first campsite

I have bought a used trailmanor (3023--2001) in Ft. Worth TX. and will pick it up next Friday night, but need a little help as it will be our fist trailer experience in about 15 years and the last one was a tent trailer.
*Anyone know of a good place to try out near Ft. Worth or Arlington TX.?

* when a campground says no pop ups allowed does that mean Trailmanor also?

*I will be taking the trailer back to Arizona after the first day or so of checking it out, so also looking for nice places to stay off I- 10 going west. Maybe Davis mountains or New Mexico.
Thanks in advance for any help to a real green camper!
John

Hi John, congratulations on becoming a TM owner and welcome!

Cedar Hills State Park would be ideal for your first camping trip. It is located in Cedar Hills or Arlington between Dallas & Ft. Worth, can't remember off hand, but it's very nice... beautiful views of Joe Pool Lake, great fishing and the Blue Bonnet's should be blooming right now. We used to live 1 mile from the lake and loved it. Do take pics to share with us if you go! ENJOY!

Here's a few links:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/f...ks/cedar_hill/
http://wildtexas.com/parks/chsp.php
Reservations: http://www.reserveamerica.com/campgr...&parkCode=cdhl

No, a TM is a hard-sided Travel Trailer, it is not a pop-up... it is an expandable trailer tho. We've never had any problems and just tell them it's a 27' Travel Trailer when I make reservations on the phone or online.

Thank you very much, and the cedar Hill campground sound perfect. I am a little nervous as we have never had things like bathrooms, water heaters, airconditioners, and heaters in a trailer. I expect to get the guy I bought from to run me through all the details and I will forget most of what he says. We will do fine. thanks again
John

Here are a couple more links:

http://www.cedarhillstatepark.org/Re...n/camping.html

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat...l/access.phtml

Lloyd Park is the park that was within walking distance from our house. We used to go there quite often (had an annual permit). I have to warn you, there are large groups of hispanic speaking people who often were noisy (loud latin music, drinking, etc) and littered the place quite a bit - I'm not sure if it's still the same or if it's better now - it's been almost 3 years since we lived there. I don't know if it was that way in the campground, but it was in the picnic areas and along the lake. Otherwise it's a good park. Personally I liked Cedar Hills SP better, however Lloyd was a bit more convenient for us being it was so close. Depends on personal preference I guess.

I think I will enjoy the help that this website provides from memebers like you. Thanks Bridgette or Steve and Leon. Leon I have been looking at the site for about 4 years before joining and have seen Texas camper many times on the site. It jumped out at me as I was born and raised in Dallas and lived in Texas until 1984.

Brigitte here, and you're welcome. Lots of helpful people and information here. We are fortunate to have this site! Enjoy your new TM!!

Originally Posted by Texas_Camper

ps.... try for Las Cruces or Deming for the second night.... lot's of rv places there...

If you stay in Deming, and don't mind driving off the Interstate for a few miles (around 7 or 8, I think - it's been a while...) Rock Hound State Park is beautiful. Nice, big, wide sites, water/electric hookups, right at the base of the Floridas Mtns. There are lots of commercial CGs there, close to I-10, but the ones we've stayed at in Deming really like to pack 'em in.

Good luck with your new TM!

Bob