Saturday December 11th

Well, the local forecast for today is bleak...actually more like dire!  Heavy rain, thunderstorms and wind gusts up to 50 MPH.  Looks like we'll be spending most of the day inside.

This seems like a good opportunity for addressing our base camp for our fellow RVers.

We are in the La Place Trailer and RV Park, less than 30 miles west of New Orleans via the interstates.  When riding the Harleys, we opt for taking Airline Highway (US 61) into town.  It's a few more miles but a slower pace and more scenic than the Interstates.

The RV park is very clean and our hosts, Kent, Jane and Juliette are perfect examples of "Southern Hospitality".  Amenities are not abundant in this park, but we rarely use the pool, shuffleboard or basketball courts provided in many parks.  In fact, rarely do we find a park where the pool is open due to the cool winter temperatures.

What this park does have, that we need most, is space.  Our motorhome is 40 feet long and our cargo trailer is 24 feet.  When connected, we're over 65 feet from nose to tail and seldom do we find a place where we can get both on one site.  Some places we have to park the trailer in some distant storage area, and others will not even allow us in with the trailer (mostly State and National parks).

Our site here is probably around 50 feet long and more than 25 feet wide.  Although we were unable to park without unhitching the trailer, we were able to place it next to the motorhome.  For us, this is a real bonus!  The trailer is more like a garage for us than anything else.  When camped, we take the car out of the trailer, but we keep both Harleys in it as well as things like the riding leathers, our bicycles, tools and things you don't need all the time but hate to walk a half mile to the storage area to get.

The rates here are quite reasonable.  Our spacious level site includes 50 amp service, water, sewage and free Wi-Fi for $150.00 per week.  Discounts from the daily rate are applied for weekly and monthly stays.  There is a "luxury" RV park adjacent to the French Quarter, but expect to pay at least 3 times more.  Granted the amenities are very nice, as is the access to the Quarter, but after viewing it, I doubt we would have been able to navigate the narrow streets to this location, nor would we be able to keep the trailer nearby. 

If you're RVing to NOLA, La Place RV and Trailer Park is a great choice.