Florida

RRinNFla wrote:

monkey44 wrote:
Spend a couple days in Everglades on the way in, or way out. Great place. Flamingo has Elect/Water sites, but you need to reserve early. Otherwise, dry camps but water and dump, and showers available (cold shower, but it's the Everglades, plenty warm even in dead of winter) Make sure you take some time at Royal Palms too, inside the park entrance...

Unless things have changed in the last year, Flamingo sites have electricity, but no water except at the bath houses.

Yes, correct - the water is various places around the CG, not on the specific sites. Electric is only one section of the CG - and it seems folks make reservations than don't show up. So, we see several sites with electric sitting empty but "taken" ... sucks when someone does that.

Just a reminder....if you go the The Keys with no reservation and do not find a spot....your only solution is to turn around and drive back to the mainland as there is no boondocking of any kind in The Keys.

Good luck

monkey44 wrote:
Spend a couple days in Everglades on the way in, or way out. Great place. Flamingo has Elect/Water sites, but you need to reserve early. Otherwise, dry camps but water and dump, and showers available (cold shower, but it's the Everglades, plenty warm even in dead of winter) Make sure you take some time at Royal Palms too, inside the park entrance...

Unless things have changed in the last year, Flamingo sites have electricity, but no water except at the bath houses.

The Canadian $ has dropped substantially over the last year. Given that a lot of Canadians head for Florida in the winter months I'm guessing that there will be fewer than usual this winter and you should be fine!! Nice for you... not so nice for me!!

We did a major house-hunting trip with our fifth wheel Jan-Apr. Started in the Panhandle and went down to the Keys and up to JAX. Also went across the state. Never had a problem getting a site at commercial parks, but state parks were almost fully booked.

Most folks believe there is no such thing as boon docking in Florida, but check out the 4 or 5 WMA divisions, as a few folks have found boon docking that way as a back up if struggling to find commercial type sites.

Florida gets ALOT of winter visitors. You might want to re-think not making reservations - especially if you're planning on doing Disney. Ft Wilderness sites are in high-demand during Feb.

The farther north you plan on staying, the more likely you are to get sites. But also more likely to be cold.

Monkey44 mentioned that Flamingo has water/electric sites, but unless there has been a change since last year, the sites do have electric but not water.

Water is available from a communial spigot near the showerhouse. Reservations there are not site-specific, so you can't go on line and just choose a site near the water source.

Just our experience. YMMV.

February in Florida without a reservation may be doable, but I'd add in a healthy dose of prayer.

It's a gamble. As long as you are willing to stay a night in a "rest area" or WalMart or CrackerBarrel if you get in a bind then you should be fine.

Having a large rig can be a drawback....as can a "requirement" for hookups.

I suggest that you start scanning for vacancies in January (or earlier) just to see what might be available later.