even want to give anyone but their friends the time of day, especially people like us that were just spending the night there. 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.
The link is active and the pictures enlarge when you click on them.
http://indianbravecampground.net/
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05-26-2020, 06:04 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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Max Meadows, VA
Fort Chiswell RV Park is a little pricy but a great place to spend a night. There are big, long, paved, level pull-thrus. The FHU overnighters have 50 amps, Wi-Fi and cable TV.
The park is very close to both I-81 & I-77. It’s usually our first stop when heading north from the SC foothills where we now live.
There is a lot of open land and fields around the park and fishing lakes if you like a quick catfish dinner.
The link is active and the pictures can be enlarged when clicking on them.
http://properties.camping.com/fort-c...source=GoodSam
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06-03-2020, 11:25 PM
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#25
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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KOA - Four Oaks, NC
Whenever in the area of Four Oaks we stop and 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 serving aboard 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.
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06-11-2020, 05:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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Troy, AL
When we were leaving Florida in the spring and heading north to cooler summer camping, we often traveled up though central AL. We used US-231 and just past Troy, AL we found the Deer Run RV Park. It has evolved a lot since we first stopped there with better entrance roads and services. But the friendly, quiet atmosphere has remained constant. Normally we just spend a night or two there. It’s very easy to do with the nice long level sites and complete FHU services.
Here are a few pictures. Don’t forget to click to enlarge.
The following link is current and active. ( https://deerrunrvpark.com/ ).
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06-18-2020, 12:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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Beckley, WV
As full time RV travelers we were never in a hurry to get anywhere, so whenever possible we used state and US highways, especially when the alternative was toll roads/bridges. And that’s what we were doing on US-19 in WV. It’s also how we came to use this; Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine CG.
The CG is secluded out behind the coal mine exhibition museum area and is very quiet and clean. There is a large gray building that has a company store. That’s where you go to select your site and pay the fee. It’s also where you can get tickets for the tour vans.
We stayed an extra day so we could take the tour and visit the downtown area.
The following link is active.
https://www.goodsam.com/campgrounds-...und-870000990/
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06-28-2020, 09:25 PM
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#28
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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Middletown, NY
When traveling north on I-81 we often switched over to I-84 on our way to the fabulous Foxwoods – Mohican Sun casino complex in CT. Korns CG was our go-to overnight stop. I’d guess we stopped there at least half a dozen times and watched as it expanded to where it is today.
Here are some pictures where we got a couple of sites in a just opened section of the CG with FHU 50 AMPS. The field was so large we could go out and hit and shag golf balls.
In the first two pictures we were traveling north with our friends. In the second we are returning south and our friends had gone west.
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07-14-2020, 10:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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Ozark, AL
When traveling up the center of AL our normal stop-off is Deer Run RV Park at Troy, AL. However, the Ozark Travel Park is much closer to Fort Rucker, AL where there is a US Army aviation museum I wanted to visit. So we stayed at this park for two nights so we could spend a day at Fort Rucker.
The Travel Park has nice long, level FHU sites with CATV. Parking is a little tricky until you get to your site, than you can just drive into the site.
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07-28-2020, 05:37 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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Odessa, TX
Midessa Oil Patch RV Park
We’ve been across country on just about all of the Interstate highways. This stop was while traveling west on I-20. It was just a two night stop for a little rest, shopping and to get the laundry caught-up.
Very nice RV Park with all the connections we like to have. A very good country store. Our sites were close to our neighbors and we couldn’t get side-by-side with our traveling friends. (We didn't have reservations). But, the sites were easy to get into and out of, level and long enough to stay hooked-up if we wanted to do that.
The link is active.
http://www.midessaoilpatchrvpark.com/
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08-10-2020, 03:38 AM
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#31
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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Iron Mountain, MI
Crossing the Michigan Upper Peninsula on US-2 in the late spring/early summer time is an experience you will well remember. The campgrounds are family oriented with friendly, helpful staff members. The countryside is lush in fresh growth and wild animals are everywhere.
On this trip from east to west we were just meandering from campground to campground only calling ahead each stopping day to ask for a place to stay. Some travel days were a little longer than others but we always ended-up finding a place to park for a day or two before moving on again, and that’s how we found the Summer Breeze CG.
Our site was a FHU on a large grassy site. The section we parked in was a haphazard arrangement but easy to use once we found it. We were there on midweek days so it was quiet and restful. We were making so many stops during our travel days we were only averaging about 200 miles a day. By the time we got to Salt Lake City and turned south it was almost late fall and we even ran into some sleet in Rawlings, WY.
The link is active
http://www.summerbreezecampground.com/
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08-25-2020, 04:55 PM
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#32
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Taylors, SC
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Carlisle, PA
We have visited numerous RV Parks/Campgrounds up and down the I-81 corridor. Often times just an overnight stop-over and others for days to weeks, and some more than once, especially the easy to use stops for quick fuel and highway access.
The Western Village RV Park falls into the category of site size and ease of access. However, over the years, to add parking sites, some of the larger pull-thru sites have been modified to accommodate two back-to-back sites for smaller trailers.
In these pictures we have another couple - Linda’s sister and her husband Tommy - traveling with us. We were on a month long journey to up-state NY and then over into New England before returning our guests home. We had to off-load nearly a thousand pounds of our stuff from the truck & trailer to accommodate our guests and their stuff. It was a great trip.
Here are a few pictures. You can click on any of them to get a larger view. The link to the RV Park is active
https://westernvillagervpark.com/
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08-25-2020, 07:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Oregon
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[QUOTE=CWtheMan;402682]Midessa Oil Patch RV Park
We’ve been across country on just about all of the Interstate highways. This stop was while traveling west on I-20. It was just a two night stop for a little rest, shopping and to get the laundry caught-up.
Very nice RV Park with all the connections we like to have. A very good country store. Our sites were close to our neighbors and we couldn’t get side-by-side with our traveling friends. (We didn't have reservations). But, the sites were easy to get into and out of, level and long enough to stay hooked-up if we wanted to do that.
The link is active.
http://www.midessaoilpatchrvpark.com/
Yep... we stayed there one night in October of 2017. They told us at check-in not to drink the water (high nitrates)! Would have chosen another RV park had they mentioned that on their site or told you when you called in. They gave you a case of bottled water in the office. I didn't even bother to hook up to their water. I had to back out of our "pull through" site as they allowed street parking (anywhere you felt like)!
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08-25-2020, 07:53 PM
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#34
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Site Team
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Location: W. Texas
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[QUOTE=Alpine;407539]
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Originally Posted by CWtheMan
Midessa Oil Patch RV Park
We’ve been across country on just about all of the Interstate highways. This stop was while traveling west on I-20. It was just a two night stop for a little rest, shopping and to get the laundry caught-up.
Very nice RV Park with all the connections we like to have. A very good country store. Our sites were close to our neighbors and we couldn’t get side-by-side with our traveling friends. (We didn't have reservations). But, the sites were easy to get into and out of, level and long enough to stay hooked-up if we wanted to do that.
The link is active.
http://www.midessaoilpatchrvpark.com/
Yep... we stayed there one night in October of 2017. They told us at check-in not to drink the water (high nitrates)! Would have chosen another RV park had they mentioned that on their site or told you when you called in. They gave you a case of bottled water in the office. I didn't even bother to hook up to their water. I had to back out of our "pull through" site as they allowed street parking (anywhere you felt like)!
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Not sure if trying to stay somewhere else in the same vicinity was going to keep you from water with "high nitrates". As far as I know that pretty much runs true all across the Permian Basin. You can filter it, drink it etc. but I wouldn't dream of not taking a shower at night because water had some nitrates in it. It's the nature of the beast out here. JMO
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08-26-2020, 10:44 AM
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I didn't mention water quality.
When we went full time we always carried and drank bottled water. When moving from state to state as often as we were, its the safest thing to do. We used hook-up water for everything else. We always had in-line filters and changed them frequently.
Note: We always rinse-washed water connections before connecting our water hose. Dogs like to poop or urinate on them.
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08-26-2020, 10:56 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Waco, Tx
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[QUOTE=sourdough;407542]
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Originally Posted by Alpine
Not sure if trying to stay somewhere else in the same vicinity was going to keep you from water with "high nitrates". As far as I know that pretty much runs true all across the Permian Basin. You can filter it, drink it etc. but I wouldn't dream of not taking a shower at night because water had some nitrates in it. It's the nature of the beast out here. JMO
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Wait until someone visits Terrell Wells, TX and see how they like the water..
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09-05-2020, 07:43 PM
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Lady Lake, FL
The Blue Parrot RV Resort consists of mostly full time and seasonal residents. With the little land they had left over they put-in some large grassy FHU sites.
It was very easy to park in the site assigned to us. We were there to visit with our long time traveling companions from our Navy years. They had purchased a residence at Water Oaks Country Club less than a quarter mile from the Blue Parrot.
It was summertime there when we stopped-over. It was very hot out in the open. We were glad we were just spending a couple of nights there.
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09-22-2020, 07:49 AM
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#38
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
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Statesboro, GA
After finding a retirement community in the SC foothills, most of our RV travels were to preplanned locations. Because our grand children live and work in Jacksonville, FL we spend a month or two there in the winter months - Dec, Jan, or Mar. Sometimes we stay at one of the military campgrounds for a week or two each then move to the small RV park out behind the American Legion Post. It’s gated, private and right on the Cedar River.
A couple of years ago we got tired of taking the interstates all the way to Florida. Our little senior retirement community in Taylors, SC is close to US-25. So we have started taking that highway down to Statesboro, GA and spending the night.
The Parkwood RV Park is situated right on US-25 and US-301. It’s very convenient and has all the amenities we like and are accustomed to using. It has large, easy to get into, level sites. It has FHU service with 50 amp service and free CATV and WI-FI. There are plenty of places to eat very close by and big rig friendly service stations, all with diesel & gas pumps.
When we leave there we take US-301 south and connect up with US-1 which takes us right into Jacksonville. All of the rural roads are in excellent condition with many places to pull-off if needed. Most of the speed limits are 55 - 65 MPH with light traffic flow on week days. We get our best fuel economy at 55 - 62 MPH so that helps a little on the fuel budget.
Here are a few pictures of our parking site when last there and a glimpse of the park roads
The link below is active.
https://parkwoodrv.com/RvParkInfo.htm
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10-05-2020, 12:20 PM
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#39
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Location: Taylors, SC
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Walterboro, SC
Are you planning a trip that will take you up or down I-95 in SC? I-95 in SC is almost always very busy. Mostly because it’s just 4 lanes in almost all of SC. So you may want a rest and start out fresh the next morning.
Once we established a new home in SC after our full time years, we travel to and from Florida three times a year. Sometimes on rural roads and others on I-95 when we feel it may be up to speed.
Half way for us is as far as we will travel in a day so we stop at the New Green Acres RV Park at Walterboro, SC. It’s easy to get to their entrance road and when leaving on the exit road it leads right to a large full service snack and fueling station.
The sites at the park are all spacious and offer a full selection of hook-ups. We are terribly spoiled travelers and prefer the 50 AMP FHU with CATV.
The camp office/store has most of the basic selections and if you get there they will have fresh bread.
These pictures were taken early in the day of an season stop and gives a good view of the grounds and site sizes. The building trimmed in orange is the backside of the office/store.
The link is active.
http://www.newgreenacres.com/sitemap.pdf
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10-05-2020, 01:29 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Key West
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Thanks for this little thread. I made a list of the favorable ones for future use.
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