We're Mike and Angel (and our dog Jilly). Welcome to our channel:)
Our goal is to help other RVers find a good place to go camping. We're doing the "Recon" so you don't have to! In our videos we do a campground drive thru, and during the campground drive thru we share the things we've done in our stay in the area and then we'll finish our video with a detailed site walk around.
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Very nice video of the Bogue Chitto State Park. I have ridden mountain bikes their on the trails and it was spectacular, but that was several years ago. They have really done an outstanding job with this park. State parks have always been my some of my favorite camping destinations. I'm glad I live only 20 minutes away. I will make plans to revisit soon with my grandsons.
My update on the plastic seals in those aluminum corner edgings. Those plastic inserts are there to cover the screws holding the aluminum trim which covers/hides the seams on (usually) corners. They have a limited life. They are only lightly UV protected, they will dry out and they will shrink. They are the reason water gets into those Trims and the screws start to rust. This is also the path water takes, after the screws rust (rust is porus, so water will weep along the rust path) the path that water will take and begin to rot your camper wood. Even if this product did damage to those plastic inserts, its a good thing to replace them periodically to keep water out and away from the screws. As for the Awesome, I'm going to try it as soon as I get some. My Camper gets those dark streaks, I am assuming they are dirt from the rain water, because I dont have any black rubber in the areas the streaks are coming from. Should this work as well as you illustrated, I will be a happy camper. Thanks for the idea and the video.
Hey lifequest. Thanks for the information on the inserts, its a big help to me and other folks reading these comments. I think you're going to be happy with the T.A, it works very well on the black (dirt) streaks. I try not to use it on much else (camper) but only because I'm not too sure. Thanks again, lifequest, for the information and for watching our video. Mike and Angel
Hey Rick. I agree! Just the other day I saw it at a big chain store for twice the price of DG 😲. So I went back to DG to load up, lol! Thanks, Rick, for watching our video. Mike and Angel
Those Honda generators are tanks too. I bought one 15 years ago, the eu3000is, and it has hundreds if not thousands of hours on it and it still fires up with one pull after all this time. It's still very quiet. Just break it in properly, change the oil regularly and it will literally last forever! They are expensive but it will be the last generator you buy if you buy the size you need and your needs don't change.
Mike and Angel, I was surfing RU-vid when I came across this video from several years ago. What a beautiful park! We’re like you guys when it comes to cold weather camping because we really enjoy it so much more than hot summer camping. Carol and I are really looking forward to fall weather and sitting around a campfire. We hope you are both doing well!
Hey Doug! Its good to hear from yall again. Yup, we really enjoy the cooler weather for camping. I guess we like the snuggling by the campfire. ☺❤☺ We haven't been to that State Park in a while. Its nice and quiet. We find the older section has a nice "In the woods" feel to it. Some of the sites were a little beat up but nothing to stop us from going. Yall have a great week Doug and tell Carol hello too. We're glad to hear yall found and watched our video, Doug.😃 Happy Trails & Happy Camping Mike and Angel
Campgrounds look great! 94 is a good looking site. When we road through last time we were there 94 looks like it could be tough to get out of if the campground was full with cars in that lot. And we were in the last site past 56 and watch an alligator swim to the point and just sit there for about 30 minutes and then swim back to north end of the lake.
Hey Thomas. Yeah, we have a smaller camper (20') so getting in and out of those smaller spots isn't too much of an issue. We stayed in site 56 a while back, its an excellent site too. It must be me, lol. I hardly ever see alligators when we go camping. I used to have to paddle around them while fishing some years back (down da bayou), but camping...no luck! We enjoy looking for them everywhere we go 😄😄😄 Thanks, Thomas, for watching our video. Happy Trails & Happy Camping Mike and Angel
Hey Chris It'll be tough to get rid of all the alligators in the lake. Maybe if it was a closed pond/lake but as long as there are upstream and downstream access it probably isn’t going to happen. Thanks for watching our video, Chris. Mike and Angel
Love yalls videos grew up going to Percy Quinn yall should definitely try Jimmie Davis State Park it's in North Louisiana would love to see a video on that park keep up the amazing videos spot 54 looks like the best one
Hey Brandon. Thanks! We've heard about that campground several times. I think we'll plan a trip there soon. There are a few other campgrounds up that way we've heard about too. Yup, site 54 is one of those nice sites, we enjoyed being right on the lake at 54. Thanks for watching our video Brandon! Happy Trails & Happy Camping! Mike and Angel
@RetroRVRecon oh and I'm sure yall might know already but they just came out with a new lifetime national parks pass that gives you discounts on some state parks they have a veteran and senior pass
This is my first time seeing your videos. Carlsbad Caverns is huge, and Catheral Caverns is very small in comparison. But they are both beautiful. You have to visit both! Below Albuquerque, it's like a different world, but I love it. There is so many places to visit in Alabama and NM.
Hi LuAnne. We enjoyed Cathedral Caverns but not as much as Carlsbad. There are serval other caverns we would like to see, in time I guess.😀 Thanks LuAnne very much for watching our video! Happy Trails & Happy Camping. Mike and Angel
We love this place. We will be there jan of 25 and Top Sail as well. Feb and March we will volunteer at Bald Point. Do you go to Florida for winter? Great video of the campsites
Hey Karen. Yes, we love the Gulf Coast in the cooler months. We try to go every year, depending on our schedule (I'll have to look up Bald Point). Thank you very much for watching our video, Karen! Mike and Angel
Hi Deborah Thanks ☺ We have the XP 3.0. Ya know, that's a very good observation, NO. We didn't even think about the fire pit until recently. We didn't see any and we don't know why they don't have any out but I hope they plan to. They used to, maybe its one of those things they haven't gotten around to adding, yet. I hope that's all there is to it. Thanks for watching our video! Mike and Angel
We've got Site 5 reserved from Monday the 26th of Aug thru Friday then again from the 1 thru the 5 of September. Coming down from Wisconsin, looking forward to it
Hey Scott, we hope yall are enjoying your stay in site 5 so far! You guys aren't too far from Natchez Mississippi (west of Percy Quin). There is a lot to see there if yall have time. Safe travels Thank yall for watching our video, Scott!!😀 Mike and Angel
Great videos. We are going to camp there in April on our way home from Florida. Sorry about Jilly. Our Snoodle left to heavens dog park in June 23. Camping dogs are awesome. So adventurous
Hi Karen. Thanks! April should be a really good time of the year for this campground. Aww, yall just lost your little buddy too. I'm sorry the hear that 😔. Hey! Maybe they're running around together!!☺ Thanks for watching our video, Karen! Mike and Angel
A good way to get here would be on hwy 16 from Amite off I-55 turn right going south on hwy 25 it's about 4 to 7 miles down on your left hand side, you will avoid a lot of traffic then if you came from I-12 On hwy 190 North to hwy 25 North, But hwy 16 is a little rough and needs repaving, but there is a Walmart either way you go ,
Hey Michael. I agree, that's a good way. Besides, we really enjoy taking the back roads to wherever we are going. Thanks for the information Michael and thanks for watching our video! Mike and Angel
Hey Skykell I can't say for certain about the "quite" because every campground is different every weekend. But, if I were to think about a peaceful area I might consider the cul-de-sac's on Loop-B. We hope this helps! Thanks for watching our video. Mike and Angel
Thank you for publishing this video. I live near Liberty, which is the next town west of Percy Quin and the local McComb paper did several articles about the improvements but focused mainly on the cabins. If I am camping local I prefer the isolation of Clear Springs (which you covered earlier) in the Homochitto Forest, but I may have to try Percy Quin when the temps drop. If I can get site 94, that is.😀
Hey Sirius. Dag-nabbit! I should have kept site 94 hush! 😁😄 (Just kidding) Clear Springs, we like it for the same reason, nice isolation (for a campground). Thank you Sirius for watching our videos. Happy Trails and Happy Camping!! Mike and Angel
There is always that possibility the motor is shot. If you can trouble shoot it, maybe check the switch. I'm really surprised ours is still working as well as it does down here in south Louisiana. We use it a lot (camping). Let me know if you figure it out, of if you just replace it. I'd like to know. Thanks for watching our video!! Mike and Angel
Wow very nice improvements but they have gone up significantly! For Seniors during the week they have gone up $9 a day and they used to consider weekends Friday & Saturday night but now the include Sunday as weekend night and for Seniors weekend nights have gone up around $14!
Hey Jesse Wow, I didn't notice the increase, I should look a little closer at the cost next time. I guess they (we) have to pay for those upgrades. 🤨 Still, the improvements are really nice. Thank you so much for watching our video, Jesse, we appreciate it.🙂 Mike and Angel
Thank you Michelle, she is missed every day and was missed on this camping trip. Thank you for the thoughts. ❤🐶 Thanks for watching our video. Mike and Angel
Hey Dewayne. GOOD QUESTION! Now that you mention it, NO!?! I wonder why??? I think they used to have them, maybe that will be soon. I may have to ask about that. Thanks for watching our video. Mike and Angel
Fontainebleau looks nothing like I remember. My Daddy and Mother used to take me there when I was a pre-teen until 13. I remember that Nixon resigned while we were there. Dayyd said we were roughing it because we had black & white TV. The last time I took my family there, tent camping, the raccoons stole all our groceries. Had to buy again. I have tent equipment but really would like to get a trailer. Daddy had a 27' , 1973 Terry. We loved it. Spoiled us. There used to be a swimming pool. I hear Katrina took it out. So many memories. I'll go back with Grandchildren soon I hope. God willing. Love watching Y'all. Keep it up and may God Bless.
Hey Mark. I remember the park before Katrina too. I also remember before Ida, we used to go there to take family photos (under the Oaks). Since our video we've only passed by the campground. I'd like to stop in to see what they've done since then, I hear they've been working on a lot of improvements. You can take those grands there for the nature trails, I'm sure they are in good shape. Thanks for the kind words Mark and thanks for watching our video. Mike and Angel
We were able to get a spot the first weekend they opened. While the renovations are so nice and it’s a beautiful campground and the camp store being opened is great…keep in mind the bathhouses have not been redone for those that need to use the facilities. Oh, and as mentioned, there’s alligators in the north end of the lake. And we were told the pool with be opened, but not this season. However, there is a small beach area with swimming available. We have reserved a spot and will be there the week of Thanksgiving…can’t wait!
Hey Terri. I bet is was exciting to be some of the first campers there since it closed for the upgrade! We hope they have plans to update the bath houses too (Its nice to go to a campground with nice bathhouses.) We were told they are also going to clean up the hiking trail on the north end of the park, that would be GREAT!! ABout those alligators...one day I'm gonna see one of those Lake Tangi Gators, lol. Thanks Terri for watching our video. Mike and Angel
@@RetroRVRecon thanks so much for posting the drive through and keep all them reviews coming…they are very informative! Maybe we’ll see y’all on the road one day…Happy Camping and be safe out there!
Glad to see another video.The park looks great.I like the your site at the end. in front of that turn around area . I like the sites when there is no neighbors in front of you, Packing up myself headed to Pine Mountain Ga past
Hey Shaun. Thanks! Us too, we prefer the quiet sections with as much green space as possible, with a good view. 😀😁. Y'all have fun up there!! Thanks, Shaun, for watching our video! Happy Trails & Happy Camping. Mike and Angel
Wow! That’s an incredibly nice park. So clean and well kept. Those RV sites are awesome and the vast majority look very level. Being truck camper people that’s a big deal for us. Thanks for sharing and maybe we will see y’all on the road sometime!
Hey Doug. Yes, I think a truck camper would do very well there. The most level sites are the ones in the middle. It seems they put a lot of effort into those. It'll be fun to run across you two one day.😃 Mike and Angel
Thanks for showing such a nice camp ground, I am a little new to camping my last trip was close to this campground called Paradise Ranch, I'm sure the state parks are much cheaper to stay in, thanks again.
Hey Wayne. I think the State campgrounds cost a little less. They tend to focus on the natural surroundings. We like the State Parks and COE campgrounds. Any place camping is better than not! lol. If you have any questions about the State/COE Campgrounds let us know we'd be glad to help if you think we can. Thanks, Wayne, for watching our video. Happy Trails & Happy Camping Mike and Angel
Hey Holly, thank you. This was our first trip without her. We will always miss her. Thanks for the kind words and thank you for watching our video. Mike and Angel (and Jilly too❤🐶)
Hey Theresa. We look for your camper when we're in that part of Mississippi or Louisiana, I'm sure we'll see yall one day. Thanks for watching our video and a super thanks for sharing it!😃 Happy Trails & Happy Camping Mike and Angel
WOW...I can't believe the completely unprofessional people that runs this RV Park!!! SHAME ON THE OWNERS FOR ALLOWING PEOPLE LIKE THIS TO ACT SO INAPPROPRIATE!!! NOTE: The one star is a huge stretch! But Harry that greeted us was very nice and informational as well, as you will see in this review. We arrived at this location on time for a 9 day stay August 2024. We had a couple questions that Harry couldn't answer before he took us to our site. He warned us about the office ladies and said they were in a good mood this morning and to bring chocolate to get answers to our questions. We laugh for a moment thinking that's weird and then Harry took us to our site. We have a 31' class A rv and they put us in a very tight site close to a large tree which seemed ok until we parked in space #37. The smell of sewage was overwhelming. We looked at the water hookup and dump area and there was feces, used TP paper and ? all over the ground. We proceeded to report this to the lady behind the desk in the office. She had an attitude right out of the gate and told us it was ok and not a sewer problem. First lie! We told her we were not going to stay in the sewage dump area. With an attitude, she said we could use the "Emergency site #53" so we walked over to take a look. It was very very tight for our Rv and jeep, but it was the only site they said was available even though the campground had many open sites. We went back to the rv at site #37 and watched the 2 worker shovelling up the dirt, tp, and ? from that site and putting it into a 5 gal bucket like it's something they have done before! We waited and watched. Then they put down Chlorine chunks on the ground to mask the smell. 10 minutes later, No one told us to wait there to be escorted to the next site #53, so I proceeded to move our RV out of the way of the digging, over to that site as my wife went back to the office to let the woman know we would try #53 site if that was OK and that I was headed to the new site with my our RV. WELL, Nothing like being greeted by a GM in a robe giving my wife all sorts of attitude with her posture and language threatening and telling us to not move the RV. My wife asked why and the Old red headed lady "GM in a robe" said we needed to be escorted. My wife said OK but no one told us! This old lady snapped at my wife in a very disturbing manor. She came back to our RV upset and told me the store. What a mess! we weren't onsite more than 20 minutes and they showed their asses! WAY TO GO OWNERS! The 2 guys that I guess were supposed to escort us were too busy digging up feces and dirt so maybe they forgot...? 2 days went by and we did not have enough room for our tow vehicle to park correctly. So on Monday morning Aug.12th, 9:00 AM, I went to the office to ask if they could move us to a better spot and we would pay the difference. Site K was available per what the website was offering. I asked the woman behind the counter if we could take that site. OUT OF THE GATE SHE HAD AN ATTITUDE BIG TIME!!! She said the sites were only for big rigs 42' long. I said ok but there is a fifth wheel out there now that's the same size as our Rv and my question was can I reserve the site for next year. She again asked me the size of our setup. I told her with tow we are 42'. I told her our rig was 31' and then she throw her hands in the air sat back in her chair and called me a liar! 3 times calling me a liar! The Old red headed lady in a robe approach me and said if I wasn't OK with the site, she would reimburse us and we would need to leave. I proceeded to address the ruud woman behind the counter and then told the GM that we had sewage smell at the site, allot of mudd and the water smells, this was at site #53, "Emergency site" The Old red headed GM lied and said the backup in site #37 was leafs! I laughed and said she was full of it because I was there and both the workers admitted it. Lie #2. I told them I was not happy and will make different accommodations and will let them know. Before I was done with them, another Park GM told me he was in charge of the park and asked me about the sewer smell at our site. I asked him what his position was and he said he was the onsite engineer...CJ. I told him I was an engineer as well and he asked me what type of engineer and I told him. The next words out of his mouth were insults. I let it go! He proceeded to show his ass by trying to tell me how an open tank will allow smells into your home or RV, This guys obviously was from another country with his silly hat and sandals! I told him that's why we have drain traps right, he nodded. Again SILLY! later that day we had another guy ask us to move our jeep 4 feet into our site, he told us he was the Park GM. That's 3 GM's. I moved the jeep back and forth because there was no room. Lastly. We set up new accommodations somewhere else and I called the office to let them know we were leaving 4 days early and to refund us for those days. 20 minutes after we left the park, we received a text stating that we had filled the sewage drain tube with rocks and that we were going to be reported to some entity and have to pay for the drain repair/snaking. So they have sewage backups and are trying to blame the customers! So we will report this park to every entity available to us letting people know about our experience and to beware! As a side note: when you arrive to a so called "RV resort" and you see the entrance all broken up and mud puddles, pool closed and lack of effort to the upkeep of the site, turn around and leave! The hwy 550 is very loud as well! THIS PLACE SUCKS AND SHAME ON THE OWNERS!
Hey Dave> I've been thinking about your experience. Man, I sure hate to hear it😒. We may be headed back in that direction in the next year or so and I can't help but think maybe we should to stay somewhere else. We post these videos to help folks find a nice place to stay but over time I guess things like new owners change things up. I'm glad you took the time to comment and share your experience because after all, we (camping folks) need to hear the bad as well as the good. We always hope you and anyone else have awesome camping experiences and never have to deal with these sorts of troubles. Angel and I hope your next camping trip will be above and beyond AWESOME!!🙂 Thanks for commenting Dave! Happy Trails & Happy Camping Mike and Angel
You can parallel connect the EU2000is with the EU3000is and it will add 2,000 or 2,200 wore watts for a total of 5,200 watts. You can also add extended run tanks for both the 3000 and 2200.
Hey Alex. No kidding!! I've been meaning to look into whether or not you can parallel two different models. That's great information!! Thanks Alex! Mike and Angel
Hey Kevin. We love it too. Lucky for you to have an awesome campground close to home. Some friends or ours suggested it and they sure we spot on about it being nice. Thanks, Kevin, for watching our video. Happy Trails & Happy Camping! Mike and Angel
You guys are great! I have the Champion Dual fuel Inverter 4250, it’s much louder than the claimed 64 dB, on the heavy side, and not so practical for my camping needs but fine for home use. However the dual fuel feature is great to have. Looking for something that can run the soft-start AC in the event of a power outage in a camp ground, or if we do an overnight in a parking lot somewhere, recharge batteries, I can lift into and out of the truck, and runs quiet. I’m thinking seriously about getting the Honda 2200i. Thanks !
Hey Rory. Thank you. I haven't actually heard (no pun intended😄) any of the Champion Inverter generators yet. I bet the 4250 is great for around the house for a power outage (hurricane). Around here in the Deep South we all need to be very mindful of what works more than what is quiet.😁 Talking to friends and reading replies to this video, a lot of folks like the Champion brand generators, including me. The Honda's are good, then so are the Champions. Honda's are just a bit quieter, for camping. Thank you Rory for watching our video! Mike and Angel
I want to take a moment to thank you for your review of this campground. We stayed for 5 nights and is a great place to use for exploring Yellowstone. Thanks Again
Hey Eric. Thank you for the kind words☺. Ya know, thats all we hope to do is to help other folks enjoy life. We try to make finding a campground that suits your/our needs easier, plus, its fun for us! 🙂 We enjoyed that campground and its proximity to the north entrence. And...we enjoyed passing it by while rafting in the Yellowstone River too😀. Thank you so much, Eric, for watching our video. Mike and Angel
Hey Tony We've throught about going back over there for the canoeing and that trail. Maybe in cooler weather, but then if I wait I may not see the gators!lol Thanks, Tony, for watching our video! Happy Trails & Happy Camping! Mike and Angel
Thank you,,,I enjoy camping,,,the alligators are usually further down on the river. I've seen 2 in the park area,,,I love the camp ground but only like a handful of sites ,,the rest are too close together,,,we took conue and camp off camp ground
Hey Blankverse. Thank you!☺ It took us two other generators before we were really happy with the 3000IS. It still works very well. Well, all three of them do but we still prefer the 3000IS.😃 Thanks for watching our video!! Mike and Angel
Checking in on you about time for a trip somewhere. We headed to pine mountain rv resort in pine mountain Georgia for our 30th anniversary Aug 19-25th I’m going to try to get some new video
Hey Shaun. Yup, it won't be long before we post another video. That's going to be an awesome trip. I bet the weather will be nice up there. Considering south Louisiana, lol. Thanks for watching our video. Happy (early)anniversary!! Yall have fun too!! Mike and Angel