We stayed at Thousand Trails Peace River in Wauchula, Florida. (Campground Reviews listing.)

We had some concerns about staying here, based on reviews, but were pleasantly surprised.

Dates:

• Check in: 2025-03-02
• Check out: 2025-03-09
• 7 nights

Weather:

• Mostly sunny, a little rain
• High temps 68-82°F, lows 43-63°F
• A little wind, gusts to 25 MPH

Noise:

• Negligible road noise
• No train horn noise
• A little neighbor noise

Site:

• #C50, back-in, grass
• Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
• Very level site, surprisingly; used hydraulic leveling
• Grass site about 55 feet long by 40 feet wide
• Just grass between sites
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• Tall trees
• Somewhat clean site; a bottle and a few other bits of trash (TT doesn’t clean sites)
• Elevation 40 feet, front facing North

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 45 PSI water, conveniently located
• No sewer connection; pump-out service available (one free per week, $15 for extra)

Internet (in usage priority order):

• Starlink: 10-26 Mbps down, 11-16 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
• T-Mobile: 290 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up, 25 ms ping
• AT&T: 435 Mbps down, 15 Mbps up, 45 ms ping
• Verizon: 5 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
• Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters
• Pool
• River

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Better than expected

We were somewhat skeptical before our stay here since the reviews weren’t all that great, but we decided to try it anyway and were pleasantly surprised. There were sites available in the full-hookup section, but opted for a w/e-only site since they offer one free pump out per week. The full-hookup sites are smaller and at the front of the park, closer to the highway and noise. The sites closer to the river were much quieter and spread out, so the slight inconvenience of no sewer was a fair trade. Since the hurricane that blew through a few years ago, all sites have been upgraded to 50A (the previous lack of 50A was our main hesitation based on earlier reviews). The campground got a bit busier and noisier (up in the full-hookup section) on the weekend, but it was otherwise a peaceful stay. We camped at Thousand Trails Peace River in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our site, in the non-sewer section; more spacious and quieter than the sewer section:

Utilities:

A squirrel on our picnic table:

Towards the end of our stay the waste tanks were getting a little full:

We wanted to empty them for our travel day anyway, so we went to the office to schedule the free honeywagon pumpout; they gave us this sign to put in our window:

The pumpout truck; quick and easy:

Aerial views of our site:

And the campground; you can see the more tightly packed sewer sites closer to the road, and much more spacious non-sewer sites closer to the river:

Office:

Playground:

Pool:

Courts:

Walking path by the river:

Bridge, river, kayak:

Kayak on the river:

There are a couple of dump stations, but on the wrong side of the road for non-sewer sites to use when leaving, weirdly (without looping around):

Cabins:

Other sites:

As I said, we were pleasantly surprised. We’d be happy to stay here again.

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!