Thanks, Don't really know how to post yet. We will be going I-40 to Memphis, then south to Jackson, MS. Then south to Laurel, MS. Then (not sure) but then on to Vero Beach, (Son lives there).
There are 2 Corps of Engineers park on Arkabutla Lake MS (near Hernando) south of Memphis. There is a Corps of Engineers park on Lake Okatibbee. Twiltley Branch. Water and electric sites. Abt $20 per night. Check www.recreation.gov
Big Creek Water Park (Pat Harrison Waterway District) is near Laurel, MS. If you need another stop in FL East Bank Corp of Engineers park at Chattahoochee FL is good too. A bit off I-10 but cheap. If you are seniors and have an America the Beautiful pass you get half price camping.
Lonny & Diane
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Eufaula, AL (hwy 431) near AL/GA state line Lakepoint Resort State Park (sr disc)
Marion, Arkansas North of I-40 a few miles, KOA (West Memphis)
No. Little Rock, Arkansas KOA
Also, heard good reviews about a c/g called Toad Suck, in same area
Lake Village, AR Pecan Grove, US 65, which is a good road going on down to I-20
(Also a very good hospital if you need ER.. don't ask how I know!)
Clinton, MS I-20 Springride( ?) RV Park.. RV black top parking in center area of mobilehomes on perimeter. Small sites, but OK for overnight.
Marion, MS (Meridian) I-20 Benchmark RV Park Very nice
Troy, AL US231 Deer Run
Opp, AL (US84 as I remember) Frank Johnson State Park.. very pretty, full h/u
and I think they had cable, too!
Natchez, MS Plantation Rv Park
Bushnell, FL Breezy Oaks or Blueberry Hill I-75
Suggest you get a good campground book (i.e. Woodall's or Trailer Life)..
Try to determine how many miles a day you are going to drive and then check out the campground listings by towns "around" that mileage.. or after lunch, determine how much farther you plan to go and then check campground book for possible c/gs. If you have computer access www.rvparkreviews.com is very good
and I plan most of our stops by those comments.
We also use KOA's if unsure of the area and we have Passport America which gives 50% off c/g fees (certain restrictions will apply).. they have a website and also a CD or campground book. Well worth the $44 a year, can be made up in about 3 nights stay. Benchmark was one of those parks and we paid a very small
amount in 2008 when we stayed.
By the time you return from your trip, you will be old pros. Have fun.
We tend to run that route a time or two a year as I still have family in Oklahoma. I would go to Little Rock and on to Memphis on Interstate 40, then cut over to Birmingham on Hwy 78. It is a 4 lane most of the way. Then take Interstate 65 south to Montgomery Alabama and then Hwy 231 to Dothan and on to Interstate 10 in north Florida. Then on to Vero.
This past summer we spent the first night at Ivy Cove Campground in Arkansas on I 40, then the next night at the KOA in Clanton Alabama, next night in Crystal River Florida and then home to Stuart Florida.
joe b.
Stuart Florida
Formerly of Colorado and Alaska
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Leave all that memphis stuff behind, go down 69 to Sherman, take 82 eats to Paris, 271 so to I-20.
Free overnight at the Texas welcome center on the La border. Go on to Shvpt , get on I=49 south and right north of Lafayette is a La welcome center with guards at night and free rv parking.
Cathch I-10 to Miss line and about half way across is a free rest area, very nice, circular drives and guards. Take I=10 to wherever u are going to go south.
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