Hi Lonnie-
Have you and Mrs. Lonnie ever tried one of those rental RV's? I think they tend to be a bit pricey, but no more than a motel at the location you're headed to. There's a lot going for the RV thing, really. I tow the trailer/Slotus to races with it. Some places you can plug into power in the paddock area, which is really nice. The RV becomes headquarters, lunch room and changing area and it gots A/C and a bathroom! Cost for fuel to get to the places we run autocrosses is about 60 bucks round trip. About what a motel room would cost.
Camping is really nice... All two times we've been. We were beside Ochlocknee Bay one time
http://holidaycampground.com/, and most recently at St George Island.
https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks.../dr-julian-g-bruce-st-george-island-state-park At Ochlocknee Bay, we hung out by the bay for a weekend, didn't do a damn thing. Watched the sunset, looked at the water, walked across the road (actually went under the bridge along the shoreline) to the seafood restaurant for dinner, grilled steaks the next night, just had a calm, relaxing weekend. It was great. The campground has a pool, big bath house, lots of shade, and a store. (I took showers in the bath house.) About $55/night.
St George has good sized parking areas and bath houses at the beach access points. We parked in the corner of the lot, cranked up the Onan and turned on the A/C. Everybody went and played on the beach, rinsed most of the sand off in the bath house and then we washed/changed JJ in the RV, made sammiches with stuff in the fridge and ate lunch at the picnic area at the beach. Then the young'uns left and we set up at the campground where the picture was taken. Just hung out the rest of the weekend. Grilled again (see a pattern?), watched sunrises, listened to birds, looked for dolphins in the water. This is a state park, so it's cheap, $24/night.
It's a good way to escape for a weekend (or longer). It like camping, but you have a real bed to sleep in, A/C if you want it, a kitchen, etc. Not a lot of room in the thing, but that's part of the fun. (Well, if you get a laugh out of bumping butts in the kitchen...
) Any way, I recommend it highly... Y'all shoud give it a try.
Peace, Love and Portable Homes-
JDK
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