chambo1

We are planning to visit the tiny town of Indianola, Mississippi, to do some genealogy research. We cannot find anywhere within 40 miles to stay with the motorhome (2001 Winnebago Adventurer 32'). We called the Walmart in town, and they said they don't allow overnight stays. We're hoping some FMCA member is familiar with this area and might know of a place for a one or two night stay? We could always stay at one of the motels in town, but we'd prefer the RV. We were hoping maybe a church or an Elks Club, or some other commercial establishment might let us stay in the parking lot for one or two nights.

My husband and I make the trip from Florida to San Diego about once every 18 months or so. We never tire of the scenery, even in the barren West Texas. Our last trip along this route in Nov 2012. Some Texas pointers ... Texas allows overnight stops in their rest areas. Texas is revamping their rest areas state-wide to make them bigger and more over night friendly. However, it seems the last ones to be revamped are on I-10 west of San Antonio. When we travel, we make sure we stop early enough to get a place at the rest areas. All the Texas rest areas now have free wifi, which is a big bonus. Traveling through El Paso can be challenging with an RV, as there is always lots of freeway construction going on. Unless you are familiar with how Texas organizes its on/off ramps, I would not suggest stopping anywhere in El Paso. You might even want to plan on driving through this town on a weekend day (and I am a seasoned, Southern California freeway driver). If you need gas to get through, there is a Flying J on the far east side of town. Fill up there, and don't get off until you are in New Mexico. If you are familiar with the Texas freeway system, feel free to ignore this hint. Coming back, there is another Flying J at exit 0 on the east side. It is easier to pull into than the Pilot at the same exit. If you don't already have one, I would also suggest you get a copy of "The Next Exit" which will give you all the rest area locations along the whole route, as well as what restaurants, etc are at each freeway exit, We never leave home without it. There are many nice parks in Arizona, as this is a big snowbird destination. Many parks are PassportAmerica, and the deals are great during the summer, because the parks are nearly empty. We routinely stay at Saddle Mountain RV park, which is west of Phoenix. Feel free to contact me if you have any more questions. We have traveled this route at least 50 times, 20 of them in the motorhome.