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05-05-2014, 05:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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Pensacola Beach RV Resort
Just got back from a long weekend at this park. What a great place to camp and enjoy the beach. Highly recommend.
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05-05-2014, 06:57 PM
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Camper Less Camping
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NW
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Pics...If you got them! 
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Family of 4 whose always on the GEAUX!
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05-05-2014, 07:10 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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Just a few of the pictures I took. Enjoy.
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05-05-2014, 07:12 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Chantilly, VA
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Wow, nice pics. But $85-$110 per night?! I will continue to camp at Fort Pickens.
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2016 F250 2WD CC SB XLT 6.2 3,295 lb payload cap.
2014 Salem Hemisphere 282RK 8k lbs loaded, Equal-i-zer WDH, TST 507 TPMS
2021: 35 nights already booked so far
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05-05-2014, 07:46 PM
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Camper Less Camping
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NW
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Good looking beach campground 
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Family of 4 whose always on the GEAUX!
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05-05-2014, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 46
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Love Fort Pickens! We'll be there at the end of the month
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05-05-2014, 08:00 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Chantilly, VA
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Originally Posted by Cheffonade
Love Fort Pickens! We'll be there at the end of the month |
We will be there on the 20th for 5 nights. Right now the rear loops are closed due to a lift station issue. Suppose to reopen on the 8th. Fingers crossed.
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2016 F250 2WD CC SB XLT 6.2 3,295 lb payload cap.
2014 Salem Hemisphere 282RK 8k lbs loaded, Equal-i-zer WDH, TST 507 TPMS
2021: 35 nights already booked so far
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05-05-2014, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 46
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We'll just miss you! We arrive on the 29th for 8 days. We used to live in Navarre and I sooo miss the Gulf. We are now landlocked in Louisiana. Although, there are some beautiful parks here for camping. Nothing like the Gulf though😍
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05-05-2014, 08:44 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 19
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We were suppose to be at Pickens for the weekend, but the floods had it closed and were fortunately able to get in there with no notice.
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05-05-2014, 09:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: BoCoMo
Posts: 2,784
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We stayed at Fort Pickens at Spring Break. Drove by that Pensacola Beach RV place several times.... not for me. Too much concrete, campers too close, (cost), and too close to a busy hi-way. Did the sites have fire pits?
We went to a bunch of different places to eat. Sea food was ok.... wanted a steak at two different places.... at Pensacola Beach . They were Two very bad steaks.... I think that they boiled them and used a blow torch to blacken them...... I kindly told the manager at both places that I would not feed my dog their crappy steaks.
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2013 Forest River Salem Hemisphere SBT312QBUD
2001 CrewCab F-250 7.3 PowerStroke Diesel
SuperChip, BTS transmission, 6.0 Trans Cooler
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05-06-2014, 04:14 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,499
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheffonade
We'll just miss you! We arrive on the 29th for 8 days. We used to live in Navarre and I sooo miss the Gulf. We are now landlocked in Louisiana. Although, there are some beautiful parks here for camping. Nothing like the Gulf though😍
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Where do you like to camp in LA?
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05-06-2014, 06:38 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
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We have only been fairly local and we have been here less than a year. Lake Bistineau is beautiful. Lot's of cypress. Great fishing but not so great for Mosquitos. The roads need some work too. The facilities are in need of updating but clean. The nicest campground hosts I have ever met! We really like Lake Claiborne. It is beautifully maintained and there is a beach. My kids are water bugs. The roads are newly paved and the facilities are newer and clean. We are heading to Claiborne this weekend for Mother's Day! If you don't mind a little road trip, Hot Springs National Park is incredibly beautiful! We were there for a week last summer. Heads up! They don't have showers. We didn't know and we still had a popup at the time😳
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05-06-2014, 07:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 547
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brother Les
We stayed at Fort Pickens at Spring Break. Drove by that Pensacola Beach RV place several times.... not for me. Too much concrete, campers too close, (cost), and too close to a busy hi-way. Did the sites have fire pits?
We went to a bunch of different places to eat. Sea food was ok.... wanted a steak at two different places.... at Pensacola Beach . They were Two very bad steaks.... I think that they boiled them and used a blow torch to blacken them...... I kindly told the manager at both places that I would not feed my dog their crappy steaks.
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Never eat steak at the beach. Go to Black Angus Steak house.
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05-06-2014, 07:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 547
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottC.
Just got back from a long weekend at this park. What a great place to camp and enjoy the beach. Highly recommend.
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Gonna smack my sister in law up side the head. She didn't tell us the RV park was finished. Think she was trying to tell us something? We're on our way to visit with her now. Use to stay at Navarre Beach Campground. This year trying something new - staying at Gulf Shores/Pensacola west KOA. This Koa has a dog park and they allow American Bulldogs. Makes this a good stop. We be trucking out to Pensacola Beach. I like the food at Hemmingways and DH like Hooters for the hmmmmm hamburgers; Person ally, I like the fried pickles and Fried Fish sandwiches. Looking forward to trying new park next year.
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05-06-2014, 07:49 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
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Its a great park and dogs are welcome. Packed the truck and didn't get back in it until we left.
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05-06-2014, 09:12 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,499
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheffonade
We have only been fairly local and we have been here less than a year. Lake Bistineau is beautiful. Lot's of cypress. Great fishing but not so great for Mosquitos. The roads need some work too. The facilities are in need of updating but clean. The nicest campground hosts I have ever met! We really like Lake Claiborne. It is beautifully maintained and there is a beach. My kids are water bugs. The roads are newly paved and the facilities are newer and clean. We are heading to Claiborne this weekend for Mother's Day! If you don't mind a little road trip, Hot Springs National Park is incredibly beautiful! We were there for a week last summer. Heads up! They don't have showers. We didn't know and we still had a popup at the time😳
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I live in Natchitoches and have seen both Bistineau and Claiborne, but never camped at either. Always looking for some long weekend locations. Those certainly are in the running. Thats for the report.
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05-06-2014, 09:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
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Love Natchitoches! We came through for the Christmas festivities. The lights were great! We went to a little pub there too. Typical bar food but the atmosphere was fun. Any good camping down your way?
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05-07-2014, 06:12 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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No. I've written koa to try and get a good cg here. No reply. We have several places with hook ups only good for passing thru. Better ones about 45 miles west on Toledo bend.
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05-07-2014, 09:22 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheffonade
Love Natchitoches! We came through for the Christmas festivities. The lights were great! We went to a little pub there too. Typical bar food but the atmosphere was fun. Any good camping down your way?
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Wondering which place you ate. Mommas oyster house, poppas bar and grill or pioneer pub. Mommas has good seafood and rib eyes.
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05-07-2014, 10:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
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Pioneer Pub was the place. It was a Saturday night and crazy busy. We had two hungry little boys to feed and that seemed like the easiest option. The gator bites were good
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