After three months on the road, this was by far our most amazing camping experience. The sites are large and private. No sewage, but worth the inconvenience. Bathrooms and showers were pristine and a new washer and dryer at each. The park is home to the largest manatee population in the winter. It’s a spectacular swimming and diving area in summer, but closed in winter to protect the manatees. We thought our first day was awesome with over 100 manatees, but then a cool front came in and the next two days treated us to over 500 manatees. So sweet. Rented a canoe and tooled around with them and the abundant fish. Cute gift shop and snack bar. What a fabulous experience. This is what camping is all about! If you can get a reservation, do it. We lucked out by calling often and were able to snag three days upon a cancellation and then got lucky again while there not get 2 more days after another cancellation. It pays to be persistent.

Tory Island is well organized, very basic and run by county. We were lucky enough to have a couple of days with no one near us, but as the weekend approached it got busier. Lots of full timers and regulars. Great for boats; if you have one be sure to bring it. Great sunsets. Fun lake walk with observation tower.

If you truly like camping with space to breath, then this resort may not be for you. These sites are so close together there is little privacy. Lots of regulars and full-timers. Covid has forced some changes but the amenities are nice, when they work. On several occasions our water went out (in the middle of a shower and another time during dinner prep, and yet again while doing laundry!) Cable also went out several times. WiFi very expensive and even the guest hotspot at the club house was spotty at best. Lots of kids in the hot tub and the pool, if you could even get in. It’s a huge pool but they only let 20 in at a time.  Location seemed far away from everything. Lots of driving. I would not have stayed there so long had I been paying full price. Upon arrival with numerous sites available, they put us in a spot almost on top of the sewage dump and dumpsters. We would have been eating on top of my neighbors sewage hose. It was so gross, it should not have even been a site. After returning three times to say we just couldn’t be in that spot for two weeks, they finally conceded and gave us a 50 amp site, which was a little larger and better located. She explained I would have to go and get a 30/50 amp converter connection. When I got to the site I was pleasantly surprised to find both 30 and 50 hookups. The saving grace for us was the owners of two RVs to our right were not there, otherwise we would have known way too much about them after 2 weeks.

Love the easy beach access across the street and perfect PCB location. But it’s off season and we are too close to our neighbors. Our site is a mess of tree roots, cracked concrete and blacktop, so it was tough to get NOLA level and even.

A quirky campground with lots of trees and great sites right on the Bougue Chito River. It was very quiet when we arrived, but as the Thanksgiving weekend approached more and more campers arrived with families, kids, dogs and bikes. Lots to do in non Covid times such as pool, volleyball, basketball court, steps down to the spring and several cabins right on the River. We even had some kayakers float by to wish us a Happy Thanksgiving. There does appear to be some permanent residents.