Where to go

[pcaffrey]

Looking to go south for a couple of months this winter and looking for a destination. Places I really don't want to go are Florida Texas, and Arizona, just personal preferences. Looking along the Gulf Coast and would consider the Florida panhandle. Thoughts and suggestions, we are new to extended stay camping, travel with a 31' 5th wheel. Thank you

[BarbaraOK]

pcaffrey wrote:
Looking to go south for a couple of months this winter and looking for a destination. Places I really don't want to go are Florida Texas, and Arizona, just personal preferences. Looking along the Gulf Coast and would consider the Florida panhandle. Thoughts and suggestions, we are new to extended stay camping, travel with a 31' 5th wheel. Thank you

You have really limited yourself to a very small area. Rule of thumb is to stay below I-10 to try and make sure you stay warm all winter. Personally, the area that you've confined yourself to is one that we have spent time traveling through, a couple of weeks outside of Mobile, and wouldn't do again. Not enough to do, see, enjoy for us.

[jplante4]

We loved the panhandle when we did our retirement trip. We went all along the Gulf coast from Sarasota to Galveston and the panhandle was the nicest. We stayed at HoHum in Carabelle and Topsail Hill SP in Santa Rose Beach. Also stayed at Buccaneer SP in Waveland MS. The panhandle doesn't have the crushing congestion of central and south Florida. There are several private and state parks in the area.

We also enjoyed the Homasassa area about an hour north of Tampa. Once again, it's not like the rest of FL.

South of I-4 is fine is you have to have 70 degrees all winter. But parks down there are already booked for next year.