Spring Break w/ 15yr old boys

We are considering Gulf Shores w our 15 yr old son and a friend. We will be traveling from Kansas w/ our 5th wheel. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Rv Parks, beach info in March and things to do.....This is our first big trip in our RV so we want to make the best of it....

Spring Break w/ 15yr old boys

There is several good rv parks,

Here is the newest one.

http://www.islandretreatrv.com/

The state park in gulf shores also has camping

www.alapark.com/parks/park.cfm?parkid=22

The weather during the day should be in the 60%26#39;s to 70%26#39;s

coolish at night............

Gulf shores has alot of different things to do,

Like the zoo, tour fort morgan down in fort morgan.

Plenty of good places to eat,

In orange beach there is a fun unique shopping resort called the warf.........

It has the tallest ferris wheel in the south east.

Eat at Johnny rockets next to the ferris wheel,

or catch a movie at the rave theater,

There are fishing excursions, shops to pick up that gulf shores tee, or any thing you might need for the beach.

Enjoy a meal at Lu Lu%26#39;s , famous for being jimmy buffets sisters restaurant.......

It is easy to find something to do ,and eat.........

Spring Break w/ 15yr old boys

Thanks for the info. We was wondering about IslandTreat RV park. We will check into it more...If you can think of anything else just let us know....Thanks again.

Hi captainswife!

The GS area has much to do besides the great beaches. The boys would definitely get a kick out of seeing the Blue Angels practice. They are visible on Tues. and Wed. mornings flying over the beach. Or, you could take the short drive to Pensacola and see the aviation museum and watch from there. On Wednesdays, they are usually available for autographs after you watch them practice. Go to www.navalaviationmuseum.org for all the times, directions, etc. Best of all, it%26#39;s FREE! If you feel the need to spend some $$, there is an IMAX and great gift shop too.

Another trip would be to see the USS Alabama in Mobile. My kids loved it. Go to ussalabama.com

Getting on the ferry to Dauphin Island is interesting if they%26#39;ve never experienced a car ferry ride. You could go to the beach over there, check out the campground (for future use), and there is a sea lab estuarium they might enjoy if they like that sort of thing. (If I remember it was more geared toward young kids, so they may be too old.) When your done checking out the island, you could drive the bridge to Mobile and come back to GS that way.

As far as an RV park recommendation, we have both camped and stayed in houses when we have visited GS. When we stayed in our camper, we were at the Gulf Breeze RV park. Not much in the way of scenery, but there was an indoor pool and outdoor pool, full hookups with cable tv, and it was clean, quiet, and inexpensive. The indoor pool was nice to have at spring break for the kids.

Have fun! We are going in April! Oh, don%26#39;t forget the Track. Great go carts on a wooden corkscrew track! Fun for all!

Thanks so much...We will definitely check those things out. Anything free is great these days. We was considering that Rv Park but was also wondering about the State Park...

Hey captainswife,

Gulf State Park is great, and lets you get a real natural feel for the area. Hopefully it won%26#39;t be full when you want to go, as it is a popular snowbird destination. I would definitely make a reservation at any campground, so you don%26#39;t get stuck.

A good, solid website we%26#39;ve always used to check out camping spots is rvparkreviews.com. It gives you opinions from regular folk.

Awesome...

I will start making calls today... Thanks for all the help...

WOW.....

I started making calls yesterday regarding RV Parks... No locationa had any sites available. We ended up booking Palm Lake in Foley.. It was recommended by Gulf Breezes. Based on the internet it looks great so I hope it is....

I%26#39;m not an RV person, but I would hang on to the reservation at Palm Lake, but continue to look for other parks. PL is right on Hwy 59. There are still quite a few permanent residents there from the Ivan reconstruction days. It looks a little industrial IMO. If you look up ';Recreational Vehicle - Parks'; on www.switchboard.com you%26#39;ll see quite a few listings in Gulf Shores. Good luck!

You might also want to try FORT MORGAN ,

fortmorganrvpark.com/

www.baybreezerv.com/

docs rv park

17595 State Hwy 180 - Gulf Shores, AL 36542

(251) 968-4511

WE love fort morgan,

It is a pennisula right off of gulf shores,

more remote and quiet,

you can get into gulf shores easily...

It might be worth trying.......