Camp Florida

One of the things I used the most while traveling through Florida was the Florida Camping Directory. While it doesn't list all the campgrounds and RV parks in Florida, it was always a good place to start.

By going to their website, you can request a free directory be mailed to you or you can view it online. The Florida Camping Directory can also be picked up at some of the RV parks and places where RVs are sold.

The Florida Camping Directory gives you the address, phone number and brief description of the parks. It will also tell you if pets are allowed or if there is a pool or beach at the campground.

Big Oak RV Park

Big Oak RV Park is located in Tallahassee, FL. This park is full of HUGE old oak trees. One of the staff members told us that one of the trees was 300 years old! These trees are beautiful, healthy and put out a tremendous amount of shade.

There was a beautiful courtyard set up in the middle of some of the trees where you could sit and watch all the squirrels play. I saw one squirrel come up and take a nut from a camper's outstretched hand.

The park is dog friendly and while there is no off-leash area, we did meet lots of other friendly dogs with their owners.

Orange Blossom RV Resort

Orange Blossom RV Resort is located in Apopka, FL. This is a nice sized RV campground near Orlando.

Here you will find nice lots with a choice of pull-throughs or back-ins. There are some trees scattered through Orange Blossom RV Resort. There are several full time residents here but everyone we met was pretty friendly.

Orange Blossom RV Resort has a nice fenced in off-leash area for the dogs. We spent lots of time here playing fetch and wrestling around. Beau and Pepper really enjoyed sniffing the vegetation and all the other dog smells.

We really enjoyed our stay here and would definitely stay at the Orange Blossom RV Resort again.

Fleas in your RV

If you have pets you are bound to get fleas in your RV or home at some time. There are lots of products you can purchase to try to get rid of them but for the most part they don't work very well.

Years ago I had a major flea problem in my house and tried many products that I found at Wal Mart or the pet stores but I still had fleas. I even got desperate enough to call an exterminator but still couldn't get rid of them.

The vet I worked for carried Siphotrol Premise Spray and finally my flea problem was taken care of. At the time they had not developed the spot flea treatment for pets so I was dipping my pets every 2 weeks to try to keep the fleas off them.

For the last year I have been putting Frontline Plus on my pets to keep them from getting fleas but no one told me that you needed to rotate products so the fleas won't develop an immunity to the product so I wound up with fleas in my RV. I purchased Advantage to use on my pets and hoped that this would be enough to stop my flea problem but unfortunately it wasn't enough.

Once again I went searching for a good flea product and couldn't find anything that worked. When I was about to give up hope, I found a vet that carried Siphotrol Spray and bought it. Once again the Siphotrol did the job and my RV was flea free.

Until recently the only place I could find Siphotrol was at a vet's office and not all vet's carried it. Now I have found the Siphotrol that has always worked so well for me online at Entirely Pets.

I have created a couple of banner links to Entirely Pets so you will be able to purchase without having to search like I did. Type Siphotrol into the search box on the Entirely Pets website to see all the Siphotrol flea products.

You can also purchase flea treatment for your pets through Entirely Pets. Just click on the banner at the bottom of this post or the banner on the right hand side to purchase your flea products or any other pet need.

The Siphotrol Spray comes in a 24 oz pump bottle and the Siphotrol Premise Spray comes in a 16 oz aerosol can. Both products work well so you can choose whichever type of spray you prefer.

Daytona Beach KOA

Daytona Beach KOA is located in Daytona Beach, FL. This park is built on what used to be an orange grove. There are a few orange trees left throughout the park and we were lucky enough to be there while the trees were blooming. The smell of orange blossoms is wonderful. Every time I walked the dogs, I had to stop and smell the blooms close up.

We were at Daytona Beach KOA at the end of the sno-bird season in 2008. This winter was really bad up north and there were several campers stopping there on their way home to give the weather a little more time to clear up.

This is a medium sized park with small campsites. The RV behind us put out their awning and it almost touched our slide-out. Even though the campsites were small, the park was well kept and the staff was extremely friendly.

There was a really nice public park within walking distance that had some great walking trails and a large pond. We went to the park several times to enjoy the shaded trails and watch the squirrels and the turtles.

We had our first experience with French Canadians at Daytona Beach KOA and they didn't leave us with the best of impressions. We've talked to many English Canadians since then and they have all told us that the French Canadians do not associate with the English any more than they have to. The English Canadians are very friendly and great to talk to but we've met very few French Canadians that will even acknowledge your presence.

The Daytona Beach KOA and the area surrounding it is very nice and we would go back to this park again.

Haines City RV Park & Mobile Home Park

Haines City RV Park is located in Haines City, FL. This is a 55+ community and we were lucky to get in during the sno-bird season. All the sites are normally booked from year to year but someone had to cancel their reservation right before we called.

This is a good sized park and most of the people were very friendly. When we arrived, about a dozen people swarmed the vehicle and helped us back in and get set up. They were all a little disappointed to find out that we didn't have toys in the back of our toy hauler.

Haines City RV Park has a large lake in the back with a wide dog walk that runs alongside the lake. Almost everyone was very pet friendly and made us feel really welcome.

We would definitely go back to this park if we were in Haines City again.

Riverside Lodge RV Resort

Riverside Lodge RV Resort is located in Inverness, FL. This is a medium sized park with more park models than RV sites. The RV sites are at the back of the park surrounding a roundabout. It was very difficult for us to get back in the RV area so if you have a large rig, you might want to go someplace else.

Once we finally did get into our site, we really enjoyed the park. There was an private island where dog owners went to let their dogs run off leash. This was only one of two parks who charged extra for having pets out of all the parks we stayed at in Florida.

The Withlacoochee River ran alongside Riverside Lodge RV Resort and there was a fishing pier that extended out into the river. We were fishing off it one night and had a six foot gator chase my bobber.

The Riverside Lodge RV Resort was a nice park but because of the difficulty we had getting into the campsites, we wouldn't go back. If you have a small unit, you should have no trouble getting through the park.

Lakeland Carefree RV Resort

Lakeland RV Resort is located in Lakeland, FL right off I-4. This is a gated park but has posted instructions on how to get in after hours.

This park was clean and had nice sized campsites. There was a large lake with paddle boats you could use while staying there. The staff was very friendly and the streets were wide and paved so you had plenty of room to walk without fear of being run over.

Lakeland RV Resort was very pet friendly. Not only do they have a fenced off leash area for dogs but they also had a dog wash station on the side of the laundry building.

This was a very nice park but we did get a little bored walking around it but I would definitely recommend it for people who don't want to take long walks.