Suwannee River Rendezvous Resort is a beautiful place to camp. Convict Springs has history connected with it. There is a lot to do here, Kayaks, and Canoes for rent however most of it is on weekends. They have trips floating down the river. It sounds like fun.

The park is very large, and located right on the Suwannee river. There are 3 sections. The upper one is pretty level, with almost all paved roads and gravel sites with a lot of pull through sites. All the trees are very small, with virtually no shade. It would be really hot in the summertime. The lower section, which is the older area is sand roads and sites. There are many trees and lots of shade.

The lot we were in, #47 was almost level side to side, but not at all lengthwise. With our trailer, front to back wasn’t a problem, and a board under the wheels on the low side fixed the side to side. We have stayed at worse. Along the riverbank there are what appears to be areas for tents. It would be fun to camp in a tent along the banks of such a famous river.

It is very quiet. No Highway noise from anywhere.

Suwannee River Rendezvous Resort is about 6 miles to the nearest town, Mayo, so bring supplies. The nearest Walmart is Live Oak, Fl. Maybe 30 miles away. We had lunch at The Mayo Cafe. in Mayo, Fl. about 6 miles away. It is a smörgåsbord, and not bad. Check your plates and silverware.

On the Plus side:
The people in the office are very friendly and helpful. It has a restaurant/diner open weekends, Friday through Sunday only. The office is on the river and has a large lodge. It’s nice. There are video games, TV, Book Swap, and they have a small store with a few essentials. There is a playground. There is a large Dog Park with 3 sections . It is a nice one, but the only place in the whole RV park with doggy a bag container, and when I was there the container was empty.

Minus:
To get to the campground you must navigate a, dusty road. The check in office is a long way from the sites, especially the upper ones. There is a parking lot for RVs at the upper area. It’s not possible to drive to the office with your RV, unless you have a very small one or are good at backing up. They recommend you go to your site and get set up then go to the office and check in.

Although they spend a lot of time cleaning the park, not much seems to be spent repairing stuff. Our site (47) had 2 power receptacles, each in a different place. The post where the water and one electric is located is rotten in the ground and about to fall over. The restrooms in the lower section are clean, but old and badly in need of paint. There is no cable in the lower section. Our phone service was marginal. There is no Wifi there, and even when I walked to where I could get a signal, (right next to the office) I couldn’t get a connection. I tried in the upper section, and I could connect, but couldn’t hold a connection long enough to do anything. Virtually no TV over the air. Got one station (3 channels) from the college in Gainesville. Gasoline in Mayo is about 20 cents more expensive than anywhere else.

Bottom line:
We will come back. It is a beautiful place to get away. The people are friendly and helpful. There are lots of areas to walk. Following the riverbank was fun. I’m not much good with canoes, and have never been in a kayak, but sounds like fun for those youngsters who do. Weekends there is a lot going on.

I would not recomment staying at Harbor Belle RV Resort.

This is a privately owned RV park. The owners have basically closed all the facilities in this park while we were there. We have two clubhouses. One basically for books, puzzles, videos, exercise equipment and group activists. The other is a large clubhouse for dinners, park gatherings and dinners with live music. All this recent closed. The facilities were open for about one month since covid started. They refused to open the facilities after the Governor opened the state and opened them for a few weeks after requiring everyone who wanted to use the facilities sign a document from their lawyers saying we would not sue them if contacting covid.

We currently have the pool open limited to 5 people the hot tub 4 people. Rent is around $620 a month and is raised by at least $50 a year.

If you want a place just to stay without any activities, this is it. The location is close to the harbor and clean. living in lockdown in an open state!

Tallahassee East RV Park is close to the Interstate, but have to go several miles from the exit to get to the park although the park is right next to I-10. There is some road noise where they put the short timers, but it wasn’t so loud as to be annoying and traffic died down a lot in the evening.

Check in was easy and pleasant. It’s a Good Sam park, but we aren’t members, so it cost us $48.00. Even with Good Sam, it would have been over $43.00. That’s a bit high but for one night we can handle it. This park is just about halfway from home and my brother in law near De Funiak Springs, so the convenience is worth something.

The roads are dirt and rough in places. The sites are dirt and grass. Ours, D-4 was slightly off level, but our wood pieces fixed that. It had full hookup. The power has on-off switches.

The park is an old one, but it is clean as were the restrooms. I couldn’t get any hot water to wash my hands, and I ran it a good long time.

There are a lot of long timers, but the ones we saw were friendly, with waves and smiles.
There is a laundry with good looking washers and dryers, but the roof leaks over the folding table. How well the washers work is not known. We had some garbage to deposit. The one Dumpster was slap full but it was after the weekend!

There is a nice looking pool, but it was empty for the winter I suppose. There is a nice Rec Room and there is a small store in the office with stuff you might need.

Be careful when you walk. Someone doesn’t pick up after their dog.

At the exit from the interstate there are several gas stations, and some fast food restaurants. We bought gas at the Chevron, and had no trouble maneuvering our 25 foot travel trailer.

Bottom line… A bit expensive for what you get, but we will most likely stop there again. The grounds are easy to drive in and most sites are pull thru. They aren’t far apart, but not right on top of each other either. They are long enough so we didn’t need to unhook. There are many trees but they are not in the way.