We will be heading south and west next week from NC working our way to Palm Springs. Thinking about stopping around Shreveport LA for a few days. Any recommendations on rv parks within about a 20 mile radius? We will be traveling on I 20.
el Rojo and Pam said
08:56 AM Nov 3, 2014
You can stay at the casinos, but it's parking lot camping. Not my idea of nice but a lot of people do it. There's also Caddo Lake S.P., just over the border in TX.
cherylbrv said
10:13 AM Nov 3, 2014
Where in NC are you right now? Anywhere near Raleigh?
The Sages said
12:33 PM Nov 3, 2014
No we are in western NC. Franklin and frankly I am not impressed with the weather, and the mountains are closing in....get me outta here lol
Alie and Jims Carrilite said
01:20 PM Nov 3, 2014
It's really early for the weather the mountains got this past weekend. Its usually a mininum of late December for the Ashville area to get snow. Stay warm!
Sitting in my shorts, slighly overcast, just near Gonzales Texas
-- Edited by Alie and Jims Carrilite on Monday 3rd of November 2014 01:20:35 PM
MarkS said
06:32 PM Nov 3, 2014
If you were retired military, you could stay at the base.
PD CFK said
07:54 PM Nov 5, 2014
Diamond Jack's Casino has full hookups and just a block off of I-20.
FYI Don't bother trying to stay at a military base in this country even if you did serve in the military for four years including in the war zone, ie Vietnam. Even though you pay for it with your taxes only retired and disabled are allowed to take advantage of those RV Parks.
The Junkman said
06:45 AM Nov 6, 2014
PD CFK wrote:
Don't bother trying to stay at a military base in this country even if you did serve in the military for four years including in the war zone, ie Vietnam. Even though you pay for it with your taxes only retired and disabled are allowed to take advantage of those RV Parks.
Well, That sure does not seem fair at all..
bjoyce said
07:19 AM Nov 6, 2014
Only retired and disabled military can use many of the privileges of active military, including medical and subsidized food (commissary) in addition to the campgrounds. If you don't stay in for 20 years, that is the way it works. I don't have those privileges, but my mother does. She does because my father stayed in and made the military his career.
Alie and Jims Carrilite said
07:27 AM Nov 6, 2014
One issue with the FamCamps is that the active duty TDY people have discovered the RV world. So instead of staying in base barracks or housing, many bring their RV and family with them if their staying 2-12 months. But once again the issue of the "Permanent" folks take all the good spaces arises, along with the fact that there are very limited number of sites at most camps. I do know of several threads on different forums that the folks seem to think that just because they are a 20yr retired colonel that that gives you priority sites over the 30yr retired sergeant major.
Terry and Jo said
09:38 AM Nov 6, 2014
Alie and Jims Carrilite wrote:
One issue with the FamCamps is that the active duty TDY people have discovered the RV world. So instead of staying in base barracks or housing, many bring their RV and family with them if their staying 2-12 months. But once again the issue of the "Permanent" folks take all the good spaces arises, along with the fact that there are very limited number of sites at most camps. I do know of several threads on different forums that the folks seem to think that just because they are a 20yr retired colonel that that gives you priority sites over the 30yr retired sergeant major.
That can be so true. Oddly, here at Mountaindale Cabins and RV Resorts, we have at least 3 "long-term" RV'ers that are on active duty with the U.S. Army, even though the Fort Carson FamCamp is less than 10 miles from here. The Fort Carson FamCamp is called the Turkey Creek Recreation Area and is closer to the base entrances than Mountaindale. I guess the ones here prefer being within the Pine trees.
Terry
bjoyce said
09:58 AM Nov 6, 2014
I am also interested in places to stay around Shreveport, since we have friends to visit there on our way West in spring. Looking at RVParkReviews.com, the casino campground looks like the best choice for a big rig.
We will be heading south and west next week from NC working our way to Palm Springs. Thinking about stopping around Shreveport LA for a few days. Any recommendations on rv parks within about a 20 mile radius? We will be traveling on I 20.
No we are in western NC. Franklin and frankly I am not impressed with the weather, and the mountains are closing in....get me outta here lol
It's really early for the weather the mountains got this past weekend. Its usually a mininum of late December for the Ashville area to get snow. Stay warm!
Sitting in my shorts, slighly overcast, just near Gonzales Texas
-- Edited by Alie and Jims Carrilite on Monday 3rd of November 2014 01:20:35 PM
FYI Don't bother trying to stay at a military base in this country even if you did serve in the military for four years including in the war zone, ie Vietnam. Even though you pay for it with your taxes only retired and disabled are allowed to take advantage of those RV Parks.
Well, That sure does not seem fair at all..
That can be so true. Oddly, here at Mountaindale Cabins and RV Resorts, we have at least 3 "long-term" RV'ers that are on active duty with the U.S. Army, even though the Fort Carson FamCamp is less than 10 miles from here. The Fort Carson FamCamp is called the Turkey Creek Recreation Area and is closer to the base entrances than Mountaindale. I guess the ones here prefer being within the Pine trees.
Terry