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We have a few places to shop for RV, camping, picnic and home items. These are a sampling of those places.

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On a recent trip through St. Augustine, we stopped at the Wal-Mart on Route 1. At 1:30 in the afternoon on a Saturday, at the end of the parking lot, parked parallel and taking several parking places, were two Class A motorhomes–one with the slide out. In the middle of the parking lot was a small travel trailer with pop-out bedroom. Not only was this trailer and tow vehicle taking two parking places, chairs occupied the parking space next to the RV. When we returned to the parking lot an hour later (2:30 in the afternoon), they even had their portable generator out and running. 

The managers of the Wal-Marts are allowing RVers to camp overnight as a gesture of goodwill and for an overnight respite for travelers. This does not mean that RVers can set up camp in their parking lot and overstay their welcome. Poor etiquette such as this only hurts all RVers.

We arrived at Turtle Creek RV Resort on Tuesday, March 9, for a 3-day stay. We've had better views, but we're here to see if it's a place we want to stay while Donna and family are here for Spring Break in April. 

The park is located right on Turtle Creek and has a pool and planned activities. 

The park is not far from Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. But Turtle Creek RV Resort has its own wildlife — a gator on a log 

and lots of turtles in Turtle Creek. 

We arrived at Covered Wagon RV Park on Saturday, March 6, for a 3-day stay. 

We had a visit from our friends, Mike and Terri, and made new friends, Dave and Jean. Dave and Jean are originally from Kentucky. They have been full-timing for 11 years, and travel with a Lynx Point Siamese and a Maine Coon cat. 

The managers of the park are really nice, and we had good neighbors — our new friends Dave and Jean. 

This carved tree was in the campground. And Gray and Kamahele demonstrated once again, they are BFF. 

We hiked up Suncoast Blvd. to Howard's Flea Market. It looked much like an Old West ghost town, especially since it was closed the day we were there. Don stopped for a photo op with a mailbox holder, that we named Manatee Mike. 

We arrived on Wednesday, March 3, and we depart on Saturday, March 6. We're checking out campgrounds in the Crystal River / Homosassa Springs area for Spring Break when Donna and family are coming down to Florida. 

This is a nice park. It looks more like a campground than a mobile home park. The lots are large and shaded. 

They have a nice screened-in pool area with a hot tub. In this photo, the pool still has the solar cover over it. 

There is a playground, picnic areas, horseshoes, shuffleboard, volleyball court, pool table, ping pong table, and an enclosed "bark park." 

The greeter, Seaweed Sally, stands outside the rec hall. 

The lots are for sale in this park, but they do have many sites available for rent. The staff and all we've met are friendly. 

For more pictures of this campground:

Elite Resort Images, Crystal River, Florida