For any of you that have made the trip between these two cities, any suggestions for a good half-way stopping point about midway so we can break the trip into two days for a family of 4 (two kids 13/16) with a dog?Gotta be big rig friendly, a pool would be a great thing for the family to relax while I get set up and fire up the grill. Any specific parks or cities would be great if you have any recommendations for us.Realize it's a holiday weekend but hoping to find a place to stop for an overnight. Let me hear your suggestions!

What I do is bring up my pending trails on the GOOGLE MAP and put RV CAMP GROUNDS in the search form. Then as I move the map along the route it will bring up all the available camping locations near the route. Its easy to use the mouse then and click on the ones of interest for more information.Then when someone recommends a new place you can a better idea about it... Roy Ken

I-20 through Louisiana is some of the worst maintained interstate highway I've driven - at least it was when we made that trip a couple of years ago. I'm surprised we didn't suffer kidney damage from all the pounding we took.Sorry I can't offer a suggestion of where to stay. We overnighted in a Sam's parking lot in Hattiesburg.

OK, one possibility: Take I-49 at Shreveport, then pick up I-10 at Layfayette to I-12 in Baton Rouge. There are two nice state parks just off I-12: Fairview Riverside at Madisonville and Fontainbleau just down the road at Madeville. I know there are some private parks in the same area but we have never stayed at them. In recent years we have favored Faiview Riverside.It should be an easy trip from there on down to Destin.We have also stayed at Buccaneer State Park near Waveland, MS.EDIT TO ADD: If these are two far down the road for "half way" there are some good parks around Lafayette. I can't remember the names just now as we are on the road, but they should be easy to find.

Cajun Palms at exit 115 of I-10 on the north side is a great park.We have stayed there numerous times and it is a resort.Cajun Palms RV Resort1055 North Barn RoadHenderson, Louisiana 70517Phone 337-667-7772

rhingst wrote:Cajun Palms at exit 115 of I-10 on the north side is a great park.We have stayed there numerous times and it is a resort.Cajun Palms RV Resort1055 North Barn RoadHenderson, Louisiana 70517Phone 337-667-7772Cajun Palms is awesome!! We stayed there right after New Years. It is a beautiful resort. We had no trouble getting in at that time of year but hear that it is very hard to get into during the summer months. Good luck, John

Stopover half-way Dallas and Destin FL Via I-10 on way back

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shadows4
Nomad
Jul 04, 2014
rhingst wrote:
Cajun Palms at exit 115 of I-10 on the north side is a great park.

We have stayed there numerous times and it is a resort.

Cajun Palms RV Resort

1055 North Barn Road
Henderson, Louisiana 70517
Phone 337-667-7772

Cajun Palms is awesome!! We stayed there right after New Years. It is a beautiful resort. We had no trouble getting in at that time of year but hear that it is very hard to get into during the summer months. Good luck, John
rhingst
Explorer
Jul 04, 2014
Cajun Palms at exit 115 of I-10 on the north side is a great park.

We have stayed there numerous times and it is a resort.

Cajun Palms RV Resort

1055 North Barn Road
Henderson, Louisiana 70517
Phone 337-667-7772
padredw
Nomad
Jul 04, 2014
OK, one possibility: Take I-49 at Shreveport, then pick up I-10 at Layfayette to I-12 in Baton Rouge. There are two nice state parks just off I-12: Fairview Riverside at Madisonville and Fontainbleau just down the road at Madeville. I know there are some private parks in the same area but we have never stayed at them. In recent years we have favored Faiview Riverside.

It should be an easy trip from there on down to Destin.

We have also stayed at Buccaneer State Park near Waveland, MS.

EDIT TO ADD: If these are two far down the road for "half way" there are some good parks around Lafayette. I can't remember the names just now as we are on the road, but they should be easy to find.
REWahoo
Explorer
Jul 04, 2014
I-20 through Louisiana is some of the worst maintained interstate highway I've driven - at least it was when we made that trip a couple of years ago. I'm surprised we didn't suffer kidney damage from all the pounding we took.

Sorry I can't offer a suggestion of where to stay. We overnighted in a Sam's parking lot in Hattiesburg.
RoyB
Explorer II
Jul 04, 2014
What I do is bring up my pending trails on the GOOGLE MAP and put RV CAMP GROUNDS in the search form. Then as I move the map along the route it will bring up all the available camping locations near the route.

Its easy to use the mouse then and click on the ones of interest for more information.

Then when someone recommends a new place you can a better idea about it...

Roy Ken

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