notsobigjoe
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I never saw this before and this is pretty cool.
Thanks, Jim
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mbloof
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Super Duty Mark wrote:Hi all, just picked up a nice 2014 camplite 6.8 to sit on our 2022 F350. My wife is not sure camping is for her so I'm looking for some good sites and advice on places to book or check out to get the family into it. We love being near water and want to avoid large busy campgrounds. Also LOVE state parks. Are there any sites I should check out or parks I should be sure not to miss? Just returned from a trip to the keys (hotel) and really liked the look of Bahia Honda State Park ... definitely looks like a special place. Any help getting started is much appreciated.
PS. we are near Niagara Falls and will start out on the East Coast and South East next winter. Thank you.
Sorry I have not read through the thread so much of what I'm going to say might of been already mentioned...
First off - Welcome to the wonderful world of Truck Camper camping! While the camper ought to keep the family warm+dry if the weather goes south while your on your trips, IDK if it includes a toilet or not (the little women usually like the indoor features) camping WITH a RV is surely easier to get "the other halfs" into then camping without.
Now for a bit of bad news... being it is March already you better getting surfing ONLINE and do it quickly!! Why? Because around where I live ALL campgrounds are booked solid 6 MONTHS OUT!!! Getting any kind of reservation on a weekend is nearly impossible!
Best of luck!
- Mark0.
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srschang
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Yep, even Harvest Hosts are mostly full. Tried to book a couple for our trip down to Florida in a month. 2 of the 3 we tried to book are full. And one of those that are full we've stayed before - they can fit more than a dozen rigs.
2022 Ram 3500 Dually Crewcab Longbed Cummins, 2019 Northstar 12 STC
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LMHS
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To be honest, I find you can spend as much or as little as you choose. You can stay nearby or you drive for days. I prefer playing "tourist" nearby. I find it it is easier to start exploring close to home and slowly move farther out. It allows me to find neat "local" festivals and events that I otherwise may have not heard about. I also lived most of my life in three locations that many people drive hundreds of miles to visit (east coast beach in FL, Southern Appalachian Mtns of NC and Chattanooga area of TN). Most people never visit what is within a few hours of their homes, mostly because they don't know.
Lubbock, TX is about 3 hours away. That is a comfortable drive for 2 to 4 nights. And uses about 2 tanks of gas (there and back).
I'm currently sitting in a little private park in Lubbock. Spending two nights here on a 30amp hookup. We are here to shop a little and go to the Science Spectrum & Omni Theatre.
We are paying $30 ($3 cash discount per night) and the combo tickets for both the museum and the theatre is $14.50 per adult. While it's not a "destination park", I didn't expect nor want a "destination park". It's a decent and clean little park with fairly level pads that accepts pets. It's in town. The town is the "destination".
We treat the truck camper as our personal mobile motel room... with a kitchen. We had lunch at Cracker Barrel (4% off the meal by using gift cards we buy from Sam's Club) when we first got into town. Supper is a huge (12 servings) chicken pot pie ($19.24) which is pretty tasty and smells wonderful as it cooks in the oven. We will probably have leftovers for supper tomorrow night. The oven is doing double duty in keeping the camper warm (it's currently 62F and dropping to an overnight low of 33F). We do have a working furnace. We're gonna need it.
We are on a full hookup site but I filled the fresh tank with water before leaving (Lubbock's water is nasty tasting and smells "off"). We also left with empty waste tanks. I may just wait until we get back to our home park to dump the tanks. It depends on how I feel the day we leave as I'm not dragging the sewer hose out to hookup overnight because we don't take the camper off the back of the truck. We leave the dog in the camper while we shop and visit places.
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LMHS
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A few possible alternatives to the Keys although I don't consider Stuart to be a "Cute Small Town". Perhaps a case of familiarity breeds contempt? I used to live there.
https://floridatrippers.com/small-towns-in-florida/
The Florida Trippers website leans towards staying in rental houses but they are still a good resource. There's a lot more to Florida than the Keys, beaches and the idiot Mouse.
Onlyinyourstate.com has a lot of places that you often don't see advertised.
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