A Look at 8 private RV Parks, North Central Florida (RV Living) 4k
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- We are stuck in Florida! We planned to go northwest to escape the Florida heat this summer, but Larry's recent diagnosis with a rare Neuro disease (MOGAD) has meant a change in plans. We must stay near UF Health at a private RV park/campground/resort so Larry can get IV/IG infusion treatments
So, we checked out 6 private RV parks all around Gainesville, Florida, north of Gainesville and south of Gainesville.
In this video, we will show you the campground where we stayed for two months, the 6 we toured, and the one that we picked in the end. We used to travel full time, moving every week to two weeks, so being stationary in our RV for months at a time is something new (except when Florida state parks were shut down at the start of the Pandemic).
Its an adjustment, but necessary for Larry's health. Let us know how you like staying in one spot for months. Also, let us know if we missed a RV park that would fit our criteria.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:42 Strawberry Fields RV
6:46 Choice Criteria
7:44 Williston Crossing
9:33 Ocala North RV
11:12 Grand Lake RV & Golf
13:21 Travelers Campground
14:54 High Springs Campground
16:43 Gainesville RV
18:48 Which one did we choose?
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It’s great to see you both laughing again, hope everything continues to improve for you both.
Things are much better. But we can’t continue treatment until we win the Blue Cross insurance appeal
Glad to see you back Larry thank you both for keeping us updated keep the videos coming when you can
We hope to be back at every week. We hope we win the Blue Cross appeal so Larry can get his outpatient treatments 🤗
It is so good to see you guys back and happy and relaxed again!!!! Love it! Looks like Larry is on the path to a good recovery :).
Yes! With all we have gone through, we enjoy these happy times even more 🤗
Great information! It’s so awesome to see Larry back at your side Alice. You both look restored and happy once again. Happy travels.👍🏼😎
We thought our Gainesville “tour” would be helpful to other RVers.
We are both feeling better! 🤗
It's really good to see you two smiling and laughing together....it really is the best medicine!
You are so right. And it’s the best if you can laugh at yourself 🤗
So good to see Larry looking so much better & seems like himself! And you are so much happier! Love where you found a good spot. You're still in my prayers. Take care.
He is so much better. He was able to enjoy our kid’s graduation ceremony at UF Saturday. 🤗
It’s so good to see you two doing a video together! Alice I haven’t seen you laugh like that in what seems like forever. And Larry, you look great! I know you have challenges in front of you but you look like you’ve made tremendous strides in your health. The park you’re in looks really nice and I hope it meets your needs going forward. I wish you both the best!!!
I don’t think we have laughed that hard in awhile. It felt good.
Our current challenge is to get Blue Cross to ok further treatments.
We do feel we made the right choice of rv park 🤗
You know I love campground/rv park reviews! Glad to see both of you in front of the camera. Take care
We have so much footage for campgrounds- we are so behind.
But it felt good to be back at it 🤗
Well, looks like Larry is back! Great to see a sense of humor and the two of you laughing and joking. Hope all goes the right way for you.
The treatment in the hospital made him feel a lot better. We are waiting to hear about our insurance appeal now
Great information as always! THANKFUL to see Larry!
We really do try to give helpful info - not just drama though we have had a lot of drama 😉
Larry is so much better. Check out our UA-cam Community tab for more updates 🤗
So glad you’re doing better Larry🙏
Wonderful to see both of your smiles.
Thank you. We were very optimistic at that point
Larry it’s so good to see you up and almost like yourself again. Awesome!
Thanks. The teasing is more like himself 🤗
Thanks for sharing these! Really great to see you two laughing💕
It’s great to have a reason - an energy- to laugh 😉
Larry, its good to see you doing better! Great overview of all the parks! Thanks guys!
Thank you. He’s doing a little better every day.
Looks like we might be back to a video a week since we just put out another on Monday.
Glad our info can help 🤗
Loved this video! You two appeared to have a great time and happy to be able to document again.
Yes. It’s so much better now that Larry can participate. Plus, we were happy with our decision to move and the park we picked 🤗
Love these reviews! so glad that Larry is on the mend and you found a place to park in place for a while. 🙂
Thanks. We don’t have much experience with private parks - except for TTs and Encores. We’ve learned a lot about how different they can be.
And thanks. Larry’s better and our “home” for now is better 🤗
Larry, you look great! So great to see you both smiling!
Thanks. We actually had fun filming. The looking? Not so much. But we have a nice spot so that helps a lot with the mood 🤗
Happy to watch you both again. Thanks 😊 🙏
Glad to have a reason to smile and laugh.
Thanks for staying with us.
I put updates on our UA-cam Community tab 🤗
Great to see you both again! Keep up the great videos and love the content!
Always great to see our friends here 🤗
We hope to be back at a video a week. We shall see.
Thanks for sticking with us
Hi Alice & Larry, we are soooo happy to see y’all laughing!!!! 🤗❤️
Things have definitely gotten better 🤗
NICE TO SEE the both of u again Larry looks good looks like he coming back to make those good videos again❤❤
Larry is doing so much better. Now for Blue Cross to change its mind and pay for his continued treatment in outpatient
It's great that your video explains why your at a fixed location. As for as your reviews they too were awesome. It does help to find a place your comfortable at, and meets your travel needs. Get yourselves healthy and keep up sharing your the RV lifestyle...
We realize not everyone has the same qualities they look for in an RV park. Plus, we wanted to make it clear this isn’t our usual lifestyle- just what we need to do for now.
And thanks - we hope our appeal to Blue Cross goes through so Larry can get more treatments 🤗
Nice to see you! Great inside information. Thanks for sharing. I need to get some of those booties for my dog too. Yay for scrappy with the grassy space and squirrels. Enjoy your time there. Well wishes to Larry.
It’s so new to us - these private rv parks. We just saw a few with our TT membership.
Glad we could help.
And a happy Scrappy is very important 🐕 ❤️
And thank you - Larry is doing better 🤗
Loved this video!! You guys are cracking me up!!
Glad we could make you laugh. 🤗
Hello guys ! Larry so good to see you in good health again , you both made us laugh!🤣 and your video spoke to us even more because that is the way that we plan to travel as full timers , so thank you so much for the informations, can’t wait to see more !
Carole and André 🥰🤗🇨🇦
Glad we made you laugh - we’ve had enough drama 😉
We are always hoping we help fellow RV travelers 🤗 🇨🇦 ❤️
Great to see Larry lookin healthy and back to his old self.
🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍
💯 Almost there - we just need to win our insurance appeal with Blue Cross to continue treatments 🤗
Great to see both of you together on a new video. Larry looks really good today!
The one campground gave us the heebie geebies and looks like you ended up in a really nice place.
We hope to be back on schedule with our videos, especially since he’s feeling so much better.
Heebie Geebies is a good way of putting it 😂. We did end up at a great place 🤗
Thanks for the info. Great to see you looking well Larry.
He’s gained back 20 pounds. He may have to go on a diet if this keeps up 😅
Glad to see Larry getting back to his old self. Hope you get to spend some time enjoying the area while you are there.
Thank you. He is better, but still has to take it easy. We visited a botanical garden - he just sat down on benches often 🤗
OMG it was so nice to see you guys joking. I am thankful you found a place with some shade. Hope to see more videos. Which means Larry has to continue to improve his health.
We usually cut some of that out, but it made us laugh so we left it thinking it would be good for people to see us “back to normal.”
The shade AND trees help so much.
We hope our videos will be once a week again.
If insurance appeal goes through, we know continued treatments will make all the difference 🤗
Good to see Larry, he looks a lot better. Keep it going, get better.
He is much better. And we just released another video (footage pre illness) 🤗
Thanks for the park reviews. All good points to consider for a longer term stay. Take care.
Glad we could help. We aren’t that familiar with private campgrounds except for TTs. So we just looked at what we thought was important.
Thanks for the heads-up. We were thinking of staying at Strawberry Fields and will now wait until they grow some trees. Glad to see you both on the screen again.
Unfortunately, I saw no plans for trees. A pool? Yes.
It was great to be back at it. That’s why we were in such a good mood, able to laugh.
Thank you for being here 🤗
Thank God Larry looks good 🙏🏻🙏🏻. Glad you guys found a nice place 👍🏻. Looking good even for your 🐶
The whole family is happier and it shows 🤗
Both you and Larry look amazing and it's good to see him laugh and be crazy fun. We never hardly use amenities sometimes the pool only if not crowded. Campgrounds sites to stay in are crazy variable for sure. Lol
You said it. Every RV perk is so different.
Larry would rather jump in a spring than a pool 😉
Things have been so crazy, it felt so good to have things go right.
And we even figured out our internet problem 😃 (a second video about that when we use this new SIM for awhile)
This is like a Jesus moment for me! My 80+ parents live in Alachua & we're discussing me living in a camper close by. These are all the parks on my list I knew nothing much about except a drive-thru. I thank you so very much!!! (I don't care about amenities either.) Good luck with your health. You're at a great hospital!!
We are so glad our timing is perfect 😉 And I’m glad we could help. I’m sure your parents would love having you close.
And yes, Shands is amazing.
Good luck finding a good spot for you 🤗
Love you both! Thank you for sharing. 🙏♥️
🤗 Hope this helps anyone looking in this area
So good to see your smiling faces!
Thanks. It was great to have a reason to smile 🤗
I laughed my butt off that Larry said not once but, twice, that you caused his brain disorder. 😂 Great info as always! Glad to see you guys laughing again! 💜
Larry only seems to joke around in a video when I’m sitting next to him 😉
Glad to be laughing. And thanks for all the support, as always 🤗
Nice to see you doing video Larry. Get well 🙏
He’s had more energy recently than he has had in months. So we hope to keep this going . Unfortunately we are at the mercy of Blue Cross - in the middle of an appeal for continued treatments 🤗
Great to see you and Larry back on another campgrounds review. It would be great if more campgrounds can improve on their facilities and sites.
Thank you. It was great to get out another video hug I feel it’s the same problem with RV manufacturers - if customers are willing to pay for lower quality, why should they improve.
Interesting, thanks. Blessings for full health recovery!
We hope to help others.
And thank you. He’s a little better every day
This is too cute! I love how much she’s giggling at Larry’s honesty about these parks, too cute bless y’all 😂❤
Awww. Thank you. Even when we have gone through stress, we try to lighten the mood.
And even after almost 40 years, Larry still makes me laugh 🤗
@@DownsizingMakesCents beautiful ❤️😘
Isn’t that the way it goes…look all around and then the right one for now comes up. Great to see your smiles.
I’m so grateful to the people that told us s about our current location. This is a great community.
And we obviously are feeling better about our situation 🤗
Great to see y'all back on the Tube!!! I literally prayed for you both at Mass this morning! But Larry...You are talking about the "hood" and you have the sticker still on your hat! LOL!!! Love you guys!
🤣 Glad someone threw back at Larry 😂 the sticker 🤣
Larry I love you sense of humor!!
He does get us in trouble from time to time 🤣
Glad to see you guys back in the saddle. Larry, you seem to be back to your old self. 👍
He is almost there. Let’s just hope we win the Blue Cross Insurance appeal so he gets his treatments.
Thanks for all the support 🤗
Sure is good to see Larry doing so well.
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So glad you found a good spot!
Yes! It makes such a difference 🤗
I was laughing when you both said you didn’t pick any of the campgrounds you mentioned. But I’m glad you found one. Abs one you love. And Scrappy too! That club house looked nice with the washer dryer. It looked clean. I’m so glad to see you both laughing again when Larry said you caused his brain to go. It’s too see him back to be Larry! Still will be praying for you both. Love you both have a great weekend and see you soon!
Being at a place where you feel more comfortable makes such a difference.
It is so new and clean. And the hosts are so nice. And of course having Scrappy happy helps too.
Thanks, Sherri. See you next time 🤗
Bless your heart glad your better
Thank you. He still has some issues, always will, but he is better with monthly treatments 🤗
New subscriber here, thank you for this video. So sorry about your health problems, Larry, it can't be easy. Hope you are on the mend. We are Florida residents (Crystal River area) and part time RV'ers. Of all the parks you reviewed, Williston Crossings is our favorite. We have stayed there many times, always in the same campsite, which is a pull through in the north park area. It's large, roomy, well kept, peaceful, quiet and the staff are great. As usual within the RV community, we've met some very nice fellow RV'ers each time we have been there.
Larry has his good and bad days - thanks for asking. And thanks for subscribing
Love the tip about Williston Crossings 🤗
Love the place you're in there. Small cheap and nice, good for you!
Yes! We feel like overall it fits s the best. 🤗
As a MS patient, I lost 50% of my vision in my left eye when I was 29. I was a Rehab nurse at that time. My vision loss was diagnosed as optic neuritis and nothing was mentioned about MS but I had the hospital library look up the diagnosis. While sitting at the desk in charge of an 18 bed Rehab unit, I found out that I very likely had MS. It was a very big shock and as I was seeing my eye doctor daily, he got a rather blistering chewing out that day. That was over 30 yrs ago. I never stopped working during that first episode. Took high doses of steroids because this was before IV/IG infusions. I have multiple auto-immune diseases now. I was very lucky to get my vision back and the other MS symptoms have been tolerable.
Having headaches from inflammation of the brain is not tolerable. Bless you, I will pray that you continue to improve. I, too, have much difficulty with activity intolerance. I used to drive all day at my hospice job but had an exacerbation of the MS which required me to stop working at the age of 49. God blessed me with 20 additional yrs of work after my first episode. You can do it!!!! Thank the Lord for each day and don't push yourself. I live an hour north of Jacksonville, FL.
What an inspiration you are. Thank you for sharing your story. Though I’m sorry you had to go through so much.
People with now diagnosed MOG were originally grouped under MS. That really scared me.
But this IV/IG treatment has helped, along with steroids. But he’s only gotten one treatment- while in the hospital.
Unfortunately, Blue Cross denied outpatient treatment. We are in the appeal process now.
Wish us luck.
And thank you again for reaching out and for the positivity 🤗
@@DownsizingMakesCents - apply with the drug company too. I also didn't get any specific treatment for the MS because my insurance wouldn't have paid for it. I didn't get a diagnosis for the MS until I was 49 because at that time (back in the 90's), I wouldn't have been able to get any insurance if I changed jobs. UF Health may have something to help too. Check with your social services department. If nothing else, he can go on disability and Medicare will pay for it.
Great video on the rv parks.
Thanks. Now that Larry is better, we should be back at it 🤗
Great thorough reviews!! Fantastic information! Believe it or not we stayed at the Dixieland campground once LOL We were happy there was a dog park.... and a super Dunkin Donuts right there!! ~ Brad and Diana
I can see the convenience of staying at places near major roads - but not for months.
We never use dog parks because they tend not to be maintained and full of fleas and 💩 😩
Thanks for checking it out - private parks aren’t are thing and we hope to be back at state parks again soon 🤗
Very informative. Enjoyed it.🥰 Ty for sharing subscribed.😍
Thank you for the sub. Good timing 😉 We are just getting back into the “swing of things” but lots of old material to look through.
We do hope a look at this area helps others - our whole reason for the channel 🤗
To get pine tar off your RV, use alcohol hand gel. It works, make sure it's the gell because alcohol evaporates too fast to work. Just a tip in case that's your RV under the pine trees in the video. The pine trees in Florida will pee sap drops when it's hot.
That’s a great tip. Thanks. We still have some from our trip to Canada 🤗
This is house hunters RV style. You both are looking well.
🤣 yeah. It felt like house hunters.
And thank you. Larry is much better so I’m much better 🤗
We Canadians do like to describe a certain vibe using the term "sketchy". Great video:)
Some people left negative comments because of that word - Larry tends to say what he’s thinking. And he agrees with you about the “vibe,”
And thank you,
Alice
Wow. Looking good Larry!! We are staying at Grand-lake next year for February and March. Glad i booked it in February because as you know its so hard to find campsites. So glad that you guys likes it too. Its a little bit out of Bob’s price range (he's like you Alice). The cheaper the better lol Thanks for all the info.. glad you see you guys laughing and doing videos again!!
If I found a shady decent size spot, I would go there for sure. You will like it in February.
Looking back at the video while editing, we realized how much we laughed then 😅
It was actually fun.
Thanks for being there for us 🤗
Praying for you both
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Isn't everything about RVing some sort of compromise? Great to see you back in the saddle again! Humor always helps to deal with what you can't change. Still praying for you guys.
Oh yes! Compromise and Flexibility 😉
It’s definitely easier to laugh about everything now. And we hope to be back at a video a week. We shall see.
And thank you for all the well wishes 🤗
My hubby and I stayed at the Williston campground and it was lovely. They also have a hair salon and ice cream shop. We prefer Stateparks, it was high-end, but nice for the two nights we stayed.
Yes. Willinston has a lot of extras that we would never use. It seems more for people that want to stay put in their own community.
We miss state parks and hope to be doing those again. Just waiting to win our appeal with Blue Cross. Larry is behind on his treatments 😔
@@DownsizingMakesCents I’m very sorry I’ll add him to my prayers.
If Scrappy ain't happy, ain't nobody happy! lol! Looks like you fond a nice spot finally.
As a fur baby mom, you get it 🐾 ❤️
Judging by your style and taste in RV parks and wants I think you would just LOVE Sawmill Campground! Lovely pool, wide roads and lot's of trees!! Very friendly too!! They even have a little nightclub for those times when you want to dance a little!!! I know you would just LOVE Sawmill!!!
Thank you for the suggestion.
We were only looking at private campgrounds while Larry was so sick, we didn’t want to travel for months at a time.
Floridian RV was a great choice at the end.
But when we travel, we prefer state, county, national parks. The only amenities we use are laundry 😉
@@DownsizingMakesCents I understand. I try to avoid parks altogether. I like BLM camping myself. Just not too many choices of that nature in the southeast. There are some Army Corps of Eng. campgrounds around though haha best wishes for healing! Shands/UF is great and Jax has the Mayo Clinic too. Lived in Jax 9 years. Talk about hoods!! Lol. Robbed at gun point twice while living in that area.
glad things are moving forward
🤗 hoping it continues. No word on our insurance appeal yet
@@DownsizingMakesCents wish you the best
You guys are just down the road from us. On Feb 28 we had to have an Insurance issue taken care of on our house, and had to stay close enough for hubby to go back and forth each day. We tried to get into the one you’re at, but of course it was full. We were able to get the only empty site at Williston Crossings for the 3 weeks (on insurance’s dime). Love your videos!
Glad it worked out for you. How did you like Williston?
And thanks. We hope our videos help other RVers 🤗
@@DownsizingMakesCents It was very nice. They had activities going on almost non-stop. We’re not into that, and didn’t even use the pool. We did go for some of their evening Ice Cream Shack takeouts though 😋. We’re more Thousand Trails/State Park RVers.
Oh I’m so glad you’ve found a spot! Larry you’re looking fantastic! Your nurse is rockn it! I’d hire here if she were Canadian lol
🤣 Next time we are in Canada, make room for our RV 😉
Larry is doing so much better - just waiting on insurance appeal to continue treatments 🤗
@@DownsizingMakesCents the space is all ready for you! So much to see around here. Very historic towns. Perth and Smithsfalls are gorgeous in summer and stay as long as you want. Electric and water. We do have septic but a bit far for the hose to go. We are 60 minutes to Ottawa to do tourist thing in Ottawa and we’re an hour from Kingston where you can tour the Kingston penitentiary lol We are dying to see it. Lots to see that’s for sure. Your welcome anytime
@@thecrazycanadiancouple5068 well, obviously not this summer. And since our out west trip seems canceled, we hope to do it next year.
But I’ve saved your comment for the future 🤗
@@DownsizingMakesCents awesome! Invitation is always open
We laughed hard at your video! We stayed at at a High Spring level Campground in Pass Christian. Was enchanted by the price. Was so not worth it. We ended up leaving after 2 weeks when we booked a month. Learned our lesson on that one. Trust your gut.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Glad to know someone understands the need for a good vibe, especially if you are staying somewhere for months
Thank you...
Glad we could help 🤗
Silver Springs RV park in Silver Springs FL. My inlaws have winter there for the last seven years. It's at the limit you want to drive but it would be worth it to take a look. Good luck with your health.
Looks like that would be a longer distance than where we are now. But thanks. We appreciate the suggestion.
And thank you. We are just waiting to hear about the insurance appeal
If you decide to move Grand Lakes is really nice I stayed there for five months one time and really enjoyed it. They do have shaded areas if you can reserve one. Good luck with your health issues and hope you will be ok in the future. Thanks for the info on the other parks
Grand Lakes did look really nice - if we could get a shaded spot
And thank you. Larry is doing much better 🤗
Ty for this a great one is Belle Parc in Brooksville fl .. so nice it’s 55 and over one and it’s resort like for an Rv we’re close to crystal river three sisters in the springs and manatees . Just a gem that is hidden . ( we live in Brooksville) I had my Rv there before we built our RV pad on our property we have 3 acres . It’s a beautiful park . With a pool and it’s just kept nice and gorgeous . Reasonable priced and an hour north of Tampa .
Sounds like a nice place. But it looks like it’s about triple the distance to UF Health.
But maybe it will be great for others reading the comments 🤗
Sorry you are dealing with health problems.
So for us folks that have been camping in Florida for over 35 years, we about fall out of our rocker when we hear these prices for camp grounds.
Carpet baggers are us should be the sign upon entrance.
Your video is really eye opening, thank you.
It really should be easier for folks that are in need to be close to the hospital.
Best of luck.
Thank you. Larry is getting a bit stronger every day.
We were also surprised by the prices at some of these parks. But if people are willing to pay it, they will charge it
Been on the road full time for 12 years. Thanks for the thorough reviews of the parks. I am just the opposite of you. Trees are the bane of my existence. Hard to back in if they are not placed well. Many times prevent awning use, mine is out 24/7. Sometimes very hard to get a view of DirecTV satellites. And then the worst, big branches fall on top of your RV in windstorms. I do want large sites.
😅 Yes. We are definitely opposite campers 😉
What about shade? Are you always at full
hookup?
Well, there are so many different types of campers and campgrounds. Maybe one of the ones we showed is right for you.
Thanks for checking it out 🤗
Good to see you both smiling and laughing. You might want to check out the KOA in Starke. It is only 25 to 30 miles to Gainesville hospital. I don't know anything about the monthly price. I do know 2 different couples from my church that stay there and they really like it.
We appreciate the recommendation. We have never stayed at a KOA - they tend to be costly because of all the amenities and we only use laundry.
looks like a good pick. its always hard for us to pick something that's not a state park. because your looking for something affordable but that usually means run down and a bunch of permanent residence that don't keep up with there site. we also like the smaller parks if its not a state park.
Sounds like you know exactly what I’m talking about - kindred spirits 🤗
Guys, you scored! That place looks great and the price is amazing! (We pay $950/month for SLC in winter.) It looks well maintained, small and intimate. That's a score.
We were have never found this great place if it wasn’t for someone reaching out on FB - another example of this great community.
$950 seems a lot, but it’s guess your are paying for location?
Thanks for your support. It’s been crazy the last few months 🤗
@@DownsizingMakesCents there are a whole three RV parks in the entire Salt Lake Valley, so yes location, but also supply and demand.
@@GrandAdventure 3? Wow.
I loved the Gainesville area, and still miss the area. You will love the area, there is a lot to do and see. By the way you are about half way between the gulf (Cedar Key) and the Atlantic (St Augustine) Both are great places to visit. I was living there when my wife passed, That was in 2000. I moved out of the area in 2010.
We love this area, too. We lived in DeLand for 23 years and Larry worked all the way up to Georgia for a time. It is a great area.
Sorry for your loss. But I hope you get a chance to visit this area again
Hello!!! Glad to see you again! Place looks nice ….why move? Hope to see y’all on the road soon!
Nice to see you, too.
We explain that we might find something closer and/or more quiet.
Plus, if he gets healthy enough, we will go back to traveling full time mostly at state parks.
We shall see 🤗
Hi ...........Just watched We stayed at a great place called Wilderness RV Resort in Silver Springs. Loved it there. About 40mi from Gainsville
That’s a nice place, but it’s about 50+ to Shands.
But thanks for sharing the info for others. Can you add what you paid per month?
We full time and also go to UF Health for treatment. We stay in Keystone Heights RV Resort and are very happy. It is a nice long stay resort and close to UF Health.
Thank you for sharing.
We did not tour Keystone because it was out of our price range.
But others reading your comment will benefit 🤗
Hello , you need to check out Keystone Heights RV resort , in Keystone , FL , 35- 40 minutes to Gainesville , we spent 5 months there and love it .
The distance and price made us not look at it
Well, here's the 'Pro': Getting assessments of a mix of FL parks was very helpful as we hope to spend part of winter in FL later this year. The 'Con': After all the build-up, you failed to ID the park you chose. What's with that?
Glad we could help you see many parks.
As for where we are? We said we would do a video after we leave here.
But if you want to email, we can let you know. We just don’t want to made public
@@3drvadventures748 “UA-cam calls these catfish”? lead to nothing? We showed 8 different private RV parks and what we like and don’t like about them, with prices and locations for 7 of them.
What is it your were expecting? Did you read the title of the video? 🤔
Now, the description of your channel vs the channel name and what you have on your channel????
My and I have been together for 42 years. I know what you guys are going through.
Luckily, as best friends, we know how to get each other through tough times 🤗
Its nice to have choices. Here in Boise all the campgrounds are all full for the forseeable future. A lot of people are using RVs for their housing out here now.
Wow. I had no idea? It’s a shame. We miss being full time RV travelers vs RV livers. Once Larry gets his health under control and we know insurance will pay for his treatments, we plan on moving again.
I’m sorry to hear that so many people are just “living” in RVs out of necessity instead of traveling and enjoying what they are actually meant for.
That’s why state parks are preferred here - you can only stay for two weeks
With housing prices on the rise, I’m sure we will see more of that.
@@lorij1072 mobile mansions are cheaper than sticks n bricks 🤙
@@adamkittok ✅😊
Congrats great video; hopefully you purchase a site as a base camp. Or a lot some where with Surface rights to an RV
We are waiting until real estate is reasonable again.
But thanks. Someday 🤗
Enjoyed this- look forward to more. But I must have missed it- what was the name of the RV park at the end-the place you were staying at and where is it located. It looked comfortably nice. Prayers out to Larry for his treatments, but he’s in great hands with the doctors in G’ville.
We hope to be back to a video once a week - we did put a new one out on Sunday.
We didn’t say where we are staying now because we will be here for we don’t know how long. But you can message me on FB, IG or email.
We are still waiting for our insurance appeal
Ok- that totally makes sense. I thought I had missed something. I can wait for that information so no hurry.
Best of luck on everything especially with the insurance. Larry
Reality sucks, no one could have planned on something like this, but poop happens. Great that your not blaming him for his issues which far to many people would. I judge people by how they deal with day to day issues. It's not his issue it's yours if your a team!
I can’t imagine blaming someone for their illness?
We’ve been together over 35 years through all sorts of problems. That’s the way it should be
Seriously? The High Spgs Campground looked awesome and the best of all you looked at. It's not run down, it's called natural.
We are used to natural. We camp usually at state and national parks. We look at several factors. And unfortunately even video is no substitute for actually being there.
Plus, we made it clear what we are looking for is not the same as what others will like.
Let us know after you camp at High Springs what you think 🤗
@@DownsizingMakesCents I'm actually the worker that didn't have a site for you.... We were booked!! I rem you... Are owner was dying !! I'm the worker in the video here you made. Are # was on the door when you did the drive around the park. I seen the camera out the truck window and I waved.
Thank you VERY much for the kind words!! I'm actually the worker in the video.
37 years caused the problems….. you’ve lasted longer than most. 😂 glad to see everything has leveled out somewhat.
🤣 Larry thinks he’s funny. We are BFFs. But living tiny for just over 2 years has been the real test 😉
Things are better now
I watched twice. And still missed the name of the park you chose. We are close and would love to check this one out.
Message us on Facebook or Instagram or email us using the email in the UA-cam about page
So glad to see you both laughing! Which campground did you choose?
Thanks. Great to have a reason to laugh.
At the end of the video, we show the one we chose. We will say more about it after we leave
@@DownsizingMakesCents I kept thinking I missed the name of the campground. Good to know I'm not missing it.
Williston Crossings is in awsome place! But yes, they are pricey. Did you check out the new small park in Bronson, Floridian RV Park?
Sandy, thanks for the suggestion. That helps others reading the comments 🤗
@@DownsizingMakesCents you're welcome! I live in the area, lucky enough to live in my 5ver on a friend's farm. 😉
@@sandymoseley Niiiice. We spent time on a friends farm in Canada - but not full hookups 😅
To each their own. But when it comes to health I would want to be as close to the hospital as I could get, even if I had to clean up around the spot I am camping at. Less pressure on me to drive to the hospital if I had to get there in a hurry. I know what it like to drive to the hospital every day. So closer I could get was better for me.
Yes. Closer to the hospital would be better. But I’m not sure what you mean about “cleaning” up a bit.
We didn’t choose places because they were too costly, no shade, or the campground in general was in disrepair.
Luckily, Larry is doing much better so treatments will only need to be once a month 🤗
@@DownsizingMakesCents Im glad he's doing better. Sending 🙏🙏
Hi! I have friends at Keystone Heights RV Resort. They LOVE it there. I have not visited so I'm unable to tell you if it checks all the boxes. I just know they love it there.1177 SE Keystone Ave.
Keystone Heights FL 32656
It looks like about the same distance as where we are now. Thanks. But the price is very high and last time I checked, they had no shade spots.
But thank you. 🤗
@@DownsizingMakesCents Oh my apologies. I may have the wrong park name. But it is in Keystone Heights. They only charge $600 per month + elec. They charge just over $6,000 for a year if you needed to stay for a year. But the park may not have trees. I've not had the opportunity to visit. Take care.
@@chachid3347 hmm. Yes. Must be different. If you could find the name, I would check it out
For 1100 p/m you can get a good apt. And save the cost of rv!
An apartment would be more permanent. We hope to be moving again soon.
And our RV is paid for.
We may get a piece of land once real estate gets better, but still travel for months at a time
Ok I know I'm way far behind but your video came up so I clicked, you never said the name of the last park you ended up staying at but I'm gonna guess at it... was it the floridian rv park?? (Or did i miss something)
No, you are right. Floridian RV.
And thanks for watching an older video. We really appreciate it.
So much has happened since. I hope you keep clicking and watching 🤗