We stayed at Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, Florida. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice casual RV park, with the gulf literally feet from our front door.

Dates:

• Check in: 2023-12-17
• Check out: 2024-01-07
• 21 nights

Weather:

• Mostly sunny, some cloud and rain
• High temps ranging between 52-67°F, lows around 33-60°F
• A little wind, gusts to 42 MPH

Noise:

• Highway noise
• No train noise
• Some neighbor noise, dogs, but few kids

Site:

• #48A, pull in, gravel
• Needed to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
• Rather unlevel, high on left and front; used hydraulic leveling
• Gravel site about 50 feet long by about 30 feet wide
• Picnic table on gravel
• No fire pit
• Clean site
• Waterfront, facing the water

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 32 PSI water, conveniently located
• Good sewer connection, conveniently located (less than 1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

• T-Mobile: 50 Mbps down, 8 Mbps up, 48 ms ping
• AT&T: 57 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 60 ms ping
• Verizon: 26-42 Mbps down, 26 Mbps up, 160 ms ping
• Starlink: not used
• Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpster
• Waterfront (gulf)
• Package delivery to office

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Nothing ho-hum here

We spent three weeks here over the holidays and loved the laid-back vibe and beachfront views. Watching the birds along the shore right from the window of our motorhome was wonderfully relaxing. There is some road noise from the highway, but it is pretty nonexistent at night. Some of the waterfront sites are a bit sloped and could be problematic for larger rigs, but ours was fine enough that our leveling system could cope. The staff were all friendly and helpful and the amenities were well-kept. We loved our stay so much that we booked our stay for the end of 2024 before we left. We camped at Ho-Hum RV Park in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our waterfront site:

It’s been ages since I flew my drone, but this seemed a perfect place to get some aerial photos:

Now that we’d made it to Florida, it was time to add its sticker to our coach:

We stayed here over the holidays, so of course we did our 20th annual The Lord of the Rings movie marathon, watching the extended editions of all three movies (though like last year, we split it over two days; not quite as much a marathon, but more relaxed):

One of the other guests dropped off a little Christmas gift:

We really enjoyed having the beach right in front of our site:

A fishing pier:

As you can see, there was quite a difference between low and high tides; I liked to watch the tide charts; fascinating how the two tides (from the moon and sun) merge and split to create single bigger tides or two smaller tides:

Our neighbor moved from a oceanfront site to one further back:

Most of the RVs on the oceanfront were motorhomes, fronted in, but there were a few trailers, backed in:

I’m glad we didn’t have a trailer next to us, with their door facing ours:

Other sites:

We’re planning to stay here again for the next holidays; this is the site we’ve already reserved for next time:

Beach area:

Dog park:

Rec room:

Entrance and office:

We enjoyed our stay here, and are looking forwarding to returning at the end of the year!

We stayed at Mt Hood RV & Camping Resort in Welches, Oregon. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice Thousand Trails Encore park.

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-07-25
• Check out: 2022-08-07
• 13 nights

Weather:

• Mostly sunny
• High temps ranging between 77-98°F, lows around 54-67°F
• No significant wind

Noise:

• No road noise or train noise
• Not much neighbor noise (kids and dogs)

Site:

• Vine Maple Hollow #78, back in, gravel
• Needed to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach (on gravel)
• Fairly level, sloped up a little at the back
• Medium site: about 60 feet long by about 30 feet wide
• Full hookups:
• 50 amp power conveniently located
• 50 PSI water pressure (we boosted from our tank); fairly conveniently located
• Reasonable sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10 foot hoses used)
• Picnic table, fire pit on gravel
• Several trees for privacy

Internet (in usage priority order):

• Starlink: 53 Mbps down, 10 Mbps up, 72 ms ping
• AT&T: 6 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 27 ms ping
• Verizon: 8 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
• T-Mobile: no service
• Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters
• Indoor pool
• Onsite restaurant

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Nice campground close to Mt Hood

This park has a nice mix of sites close to all sorts of outdoor activities in the area. We were grateful to be under the tall trees during the worst of the heat even if it meant the Starlink was pretty useless. There are newer sites that have no trees, but they were baking in the sun. You really need to weigh your priorities when making your site reservation. The roads are a bit narrow in spots, and they have a few trees that need to be trimmed, but overall we had no trouble getting our 40′ motorhome around to our site. We really enjoyed the on-site restaurant. Their breakfasts are awesome. We camped at Mt Hood Village RV Resort in a Motorhome.

The RV park map; it a large park, with multiple campgrounds within it, separated into short-term and long-term RVs, plus cabins:

An embedded map (that you can zoom and pan around):

Weather:

Our site:

Our bikes:

The screen tent:

We moved the picnic table out of the way, since we have our own in the tent:

A big rock on the neighboring site:

Utilities:

I got out my ladder to access the roof; I attached knee pads to it to protect the edge of the roof:

The main reason for the ladder was to remove a branch that I’d noticed was wedged up there:

I also took some pics of the roof, since this was the first time I’ve used the ladder to access it (and I’ve still never been on the roof):

We took Paladin out into the screen tent:

Some aerial photos from my drone:

The village has a restaurant and store:

Village store:

Dragonfly Cafe and Bakery:

Breakfast:

Dinner:

Plus a game room:

And indoor pool:

We were in the Vine Maple Hollow campground (a bit harsh to call the children slow):

Our neighbor had a catio:

Another catio:

Some campgrounds were a bit more exposed:

Monthly sites available:

More campsites:

Tiny homes and cabins:

A nice park. We’ll likely be back here again in the future.