Itasca State Park, the Headwaters of the Mississippi River. We spent a day there hiking amongst the beautiful red pine forest and WALKING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER! They have a visitor center with all kinds of information and a scale model of the whole Mississippi River System.
From our campsite, we had an incredible view of Bay St Louis and the white Sand Beach right across the road. The casino is about 1/2 mile from the RV park and there is a very nice wide sidewalk between the road and the beach to walk on.
o the 1st day there the owner told me to watch for the alligator in the back pond. He said I was probably OK, it’s been so cold and rainy he wouldn’t be on the bank sunning himself. I halfway thought he was just pulling my leg, but he insisted the gator had been hanging around in one corner of the pond, and they had been trying to catch him and take him to the bayou.
To catch him, I just threw the treble hook past him, reeled it up to him and snagged him. I hooked him and Sherry called Dave, but he got off and I actually hooked him 2 more times before I got him hooked good. I had to fight him for what seemed like 1/2 hour, but I’m sure it was just several minutes until Dave and his helper Jimmy showed up with a catchpole.
Speaking of the clubhouse, they also have a lot of organized activities; poker, potlucks, fish fries, pickleball, quilting, and bingo just to name a few. I played in one poker tournament, but other than that we were just too busy seeing the sights. Bayview RV Resort is in a great location for area attractions.
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Western Sky RV park, Atascosa, TX is a brand new RV park. At the time we were there, 1/21/2020 – 1/27/2020 they told us the park was only 8 weeks old. It is a very nice park, with full hookups and campsites large enough to accommodate any size rig. The owners are super nice and very helpful. They met us as soon as we pulled in and helped us set up and hook up our rig.
We stayed at the Texan RV Park, Austin, TX 1/6/2020 – 1/18/2020. We had a nice concrete pad and picnic table right out of our door at our campsite.
