campsites

Winter Testing

February 10, 2012 | Sebring, FL

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February 5-10, 2012: Sebring is not far from Dade City, and after stopping in Tampa to replenish our supplies we arrived at the track fairly early. Last year we only attended the ALMS portion of winter testing. This year we were there for all four days. The first two days of testing were for the [...]

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Beverly Beach Camptown RV Resort

February 1, 2012 | Flagler Beach, FL

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January 30 – February 1, 2012: It isn’t a very long drive from Daytona Beach so we arrived at the campground with much of the day remaining. We decided to go out for lunch and found Finn’s Beachside Pub in Flagler Beach. Even though it was very windy, we decided to eat on their roof [...]

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24 Hours of Daytona

January 30, 2012 | Daytona Beach, FL

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January 26-30, 2012: The racing season kicked off this week with the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. It is a Grand Am race, different than our usual American Le Mans series. Drivers from many different series compete in this race. The past few years we have made it a habit to attend. This year we [...]

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French Quarter RV Resort

January 21, 2012 | New Orleans, LA

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January 19-21, 2012: We were very excited to find an RV resort within walking distance to the French Quarter. This resort, while on the expensive side is worth it. All the site pads are made of pavers, have plenty of space, and surrounded by grass.

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Cajun Palms RV Resort

January 19, 2012 | Breaux Bridge, LA

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January 18-19, 2012: This resort could be classified as a mega-resort. There are multiple pools, one is a playground in a pool, a couple of bars, putt-putt golf, two fishing ponds, and about 300 campsites. There were about 1/10th that many campers when we stayed here. The place was a vast field of cement pads [...]

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Blazing Star RV Resort

January 18, 2012 | San Antonio, TX

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January 16 – 18, 2012: The Blazing Star RV Resort is a Woodall’s 5W campground. It is very well kept and has a brand new office and pool area. We hadn’t planned on staying for more than one night and we arrived late so we just grabbed the first spot that was open. It was [...]

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Hacienda RV Resort

January 16, 2012 | Las Cruces, NM

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We have stayed at this resort two other times. In the vaccuum of decent campgrounds that seems to exist in the Las Cruces/El Paso area, this resort is a welcome site. It is clean, nicely landscaped, and there are privacy fences in between sites that are not back to back. It also has an almost-too-large [...]

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Hacienda RV Resort

December 13, 2011 | Las Cruces, NM

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Saturday,December 10th-Tuesday,December 13th: We needed somewhere to stay after Darren was done shooting grads on Saturday and since we were unable to find anything acceptable in El Paso we drove to Las Cruces. We have stayed at this resort one other time and really enjoyed the its amenities and cleanliness. It was late when we [...]

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La Quinta means “We Allow Dogs”

December 10, 2011 | El Paso, TX

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Friday, December 9th – Saturday December 10th: Darren had to shot graduations at UTEP on Friday night and all day on Saturday. Since we were unable to find any acceptable campgrounds and Darren had to be at the graduation at 6:30am on Satruday, we decided to get a hotel. We stayed at a La Quinta [...]

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Fort Stockton RV Park

December 9, 2011 | Fort Stockton, TX

Fort Stockton RV Park

December 9, 2011: This was a quick overnighter on our way from Austin to El Paso. There are many campgrounds dotted along I-10, a few of which are in and around Fort Stockton. We drove all around the town to check out no less than four of these campgrounds and decided that Fort Stockton RV [...]

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