How little was “little” when we arrived? Meaher may be the smallest state park we have camped in up to now, but it was surprisingly nice. It was more of a campground than a state park, but had some great trails through the bayou and marsh.
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| The sign was near the boat launch, not at the park's entrance |
We selected this park because it was close to our son's home. We were able to visit him, his wife and our grandson during Thanksgiving week.
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| Grandson practicing baseball in his backyard |
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| Sunset' reflection on Rosie |
It appeared to us that several families were camping together in the park during Thanksgiving week. Our questions about how to cook a turkey in a camper was answered when we saw one person lowering a turkey into a fryer. Fried turkey sounded good to me.
We were surprised by the number of RVs that left the park on Thanksgiving morning. I guess those people didn’t want to risk being stuck in traffic while heading to their next stop. Sites didn’t stay empty long. By evening, empty sites were filled with new campers and families.
There were only a few sites in this park that didn’t have a view of the Bay. Our site wasn’t on the water, but we enjoyed watching the incredible sunsets across the Bay and watching the traffic on the I-10 bridges near the Alabama Battleship park.
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| I-10 in the background |
We walked over to the boat launch our first day in the park. Two men were launching their boat and told us they were scouting the area because duck hunting season started Friday after Thanksgiving. We started hearing the hunters around 6:15 Friday morning. We were glad we knew about duck season, but I doubt our dog understood and was anxious about the sounds from the rifles.
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| The boat launch area in this park |
As expected, hunting was not allowed in the park, but some hunters and fishermen were in the water near it. Thankfully, most hunters stopped by noon but not before an incident. We were walking on a boardwalk over the marsh area when we heard a hunter take a shot. A few seconds later, we heard bird pellets rain down around us and then Becky said "Ouch" as she clutched her chest. She was hit by a stray bird pellet, but it did not break the skin and only left a red mark on her.
We immediately called the park's office and reported the incident. Almost immediately, we saw two park rangers running towards us. A few minutes later, the Game Warden arrived and talked with us before he walked out on the boardwalk to watch the hunters. About an hour later, we talked to an Alabama State Park Law Enforcement officer. We were not aware that state parks had their own police force. That officer was in a state park about 50 miles away when he was called in.
The bottom line was that everyone from the park rangers and game warden to the state park law officer was professional in their dealings with us and all agreed that the hunter outside the park was careless and additional officers would patrol the area keeping an eye on the hunters. One careless person will not keep us from returning to this park.
We were having a minor problem with our trailer hitch. The ball was loose. I called several RV centers near this park and most didn't want to see us or they quoted hundreds of dollars to tighten the ball. I ended up calling Foley RV, the dealer we purchased Rosie from in Gulfport, Mississippi. John, the service manager said to drop by and he would take care of us at no charge. That reinforced again that we made a good decision to buy from them.
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| Foley RV in Gulfport, Miss. |
Our son and grandson came to the park one day. According to Becky's Apple Watch, she and our six year-old grandson rode more than five miles around the park on their bikes.
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| On a bike ride with our grandson |
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| Taking a break while on a bike ride |
We agree that this is a nice little park and we look forward to returning there in the future.
Here are some specifics about this campground:
- There were multiple loops in the campground
- Our site was a back in
- Our site had shade
- Most sites had some space on both sides
- Our site was paved with asphalt and we needed to use leveling tools to correct a side-to-side lean in Rosie
- Our site had 20, 30 and 50 amp electrical service
- Our site had a water connection
- Our site had a sewer connection
- The camp literature said there was a dump station in this park. We could not find it
- The trash dumpster was in the middle of the campground. It was easy to walk there with your trash
- There was a bathhouse in the campground
- The park provided WiFi service
- AT&T provided 3 bars of 5G voice and data service over our campsite
- We were able to watch ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS using Rosie’s TV antenna. Digital channels seen were Antenna-TV, Circle, Comet, Court-TV, Dabl, ION, LAFF, ME-TV, Retro, Stadium and TBD
- There were restaurants and shopping nearby
- This was a pet friendly park
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