http://blog.texasrvtravel.com Travel Like a Native : RV Optional Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:19:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We did not want to leave St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, but we had reservations at Crystal Isles RV Resort in Crystal River. We drove the entire day and into the night to reach Crystal River. We arrived at about 10 pm and pulled into a site, hooked ... http://blog.texasrvtravel.com/2010/02/04/crystal-river/ Our next stop in Florida was the St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, located on the Gulf of Mexico between Apalachicola and Port St. Joe.  We arrived after dark, having driven past sugar white sand beaches for miles and hours. Spanish explorers named St. Joseph Bay in the early 1500s, but did ... http://blog.texasrvtravel.com/2010/02/03/st-joe-peninsula-sp/ Finally, on New Year’s Eve day we arrived in Florida.  Big Lagoon State Park is located on Gulf Beach Highway, approximately 10 miles southwest of Pensacola.  We exited IH-10 at Pensacola, drove south on various roads, including Blue Angel Parkway, named for the Navy precision flying team. Big Lagoon State Park Big ... http://blog.texasrvtravel.com/2010/01/24/big-lagoon-state-park/ The Mississippi River We left Lake Fausse Pointe SP, drove north on the Atchafalaya Levee Road and headed across Louisiana on IH-10.  We planned to make fast tracks and stay just south of New Orleans at St. Bernard State Park on the Mississippi River. As we approached the junction of IH-10 ... http://blog.texasrvtravel.com/2010/01/23/fountainebleau-state-park/ Leaving St. Martinville and New Iberia behind, we hit the Atchafalaya Levee Road and went south to the entrance of Lake Fausse Pointe State Point. The Atchafalaya Basin was once contained by the natural levees of Bayou Teche and the Mississippi River.  Two protection levees where built to help with ... http://blog.texasrvtravel.com/2010/01/22/lake-fausse-pointe-sp/