FL to TX what would you do?
Looking for some suggestions and advice please. We will be traveling from Crystal River FL to Fort Worth TX starting Feb 1 as we could not get reservations in FL for the month of Feb so we have decid...
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We have made that trip many times, from East Texas to Central Florida.
Here is just one good itinerary:
First night @ St. Andrews State Park near Panama City, FL. About 270 miles from Crystal City. I would not follow US 98 along the Florida coast because of heavy traffic, though it might be OK in February. Santa Rosa Island is worth a visit, across the sound from Pensacola. There is also the Naval Air Station with a nice museum at Pensacola. You would now be following I-10 from Pensacola. A variation would be to camp at Fort Pickens National Seashore at Pensacola.
Second night@ Fairview/Riverside State Park near Madisonville, Louisiana, about 300 miles from St. Andrews, just off I-12. This means taking I-12 around New Orleans which is what we always do, but if you wanted to visit New Orleans there are several RV parks there. In either case you continue on I-10 to I-49 which cuts up north to Shreveport.
Third night @ Nachitoches, LA. There is a simple campground there called Nachatoch RV Park. This is between Lafayette and Shreveport. There are several historic plantations worth a visit, as well as the old town of Nachitoches itself.
Then could easily make it on to Fort Worth in 285 miles. At Shreveport pick up I-20 which goes around south of Dallas with several access points to Fort Worth.
There are almost endless variations of this trip, but at least this is a start, and I have been over ever mile of it. I will be glad to answer any specific questions you may have.
Here is just one good itinerary:
First night @ St. Andrews State Park near Panama City, FL. About 270 miles from Crystal City. I would not follow US 98 along the Florida coast because of heavy traffic, though it might be OK in February. Santa Rosa Island is worth a visit, across the sound from Pensacola. There is also the Naval Air Station with a nice museum at Pensacola. You would now be following I-10 from Pensacola. A variation would be to camp at Fort Pickens National Seashore at Pensacola.
Second night@ Fairview/Riverside State Park near Madisonville, Louisiana, about 300 miles from St. Andrews, just off I-12. This means taking I-12 around New Orleans which is what we always do, but if you wanted to visit New Orleans there are several RV parks there. In either case you continue on I-10 to I-49 which cuts up north to Shreveport.
Third night @ Nachitoches, LA. There is a simple campground there called Nachatoch RV Park. This is between Lafayette and Shreveport. There are several historic plantations worth a visit, as well as the old town of Nachitoches itself.
Then could easily make it on to Fort Worth in 285 miles. At Shreveport pick up I-20 which goes around south of Dallas with several access points to Fort Worth.
There are almost endless variations of this trip, but at least this is a start, and I have been over ever mile of it. I will be glad to answer any specific questions you may have.