The wife asked about booking a week here. Anyone who has stayed here, what did you think of it?

A long time ago, I recall it was hard to find and the roads tight with small sites. But Florida has been upgrading parks and some of that may have changed.

I believe this is where the movie the Creature from the Black Lagoon was filmed in the fifties

FordDiesel250 wrote:I believe this is where the movie the Creature from the Black Lagoon was filmed in the fiftiesAhh no, I thought it was filmed at Silver Springs like many other films of the era but no:"Ben Chapman portrayed the Gill-man for the majority of the scenes shot at Universal City, California. Many of the on-top of the water scenes were filmed at Rice Creek near Palatka, Florida. The costume made it impossible for Chapman to sit for the 14 hours of each day that he wore it, and it overheated easily, so he stayed in the back lot's lake, often requesting to be hosed down. He also could not see very well while wearing the headpiece, which caused him to scrape Julie Adams' head against the wall when carrying her in the grotto scenes. Ricou Browning played the Gill-Man in the underwater shots, which were filmed by the second unit in Wakulla Springs, Florida."WikiPalatka and Waukulla are far from this park.

We were there several years ago and really liked it. We have a small B+ so there was no problem fitting into a space, but it does look to be tight for big rigs, but there again I don't drive one.

We go to this park at least two to three times a year. We really enjoy it privacy between the sites. The naval air station is located right down the road with a very nice museum. We will be back there the weekend of the 28th. Being only 45 miles away makes for good weekend trips. Depending on when your wanting to go reservations vary from full real quick to a lot of openings.

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CharlesinGA
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Sep 24, 2018
FF286 wrote:
We are looking to go July 4. We often go to St. Andrews but wanted to try a new place. We are trying to decide between big lagoon, and Ft Pickens. I am not looking forward to the crowds, or the heat I but the wife’s new job doesn’t leave many options.
It’s been about 10 years since I’ve been to Pensacola but I’ve been looking at all the artificial reefs that are within kayak distance and I’m ready to give it a shot.

Pickens is better, but more difficult to find a site. Co-worker just came back from three days there. Fish were not biting on the beach, but it was sunny and too warm. I've been to Pickens three times, Big Lagoon once (when pickens was closed due to hurricane damage).

Charles

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