We stayed at Ho-Hum RV Park in Carrabelle, Florida. (Campground Reviews listing.)
Our second stay here, again over the holidays. Still one of our favorite RV parks.
Dates:
- Check in: 2024-12-22
- Check out: 2025-01-12
- 21 nights
Weather:
- Mostly sunny, some drizzle
- High temps 50-69°F, lows 33-62°F
- Some windy days, gusts to 39 MPH
Noise:
- Some highway noise
- No train horn noise
- Some neighbor noise: dogs, and some kids (this is really not a place for kids, but weekenders will be weekenders)
Site:
- #45A, pull-in, gravel
- Needed to disconnect toad, parked beside coach
- Somewhat level site; high in front and passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
- Gravel driveway about 55 feet long by 22 feet wide
- Just gravel between sites
- Picnic table
- One tree
- Clean site
- Elevation 10 feet, front facing SE
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 30 PSI water, conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, conveniently located (less than 1 10-foot pipe needed)
- Dangerously fluctuating power for a day due to a corroded connection; used generator until fixed
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 27-55 Mbps down, 11 Mbps up, 35 ms ping
- Campground Wi-Fi: 7-11 Mbps down, 0.5-3 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
- Verizon: 5 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 55 ms ping
- AT&T: 6-28 Mbps down, 0.05-0.12 Mbps up, 90 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpsters
- Waterfront (gulf)
- Package delivery to office
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Hidden Gem on the Forgotten Coast
This was our second stay here, and I would happily come back again and again. There’s no better view than watching the water and gulls from the front of our coach. The atmosphere is laid-back and inviting, and the staff is helpful and friendly. There was a power issue part of the way through our stay, but they kept us updated on the status of repairs and understood when we needed to run our generator during the outage. This is not the beachfront place for partying and carrying on; it is the beachfront place for quiet contemplation and chilling. We camped at Ho-Hum RV Park in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
With RVs on either side, as it was most of the time (often a trailer on the driver side, which is preferred over a motorhome, since their living area is away from us; fortunately we didn’t have a trailer on the passenger side, which would have been facing us):
View from our site:
View out our windshield:
We enjoyed watching the various birds, including sandpipers, pelicans, cranes, ducks, and others:
Paddling:
Gentle waves:
Foggy:
Sunset:
Partway through our stay (on New Year’s Eve) our Power Watchdog reported electrical issues, saying the voltage was dangerously low or high (actually both), and neutral reversed:
I wasn’t sure if it was just us or a wider issue, but talked with some neighbors who also had the issue. So after further diagnostics and talking with the RV park owners, I unplugged the power, and we used the generator. The next evening (New Year’s Day), the electrical company came out and repaired a corroded pigtail; hazards of a waterfront RV park!
The seawall and sandy strip in front of our site:
Other sites:
Dog park and beach area:
Entrance:
Bathrooms and such:
Laundry room:
Activity center, where packages are delivered:
Fishing pier:
You can see our coach near the center:
We’d be happy to stay here again in the future.
