KimDM

Any suggestions for where would be the best place for tent camping (with water and electricity)? I have thought about Mustang Island SP but I THINKI read somewhere that the bathrooms were horrible, so then I was thinking about I B Magee Park. Would there be any other place that would be better? Do I need reservations for any place? This is the 3rd similar message I've posted (different places) but I don't seem to be getting any answers. I will be going with my two sons, 16 years old and 5 years old (think we are leaving the hubby at home). Also should I bring all of our bikes if we can fit them in? or would that be a waste of space...that may be a stupid question, but it's something I've been debating about.

Thanks for your time and answers!

rockhill

i do not have any specific knowledge about the restrooms at Mustang. My remeberence of the park from a day trip, there is that the bikes would not be used that much to warrant the space. Your post seemed to indicate your post on other boards had been ignored. While I may not have all the pertinent information needed, I at least made sure you were not ignored!

Some one I am sure will have some specific information for you. happy camping

Marcos

I have stayed at Mustang Island in a travel trailer and have used the public showers. They are not bad. They are cleaner then Balli park. I've never been to Magee. Mustang Island is a state park and Balli and Magee are Nueces county parks. In general the state parks have usually been a little better then the county parks in my experiences. Either way having the ability to take a shower is a big plus. I always were my flip flops in public showers. Not many bike trails. Unless you want to ride in the sand or the parking lot where the RV's are; but, bikes would come in handy for riding to the showers.

KimDM

Thanks for your answers...That's what I was thinking about the bikes, if nothing else take one of the big ones for the showers, and then maybe my 5 year olds! Oh and excellent advice about the flip flops. I too have always worn flip flops in the shower!

I didn't mean to make it sound so much like I'm being ignored as much as I'm not posting in the places where people who know the answers are reading them. Thanks for your replies!

happybooker1

The bathrooms at MI are so-so. Not heated/AC'd. Plenty of hot water BUT a funky kind of push-button "on" thing that requires you to push it constantly for a shower. Not an ideal setup. Doable, but of all the SP's we've visited, at the bottom of our list. Not too dirty, not too clean either. We just went in February. I would go again & stay at MI, but the showers are NOT a fav.

MissionCamper

Who needs bikes at the beach when you can play in the water and get a tan!

Me and mine have camped at MISP a few times. Not really great as far as camping goes, but a nice, inexpensive place with utilities that gave us a cool trailer to retreat to after a day in the hot sun.

From what I can recall, the restrooms are clean enough, but you do have to climb stairs to get to them. Not an issue for me but I thought it worth mentioning. Never used the showers there (have one in my trailer), but I've seen the button thingy at one other park and it can be a pain having to keep pushing it to get water to come out.

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