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Thank you so much for all that information!!! We have been in Flagstaff since Friday and leaving Thursday to head into Utah, so we are using this information!

Hi All! So my husband lost his job. We were kind of expecting it, but didn't really expect it to happen right now. Since it is summer and we are in a down time of sorts, we have decided to take our RV and head to the Grand Canyon and hit some of the parks in Utah. Even still, we are on a time crunch because we have to be home by August 12th for my oldest to attend career camp at Busch Gardens (she wants to be an animal trainer at SeaWorld and everyone says attend the camps). We plan to leave tomorrow. I'm looking for any suggestions on campgrounds in Utah or on the trip out/back. Any

I posted this on another thread as well…we do WalMart when we travel (unless we need a/c). There is an app for the iPhone called All Stays ONP for WalMart. I love this app because it will first of all tell you if a particular WalMart allows parking. It also has a review area where other RV'ers give their experience. We've passed on ones where things were reported stolen or the train tracks ran close by. We have stayed at Reed Bingham State Park in GA. It was about a 7 mile or so ride off I-75. GA parks though require a 2 day minimum on the weekend, which makes it hard to stay overni

We stay at WalMarts a lot while traveling. There is an app for the iPhone called All Stays ONP Walmart. We've found it to be very accurate and it has a lot of useful information on staying at WalMart. We always still call ahead and double check that it is OK to stay the night. Always had a good experience at WalMart. I'd bring bug spray but you'll probably most likely only need it at dusk and right after it gets dark…unless we get a lot of rain….then they will be crazy.

In Florida, besides the Fort, we have two we love: Ft. Desoto in St. Pete. I love it here because you can camp right on the water and its super easy to go kayaking and fishing right from your campsite. Also, the beaches are beautiful and its a great place to run or ride bikes. A lot of times we camp for a week here, my husband will set us up and he will commute from the campsite to work, or work from camp. We go here several times a year. Topsail Hill in Santa Rosa Beach is another favorite. I thought our gulf beeches were the best until we saw the beaches around Destin. Gorgeo

When we camped in a pup (borrowed from a friend) we also took one of those one up shelters that had the solid sides and we kept a lot of things in there, like suit cases, etc.... And we used it for a changing room and to hang up wet towels and bathing suits. It worked out nice :) Congrats on the pup though, you will enjoy it!

Our second favorite campground is Ft. Desoto in Tierra Verde (near St. Petersburg). We love it for a few reasons. First, on the dog loop, we typcially go for a waterfront site which makes Kayaking and Canoeing and Fishing so much easier! You launch your kayak right from the campsite and plenty of waters to explore. Plus when the kids get tired, they can just go back to the campsite. Makes things much more enjoyable than loading up the kayaks and driving somewhere only to have them complain ten minutes later that they are done and tired! We can also fish right from our site, hubby spend

We love Tallulah Gorge State Park. We are going there in October for 8 nights. This will be our third year in a row going there. The hike to the gorge from the campground is super short, and we hike it almost everyday taking the dogs on a walk. And its pretty centrally located, easy ride up to the Blue Ridge Parkway as well as hitting some of our favorite hiking spots in NE GA. Plus, my FIL lives about 20 minutes away so we can swing by and visit with him as well.

We've done it in Georgia some at the State Parks. Most recently, we did it at Anastasia State Park over Thanksgiving. The kids enjoy it but haven't found "fun" stuff in any of the caches. At the GA state parks, we keep a log in our camper of what we have done and once you do so many you get patches from the parks.

What is the earliest we can check in? We are coming to the Fort for Memorial Day weekend, arriving Thursday. The main point of the trip is to attend the Homeschool Convention at the Gaylord. Thursday morning at the Convention is the Leader Forum and I really want to go but not wanting my poor hubby to have to tow the camper, kids and dogs over by himself. So just wondering if we could check in early morning (say 8is??) then he can set up while I head over to the Gaylord for the Leaders events. I know, silly question .... :)

That looks nice! We love to go to Georgia to camp too.....about where is this located? Near Gainesville or the NE side of GA? I know Lanier is big and my hubby's family lives in the NE part so we like to camp close to them. Were heading to Tallulah Gorge in October - hopefully see some leaves but would love to check these places out while we are there!

It is 36.00 a night. Other than the no sewer hook up - it was perfect.

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Well, we took an entire year to plan this trip - and its already over! We have been home almost a week from our week - long trip to the Florida Keys. Let me say that we LOVED this little campground. It was small, only 28 sites. No sewer hook up. But we had site 16, right on the Atlantic Ocean. Our site was narrow, barely had enough room to set up the One Up Canopy but thankful we had it and the screens because the bugs were AWFUL!! The comfort station was decent, the showers were hot and the campground hosts kept them clean. Funny thing, they didn't have flushing toilets. They were loca