Eagles Landing RV Park,Holt FL May 2017

                      Eagles Landing RV Park ,Holt FL, May 2017
                                                                            
      We left Ho Hum for an overnight stop at Eagles Landing RV Park. We were looking for some place along our route for a overnight. Saw many great reviews for this park on RV Park Reviews and gave them a call for a reservations for the night. Good thing we did. When we arrived there was a no vacancy sign out front. The park is located about ¼ mile off I 10. We have been avoiding the interstates up until now. We did travel about 15 miles on I 10, our first interstate mileage. We like traveling the secondary roads to experiences the smaller towns along the way. The RV Park was super. It has 60 sites, with about 20 for transient travelers. We have never been in a park with 2/3s being annual sites that were so well kept. All sites are full hookup with 50 amp electric. OTA TV was ok. The trip was 138 miles from Carrabelle. Most of the trip was along route 98. Good area to walk dogs. Very little highway noise.  There is some airplane noise from the close by naval station. A great overnight stop.

Carrabelle FL, May 2017

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Downtown Carrabelle Florida

The smallest police station in the US is in Carrabelle

One of the many commercial fishing boats docked in Carrabelle

The small museum was closed and the pictures were taken from out side the fence

 Ho Hum RV Park, from the road

Hannah enjoying the water(Gulf of Mexico)

Hannah and her blanket

When we are traveling Hannah enjoys laying between us.

The blind man driving is a Venetian blind installer, a real catchy sign on a truck.

Ho Hum RV Park Carrabelle FL

                                                   Ho Hum RV Park Carrabelle FL

     Our next stop was Ho Hum RV Park in Carrabelle FL. It was a short 15 mile trip. We wanted to get on the Gulf of Mexico coast for a couple of days. Several other Rv friends suggested this park. Unfortunately we couldn’t get beach front. We were in the 4^th row back, but could sit at our site and see the water. I guess if you wanted to spend a week or so in the front row, make your reservations (a word We hate) well in advance.  Our cost was $30.60 a night with Good Sam discount. The front row was around $38. a night.  The park is very well kept. Sites are ok with no privacy between. We had full hook up with 50 amp electric. There is a very good cable hook up included with the price. Dog are welcomed anywhere in the park and the beach. But very little grass area for them. They also have Wi-Fi throughout the park. There is a picnic table.  It is one of the most reasonable RV Parks along the coast. There are several state parks but we were unable to get a site in any of them. Most were $20-26 a night, but being senior Florida residence we could stay for half price. The park is right on route 98 but road noise was not a problem. Our stay was May 2017

Looking to the beach from our site

There we are on the right

That's us in the middle of the picture

Bob and Hannah on the way out on their long private pier

At the end of the pier

The front row taken from a few feet out on the pier

Ochlockonee River State Park Slopchoppy Florida

 

                                                      Ochlockonee River State Park

        We traveled about 185 miles from Rock Crusher Canyon RV Park to Ochlockonee River State Park in Sopchoppy Florida.

     We wanted to see the white squirrels and the Piebald deer. We had to make a reservation which we hate doing. We still like to travel without restrictions, as to when and where we must be on a certain date. We like willy-nilly travel.  The park has cat face pine trees used in the turpentine industry. To us many of the pine trees looked like long needle pine trees. The park is home to the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. A number of trees with white bands painted on them house their nest. We didn’t see any. There are also black bears in the park. We didn’t see them either.

     We did have several white squirrels living in the trees around our RV. They seem to be larger then the grey squirrels with much longer tails. They had no fear of humans. They would come down a tree and just look at you, waiting for a hand out. I guess many folks break the cardinal rule of “don’t feed the wildlife”. They would run across the roof of our RV and sit on the picnic table, again looking for a hand out. It was fun watching their antics. The black birds would dive at them when they were in the tree tops and chase them to the ground. They would turn around and scurry right back up. It seemed to be a game.

       The campground has 30 sites each with water and 30 amp electric. Some of the hooks ups are on the wrong side, like our site. It is big rig slightly friendly, with caution. We had a 42 foot motor home and a 40 foot 5^th wheel there while we were there. They were on 2 pull thru sites, all the rest are back ins. Very Very dark at night. The sites are packed sand. The OTA TV was week. Many acres and miles of roads to walk a dog. The road to the ranger station is about a mile and a quarter from route 319 and is really rough. The campground in about a half mile from the ranger station. There is a nice boat ramp and swimming area. Also a large picnic area. A worker told us the park is being close in July to update the H2O and electric, and some other improvements. It is expected to be closed for 3 to 4 months according to the worker. There is not much shopping in the area, so bring what you need including bug spray. Did I mention the bugs? I was told there are 3 different type biting flies. I never saw yellow flies before.  Most times the bugs were very pesky. The park is well kept.  Date of stay May 2017, our cost with reservation fee was $26. for 2 night.

Our site

White tail deer

The pines

The Ochlockonee River

 

Rock Crusher Canyon RV Park

 

                                                                           Rock Crusher RV Park

Date of stay May 2017

     This is a very nice large RV Park with about 400 sites. It looks that about half the sites are annual/seasonal. With all those long term sites I did not notice a one trashy site. These folks take pride in keeping their sites nice. Many of the sites have many nice improvements. The park offers many amenities. The pool is screened in and on the larger size. But I saw very few folks using it even with the 90 degree weather. Maybe on the weekends. The park is divided in two, the lower section and the upper section. The only drawback for us was it was a very long walk to the fenced in dog park. I wish the dog park could have been a little larger and there was one in both the upper and lower sections. The sites are all back in with full hookups and 50 watt electric. Most all the sites are large. Many are very long. It was very quite at all the time. There are several laundry rooms. all Very clean.  One problem I found here with is becoming common in many RV Parks is the addition of permanent rental park models. For every rental put in, it is one less RV site. I can expand on this but don’t want to make this a negative review on this park. Our cost 3 days Passport America, $63.00, 1 day Good Sam $37.20. Great cable TV. Sites are grass/sand/dirt mix. Roads are all paved. Big rig friendly. Some leveling needed

 

 

 

 

                                                                 

2017 trip to somewhere The start

                                                                                      2017 RV Trip to ??

     We are off on our 2017 trip. We are heading west and then north. The weather is dictating some of our route. We left home on the 14^th of May, about 2 months later them we wanted. But now we have the doctors ok so we are off. We hope to be on the road for about 5 to 6 months.  

     I hope to do a better job of blogging this trip. We never did finish up last year’s trip blog; we named our trip west. Part of the problem was we covered so many wonderful places, hikes, and tours etc. that when we came back to the RV we were pooped. Another problem was my side kick, shutter-bug Linda took 11,060 pictures. You are reading correctly that’s eleven thousand. We are still sorting thru all those photos. Sure am thankful for digital photos.   

     Our first stop Was Rock Crusher Canyon RV Park in Crystal River Florida. A super park more on this RV Park later. The RV Park was 125 miles from our home. We do have a new traveling companion by the name of Hannah. She is our rescued puppy from the month of October . She is about a year old now and she comes in a large size. She is wonderful traveling and no problem when she is with us. She does have a very serious problem of separation anxiety. Slowly we hope we can get her to the point where we can leave her in the RV without barking, or having any other problem. We had the same problem at our home but we got her over that. Now it’s training all over again. So far we made a little progress. Did I mention she is a wonderful loving dog?

                               Look I can fit under the table

 

 

      Consequently we didn’t check out some of the local restaurants.  We did do a little driving tour of the area. Crystal River is on the Gulf coast. We went to Fort Island beach. It is a very nice small beach. There is a long pier for fishing or just watching sunsets.  We also toured Encore Crystal River RV Resort. We then drove the Withlacoochee Bay Trail. It was little rough sand and gravel road. We turned around after a couple of miles. They do have one of the longest paved walking trials in Florida. We then toured Yankeetown. It is very small old Florida Town with a population of about 500. We drove on the “Follow That Dream Parkway”. Parts of the area were filmed in the 1960 movie of the same name featuring Elvis. We also drove many or the side streets of the town. Then it was back to the RV. We didn’t plan to much as our goal is to get Hannah use to the RV.