Davis Bayou Campground - Ocean Springs, Mississippi

PFR *****
Campground ***

This is a pretty nice National park.  Our site was pretty level and nice sized.  We had a pretty good size dog yard, but we were right next to the road, so no privacy for the pups.  But, there was good grass.

The people parked next to us had 2 Japanese Chins!

Site #37
$11/night
Length of stay - 1 night
OTA - Over 20
Satellite - All 3
Water pressure - 60 lbs

Acadinana Campground - Lafayette, Louisiana

PFR *
Campground *

This is a small city owned campground.  Mike called to see if we needed a reservation the day we arrived.  They said they had plenty of sites.  When we arrived, he said to just pick a site and park in it, but recommended site 53 if we didn't want to unhook, since it was a pull-thru.  We drove around and none of the other sites were anywhere long enough for us.  Site 53 was a wide blacktop strip with no area for the dogs.  The electrical box for that site only had 30amp, so Mike plugged into the box for the empty site next door, that had 50amp.

Site #53
$20/night
Length of stay - 1 night

Escapees Rainbow's End - Livingston, Texas

PFR *****
Campground ****

There are 2 sections, Rainbow Oaks and Rainbow's End.  We stayed on the Oak side.  The campsites are level gravel with grass between.  The sites are pretty large, with a lot of space between the sites & behind.  We had plenty of room to use all 7 of our pens.  Our site had a large area where there was no grass, which was between the grassy area and the door.  On mornings where there was dew on the grass, the pups came in with muddy feet because they had to walk through the dirt to get to the door.  We had afternoon shade provided by trees and our RV.

The sites on the End side are MUCH closer together and not as nice.

We had a tree that hung over the top of the rig, but the rooftop satellite dish was able to point to all 3 satellites.

This campground is only 6 miles from Livingston, but there isn't much in Livingston.  There are 2 small grocery stores and Walmart.  There is a Lowe's, but not a lot of other shopping options.  There are a few good restaurants and a few fast food restaurants.  The next closest shopping options are all 1+ hour away.

There is not an activity director at this park, so not many fun things to do.  There are a few things like line dancing lessons, card games, etc.  Their ice cream social is not till 6:00, so it is at an awkward time.

This park would be great for a week or 2, but we don't plan to spend lengthy time here again.

Site #135
$360/month +electric
Length of stay - 2 months
OTA - None
Satellite - All 3

KE Bushman's Camp - Bullard, Texas

PFR *****
Campground ***+

This is a nice RV park with paved streets & comfortably wide, long, level pull-thru sites.  The parking pads are 2 concrete strips with grass between them.  The grass between sites and in the parking pad is good Bermuda.

When we checked in, they did not ask about pets.  A guy saw us setting up the xpen yard and did not say anything, but nobody actually saw the dogs.

At check in, they asked if we were going to use our jacks.  Mike told her that we were, and she said they would bring us some boards.  As we were getting to our site, 2 ladies came with two 7-8' long 2"x12" boards.  They put them under the coach, across the grass, so the jacks would be on them instead of the grass.  The car was still hooked up, and the tires were partly on the grass.  I asked if the car was OK where it was, and they said it was.

As we were getting set up, a Mexican man drove up on golf cart.  He got out and started pointing at the car and the grass.  I thought he was telling us that we had to get the tires off the grass, but the few English words we understood, made us realize that he was telling us that we needed to back the car up about 12" because of water sprinkler heads.  Of course, we had to disconnect the car to do that.  When Mike moved the car, there were no sprinkler heads in sight.  So, we aren't really sure what he was saying.

Site #86
$34.65 w/Good Sam discount
Length of stay 1 night
OTA - 20+, including MeTV
Satellite - all 3
Water pressure - 60 lbs

Waggin' Tail Ranch RV Park - Pilot Point, Texas

PFR *****
Campground ***+

This RV park has fenced sites, which sounds great, but didn't actually work out as good as we had anticipated.  Almost all of the fenced sites are occupied by permanent residents.  The first site they put us in had so many holes and gaps under the fence that we would have had to use all of our xpens to make it secure.  The 2nd site was better, but we still had to use 4 xpens and 2 heavy DEF bottles to block possible escape routes.  There were a lot of areas with soft dirt piled up under the fence that would have been VERY easy to dig through.  It would have been SO much better if they had poured a concrete footer around the sites to put the fence on top of.  The fenced sites in the center of the park seemed to be much more level and probably would have been a lot better than the one we had.

The roads and parking pads are gravel.  The sites are just barely long enough for our rig, but are pretty wide.  The grass in our site was nice Bermuda, but there was a pretty large section near the door that was mostly dirt.  On mornings with a lot of dew, the dogs ended up with muddy feet.  There were also several stickers in paws the first few days.  It took me a few days to relax about not being able to see Pippi when she went under the rig and over to the other side.

Site #20 (Originally site #4)
$200/week
OTA - 59, including MeTV
Satellite - all 3
Water pressure 55lb

Durant/Choctaw Casino KOA - Durant, Oklahoma

PFR *****
Campground ****

This is a nice campground, with wide, fairly level concrete parking pads and nice grassy area between the sites.  The sites are adequately wide, with some small bushes separating the sites.  We used 5 xpens.  They did not ask about pets.

The part of the park where we were did not have afternoon shade.  But, it looks like most of the sites in the rest of the park do have afternoon shade.

The casino is across the street from the campground.  There is a convenience store in front of the casino that has easy in, easy out diesel lanes.  There is also a large station across the street from that, that has truck lanes.

Site #2
$45/week night $55/weekend night
Length of stay - 2 nights
OTA - 10 channels, no MeTV
Satellite - All 3
Free cable provided but did not hook it up
Water pressure - 40 lbs
  

Abe's RV Park - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

PFR *****
Campground ***

This is basically a dump.  We couldn't get in at Roadrunner and Cynthia recommended this place since they stay here when in OKC.  The rest of the park actually isn't too bad.  But, where they put us looks like a mobile home park.  It is also VERY noisy since it is  right off of I-35.  Kathy & Jim stayed at Twin Fountains, which is about 6 miles to the South.  It is really nice, but more expensive.  $44/day.

Our site is fairly narrow, but big enough to put 6 pens out.  There is good grass in the yard.

Site #Y35
Length of stay - 1 week
$225/week  $33/night with GS discount
OTA - 35 channels
Satellite - All 3
Water pressure - 40 lbs

Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center - Shawnee, Oklahoma

PFR *****
Campground ***

This is the RV parking for the Expo Center.  We stayed there during the National DOAI rally.  I was afraid we were going to have to park on the concrete RV parking area, but we got nice grassy sites.  The sites are actually fairly wide, for this type of venue, and they are FHU.  We had enough room to put out 6 xpens.

The only real downside to this venue is that there was a horse "rally" just prior to ours, and the manure smell was pretty bad the first couple of days.

Site #107
$25/night for the early arrival days.
Length of stay - 1 week
OTA - 20 channels, including MeTV
Satellite - All 3
Water pressure - 65

Texarkana RV Park - Texarkana, Texas

PFR ***
Campground ***

This was a 1 night stop-over, headed to the Shawnee DOAI rally.  They seemed to be plenty doggie friendly.  They didn't ask us about pets, but someone else said they gave another camper dog biscuits for their pets.  But the sites are quite close together and the yard area is large gravel, with an 6' x 6' concrete patio in the middle.  We could only put out 3 xpens.

Site #B17
$40 ($34.64 with group discount.)  They are a Passport America park, but only a few days a week.)
Length of stay - 1 night
OTA - I don't remember, but seems like we got several
Satellite - All 3

Pandion Ridge RV Resort - Orange Beach, Alabama

PFR **
Campground *****

This is a great resort, with a lot of amenities, and very nice sites.  The parking pads are level concrete and very wide.  There is also a wide grassy area between each site.  

We were here for a BRD rally and had a GREAT time!  But, they are not doggie friendly.  They have a 2 dog limit, so we could only put 2 out at a time.  The first day we put the xpens up and included a large area of the grassy area.  The 2nd day we were there, someone came by and told us that they would let us have the pens on the concrete, but not on the grass.  Kind of defeats the purpose, but we made it work.  We pulled the pen up onto the concrete, then when we let 2 dogs out, we would move part of the pen out onto the grass, then back onto the concrete when everyone was done.

We will be going back there for a few days at New Year, but only because Jim & Kathy will be there.  We will do the same thing then that we did this week.

Site #94
We had the rally rate, but regular rate would have been $324 for the week/ $54 daily
Length of stay - 1 week
OTA - 30 channels
Satellite - All 3
Water pressure - 45 lbs

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 Stayed here again 10/23 - 10/25/22

 Site #121

$68/night

Length of stay - 3 nights

Name changed to Sun Outdoors Orange Beach

Le Fleur's Bluff State Park - Jackson, Mississippi

PFR *****
Campground  ***

This is a nice little park in the middle of Jackson.  It looked like most of the sites would not have worked very well for our setup, but our site was great!  It was very wide, and adequately long.  It actually had 2 concrete pads next to each other, with packed dirt & gravel next to the pads.  Our site also backed up to the water.

The park entrance is right next to a school, so if you try to leave when school it about to be let out, you are blocked in.

Water & Electric only
Site #17
$19.44 per night
Length of stay - 2 nights
OTA - 15 channels
Satellite - Had to use the portable, but got all 3
Water pressure - 65 lbs

River Town Campground - Vicksburg, Mississippi

PFR *****
Campground ****

The sites at this campground are wider than most private campgrounds, with pretty nice grass between sites. Plenty of room for all 7 xpens, without crowding the neighbor next door. 

The parking pad was low in the front, so we had to put blocks under the front tires & jacks.  Our pull-thru site was not long enough for the MH and car without unhooking, and still had trouble getting the car out of the road parked sideways.  But, we discovered the next day that the pull-thru sites on the next row are much longer, and would have worked better for us.  They didn't ask how long our rig was when we checked in.

The utility hookups are all the way at the back of the site.  We had to use a sewer extension, even though we were parked as far back as possible.

This is one of the campgrounds we stayed at on our maiden voyage home when we first got the MH, and we will be staying here again with the BRD caravan heading to Shawnee in a couple of weeks.

FHU
Site #95
$24.61/night with Good Sam discount
Length of stay - 3 nights
OTA - 6 channels
Satellite - all 3
Water pressure - 70 lbs

Pendleton Bend COE - Dumas, Arkansas

PFR ***
Campground **

We had reservations at this campground for 4 nights, but left after one night.  There was no cell phone signal, hardly any wifi signal, & no OTA channels.  We could get all 3 satellites, but couldn't call to get the local channels.  But, what made us leave was the MOSQUITOES!!! We couldn't step outside without being swarmed by them!  There were also several ant beds in the yard area, and the grass was very tall. 

Our site was wide and deep, but the concrete parking pad was quite narrow.  

This campground is 10 miles from "town", 20 miles from Walmart.  To get to the campground,  you have to go through the grain yard, with grain trucks parked on both sides of the road, waiting to have their grain processed.

Electric & Water only
Site - A13
$9.50/night
Length of stay - 1 night
OTA - None
Wifi signal - Very poor
Satellite - all 3
Water pressure - 40 lbs

 

Lake Valley RV Park - Catoosa, Oklahoma

PFR *****
Campground **+




This is the campground we stay at when we visited Sheila in Broken Arrow.  Next time we will probably stay at Warrior RV Park in Tulsa.
 
This campground used to be a mobile home park. All of the mobile homes have been moved out and are now just vacant, with no electric connected.  There are 2 small sections that have RV's parked in them.  They all look to be permanent residents, but most seem to be fairly well kept, but still has a "trailer park" look to it.

We had 2 sites offered to us.  The first one, there was really no way we could have gotten into it. The one we took was way low in the front.  We had to pull up onto 4 layers of blocks, and the levelers still raised the front way up. The lowest step was 18" off the ground.  The front tires were still firm on the risers, but not by much.

Site #7-16
$120/week plus $30/night
Length of stay - 9 nights
OTA - 15 channels, including MeTV
Satellite - All 3
Water pressure -  70 lbs

Canadian Campground - Canton Lake COE - Canton, Oklahoma

PFR ***
Campground ***

This is a different type COE park than we are used to.  Most COE parks have really nice wide, shaded sites.  The sites at this one are very close together, more like a commercial campground, with only 1 very small sapling tree at each site.  We did have a good view of the lake though, even though we were quite a way away from the water.

The parking pad is concrete, connected to a large concrete patio with a covered concrete picnic table.  So, there was actually very little grass at each site.  What we did NOT like about this campground is that the grass between sites was full of stickers!  The site we had been assigned had an electrical problem, so we moved to a different site.  Since most sites were unoccupied, we had a choice of almost the whole park.  We walked around and finally found one that had minimal stickers.  After we pulled up the stickers we could see, the dogs only found a few with their paws, but we only used a small section of the grass for them.

Water & Electric

Site A-54
$12/night
Length of stay - 2 nights
OTA - 10 channels
Satellite - All 3 satellites
Water pressure - 60 lbs