My husband and I have been traveling through Florida with his job for over a year and a half now. Since we have to move every 8-14 days, we decided to buy a fifth wheel to live in. We actually bought a toy hauler so we could use the "garage" as a utility room/candle workroom. Also we had 2 dogs and 3 cats that we were not willing to give up when we sold our house and started traveling so the "garage" gives us plenty of room for a litter box and pet food storage.
One of the biggest problems we have faced is finding good RV Parks. Every park you call is going to tell you that they have a great park but we have found that they may be a little (or a lot) biased.
Everyone's opinion of a good RV Park is different so I'm sure there are lots of people who are looking for different things than I am. This is what I look for in a park: mostly RVs which means limited permanent residents, plenty of room to walk the dogs outside without fear of getting run over or assaulted, clean, friendly workers and friendly travelers. If there is an actual dog park or dog beach near by then I'm totally thrilled!!!
In the hopes of helping out other travelers, I decided to write this blog letting everyone know about the different parks we have stayed in so they will be able to make a better decision about where they would like to stay.
For this blog, I am going to start with the park we are currently in. We are in Pensacola, FL staying in the Pensacola RV Park which is only 4 months old and is located at 3117 Wilde Lake Blvd. The park is relatively small but it is set in the country while being minutes away from stores and restaurants. It is a family run park and they are all very friendly.
Pensacola RV Park is very clean and the roads through it and the campsites are very well made. There is plenty of room to walk around the park, through the fields and around the pond. I've been told by other travelers that there are some nice bass in the pond but the park asks that you release them back into the pond so others can enjoy catching them too. There is no pool or swimming in the pond. In case you have never been to Florida, you really don't want to get into any fresh water ponds, lakes or rivers because of the possibility of alligators.
The biggest drawback to the park is that all the trees were cleared from the park area. There are lots of big beautiful trees surrounding the park but none to give your campsite shade on a hot day.
There is a wonderful dog park less than 10 miles from here. It has huge shade trees with benches and picnic tables placed all around it. The dog park is located at the Roger Scott Complex at 2130 Summit Blvd. There are tennis balls all over for the dogs to play with and everytime we've been there, there has been a steady stream of friendly dogs for mine to play with. This is the only dog park I've ever been in that has a vending machine with dog toys and snacks.
I'll post more later on other parks we have stayed at........
