Joni H.

The Dyrt Pro

Melbourne, FL

Joined October 2023

NEW to VanLife travel! We bought a 2015 Sprinter that was partially built out and have added lots of new amenities.

Quiet parking lots with tons of space

This Bass Pro parking lot is quiet and there are tons of spaces. Park in the upper 2 tiers, farthest away from the store.

Lowe’s parking lot

Large parking lot. Quiet and we felt safe.

Crowded, but OK

We arrived at 9:15 pm. A separate lot for Cracker Barrel is behind the restaurant, across the street. Very crowded, but we easily found a spot to park with our Sprinter van. Some street noise until midnight. We slept very well.

Excellent location off I95

We slept here from 12a-7a. A nice quiet Cracker Barrel parking lot just off I95 near Savannah GA. Plenty of parking space for a dozen or more rigs. Well lit and we felt safe.

Home Depot lot was perfect

We spent one night parked here. We spoke with the management before prking and they said it was fine. They asked us to park towards the back of the lot. It was relatively quiet, although there was some road noise. We were in amongst some delivery vans.

Great location to access Santos Trails! Expensive for limited services.

The WhimCycle Trail campground location is PERFECT for accessing the Santos biking and hiking trails! It was our first visit and we LOVED it! The trails are well maintained, plenty of variety, quiet and we felt immersed in nature. 

The campground has very large spaces for RV's. In fact, they are so large that we had to park our small Sprinter van in the grass, off the gravel pad, in order to reach the electric and water. We camped 3 nights on sites #6 and#7 on the west side of the loop. We loved the afternoon shade from the giant oak trees and being backed up to the forest allowed some privacy. The single outdoor shower was right behind our sites, which was great, as we did use it. But if someone else would have wanted to use the shower while we were sitting at our campfire, it would have been a bit uncomfortable for both parties! 

We were disappointed that the“bath house” wasn’t functional yet and we had to use a single port-a-potty. But it was relatively clean and they did provide a hand washing station.  There is no Wi-Fi service provided and our Verizon cell signal was extremely weak. 

Our biggest gripe is that we paid an extra $20 as a“site lock” fee because we wanted to be sure to have an adjacent site with our friends (we made reservations 1 month in advance). As it turned out, the campground was less than 20% occupied the entire 3 days we were there, so the fee was definitely not necessary. I really think that if a campground allows me to choose a site during reservation and I pre-pay in full, then the site should be confirmed without any extra fees. 

That being said, we will definitely return to stay at WhimCycle Trail! It was peaceful, beautiful, clean and we had a blast on the biking trails!

No Overnight Parking

This beachside Walmart store has signs posted that read “No Overnight Parking”. We did not ask inside, but we assume this is not a good location for campers.