SilverSnail

Home Base: 
fulltimer
Type of RV: 
20' Airstream Safari (2007)
48 Reviews
15 States Visited

Recent Reviews


4

Recompence Shore Campground

This is my favorite place to stay near Portland. It's in Wolfe's Neck State Park and the sites are spacious, but there are only a few that offer water and electric. Their waterfront tent sites are beautiful. Verizon worked okay here.

Date of Stay:
 September, 2009
Rate Paid:
 $20.00

5

st joseph's peninsula state park

There are two campground loops here, connected by a boardwalk over a marshy area, and I had a site in the loop farthest from the entrance (I forget the name of it). This loop was more shady and seemed more spacious. The other loop seemed more crowded and out in the open, but closer to the beach. Both, however had a boardwalk to the beach. My loop had recently undergone a controlled burn, so there was still a lot of charred vegetation. It's pretty remote, but my cell phone and USB modem just barely worked at my site. It was great here. Spacious, shady, peaceful and very friendly. Port St. Joe's, a 20-minute drive, is the nearest town with gas, groceries, post office and library, but not much of an attraction. It would have been nice to have a boat to be able to go out to the very tip of the wild peninsula, an 8-mile distance. There was also laundry on-site.

Date of Stay:
 February, 2008
Rate Paid:
 $20.00

2

st. andrews state park

Wasn't crazy about this park. I had a decent waterfront site, but it was more of an "urban" park, being so close to Panama City. Loud and crowded, and not much privacy. It was the peak of Spring Break, and Panama City was crawling with drunken college kids. I only stayed one night.

Date of Stay:
 March, 2008
Rate Paid:
 $24.00

5

Manatee Springs State Park

Another great Florida campground, this one extra-special because of the wild manatees that visit here. It's also a very popular place for cave-diving, with miles and miles of underwater caves to explore. There is an area where you can swim in the crystal-clear spring and a boardwalk to the Swanee River. There were manatees in the spring everyday I was here, as well as lots of jumping mullet and gar. The campground was sandy with spacious sites, plenty of privacy and shade. Great place. My cellphone and modem did not work here at all, but it was a 15-minute drive into Chiefland where there was a coffeeshop with wifi.

Date of Stay:
 March, 2008
Rate Paid:
 $16.00

5

Anastasia State Park

I had site #48 and would request it again when I return. This was a beautiful park: clean and very well maintained. The roads were smooth enough to rollerblade on and the beach was within walking distance. While the park was booked solid at this time of year, it never seemed crowded. The road coming in to the park offered great opportunities to view shorebirds. Every site seemed to offer enough privacy and space, and there was a friendly, neighborly vibe. Within 10 minutes from the historic part of town, this park is ideally situated. From what I learned of other options in the area, this is definately the best place to stay. No dogs allowed on the beach, though. My Verizon USB modem and cell phone worked fairly well here.

Date of Stay:
 February, 2008
Rate Paid:
 $23.00

4

Olema RV Resort and Campground

This was a nice surprise. The online reviews were negative, but for the proximity to Point Reyes and the coast, I enjoyed settling in here for a while. The sites were spacious enough, but not particularly private - they had just finished re-doing the front sites to make them bigger, so the landscaping was still young and didn't offer much buffer between neighbors, but at least you weren't right on top of each other. There are trees and grass throughout the whole park, and the sites in the back are the shadiest, but they aren't full hookups. I loved being able to ride my bike to Inverness and on some trails of Point Reyes without having to get in my car. It's an hour drive to San Francisco, but it's a nice drive on coastal Route 1, or Sir Francis Drake through Fairfax and San Anselmo. Three miles up the road Point Reyes Station offers some restaurants, grocery, and gas. My verizon phone did not work here. I could get a whisper of a signal in Inverness, but the most reliable place for my Verizon phone was to drive down past Stinson Beach and park in one of the clifftop pullouts overlooking the Pacific. Not a bad place for a conference call. The park offers free WiFi and it worked great. Some downers are: 1) they only take cash 2) they have a 2-week limit 3) people drive too fast on the gravel roads and kick up a lot of dust 4) when I came back after leaving, I settled in at a different site, which was supposed to be a full hookup, but the sewage drain was clogged. They knew about it, because my neighbors told them about it when THEY were put there before me, but they put me there anyway.

Date of Stay:
 June, 2008
Rate Paid:
 $36.00

4

Pismo Coast Village RV Resort

Nice, clean, well-manicured park on the beach. Easy walking distance to everything. I only stayed here for one night....and it seemed to be adjacent to Pismo State Beach, which also has camping. Wouldn't mind coming back to this area, maybe try the state park. Seemed like a very nice place.

Date of Stay:
 November, 2008
Rate Paid:
 $38.00

4

skyline wilderness park

Wonderful place, surrounded by beautiful California hills. Of all the wine valley towns, Napa's probably not the most charming, but this campground is convenient to everywhere and is tucked away so it has a sense of peace and quiet and nature. Couldn't take Riley on the trails. USB modem worked wonderfully. There is Wifi in the park, for a fee. First come first serve. There are a few full-hookup sites, but I think they are a bit crowded. Archery, horseback riding, hiking/biking trails.

Date of Stay:
 November, 2008
Rate Paid:
 $25.00

4

sam's family spa resort

This park is in Desert Hot Springs, about 7 miles north of Palm Springs. It's definately a desert environment (not like Palm Springs, with an absurd display of grass), but Sam's does a really great job with their mineral spring baths and swimming pool area. The central area is beautifully landscaped with palm trees, grassy picnic areas, and a pond stocked with fish and lots of birds. Sites are very spacious, but only a few have much privacy. Decent proximity to Palm Springs, and Joshua Tree National Park.

Date of Stay:
 December, 2008
Rate Paid:
 $38.00

1

river bend rv resort

Small, cramped, crowded, and noisy. But the staff and people there were very friendly. I was going to stay longer, but changed my mind once I arrived and only stayed one night.

Date of Stay:
 June, 2008
Rate Paid:
 $38.00

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