Departed departed St. Augustine and drove up to Jacksonville, FL where we checked into Big Oak RV Park. Since it is the time for spring break, all the campgrounds in this area were booked solid for this weekend and a good part of the week. Fortunately, Peg was able to secure a reservation for us in this park at 7:00 PM last night which surprised both of us. Most parks do not even answer the phone after 5:00 PM and some parks rarely answer their phones any other time, either. Peg talked with Mike, a young park owner, and he said that he could get us in for two days, no problem.
The park is pretty small but their wi-fi works well and their restrooms are clean and the roads are pretty good so we were completely satisfied. There are nice trees with Spanish Moss on them and squirrels and dogs so we are happy.
We arrived pretty early and decided to go shopping. We got a look at one of the parks Peg contacted (they were full) right up the road called Flamingo Acres or something and noted that they were indeed full – with about 2000 spaces right next to each other with no trees . I’m glad Peg booked us into Big Oak. We hit a Costco and a Trader Joe’s and after spending about $250 on supplies we returned to the park to stock our shelves for our trip into Georgia.