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tallan · RV-Dreams Family Member

Army Family

GENECOP · RV-Dreams Family Member

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DorisandDave · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welcome Chaplain Troy! And welcome to the RV Dreams Family.

We are reitred military and always look at each post on our way to see if they have an RV park. I'm not sure what the rules are for staying for an extended period, but something to look into. Most of the military rv parks are quite nice.

Good luck in you adventure!

Linda · Hostess

Welcome! We hope we can help you with your questions and that your decisions come easy!

53 Merc · RV-Dreams Family Member

Go to Google and type in Fort Hood+Famcamp. I am not sure about the how long you can take advantage of the famcamp, but I do know there is one on Lake Belton, just outside Fort Hood. I am sure something can be worked out to help you. You can also use RVParkreviews.com for your location for suggestions. Then, it is called negotiation to get a rate you can live with. Long term, certain income sometimes moves negotiations to a workable area from an owner.

Unless your RV is a teardrop, I betcha it is big enough for 3. We had a 15 yr old grandson with us in a 28 ft trailer for 4 months while I was working away from home base. Did just fine. While we were building a house in Colorado, we lived in a 26 ft trailer (no slides) for 6 months with a 16 yr old daughter. Did fine there too.

injunear · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welcome to the group Troy.
We've also been looking in the Ft. Hood, Killeen, Belton, and Temple area for a long term place to stay.
No we're not active military, but a Navy vet. Our son lives in the Temple area and works for Sprint. We're missing out on the grandson's early years. So when we start fulltiming in 2012 striaght for Texas we'll go.
There are several COE campgrounds around Lake Belton and Still Hollow Lake. On the southwest side of Ft. Hood there is another large lake but I can't think of the name.

God Bless,
Wayne

heyjohnm · RV-Dreams Family Member

Troy,

There is a military campground website that reviews campgrounds provided by MWR / Special Services at bases/posts/stations across the US:

http://www.militarycampgrounds.us/

Good luck with your camping and thank you for your service.

John M.
USAF Retired

ken and cindy · RV-Dreams Family Member

There are places in Copperas Cove area. We stayed overnight at this place

http://www.townoaksrv.com/directions.aspx

Nothing great but only 5 minutes from the base. There was also a real nice mobile home/rv park there but it was for long term only. http://www.elmgrovemhc.com/community.htm ,but at a $190 bucks a month !

CR47 · RV-Dreams Community Member

Hey, Chaplain Troy! Glad to have you here. I can't help you with your issues of where to put a trailer if you decide to try it as a living place in your new assignment, but I can wish you the best. I'm retiring from the active ordained ministry this year after 43 years of it. Looking forward to doing some RV traveling in the summer when my wife is not teaching. She has a few years yet before retirement. We've talked about fulltiming, but right now we're just setting for a few long trips and several short ones. Blessings on your continued ministry.

forrest

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Welccme, Chaplain
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Firwt of all, thanks for your service, both to our country and to our military personnel by practicing your profession. God loving people are always welcgme.
!3Cbr />It lkoks like you are getting saveral tips as tg where to possibly stay for lonc periods while {tationed at a military base.

Let me add to the other suggestions. Check out mobile home parks as well.

Jo and I will be living in our dream RV when we get our home sold here in Oklahoma City, but we're not ready to retire yet. Our hope is to continue working until the truck and RV are paid off. Thus, we will possibly be staying in one place for a number of years. We have found a mobile home park that also allows RV's of just about every kind. The facility we are looking at even serves as a drop off point for mail and packages in the office of the park.

Just a thought.

Oh, and good luck in your search.

Terry

Jomilt · RV-Dreams Family Member

You can do a Google Search for Mobile Home parks in Killeen or other towns near Ft. Hood. Many of them allow RV's..and their spaces for the units are larger than those in an RV park. When traveling, we often stay in one.

Since you could be stationed in a town for a long while...this would be good for you and your family.

Here is one helpful Website:

http://www.snowbirdhelper.com/texas_mhp.htm

Happy Hunting for your dream fiver--- and a place to park it!

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Jomilt wrote:

You can do a Google Search for Mobile Home parks in Killeen or other towns near Ft. Hood. Many of them allow RV's..and their spaces for the units are larger than those in an RV park. When traveling, we often stay in one.

Since you could be stationed in a town for a long while...this would be good for you and your family.

Here is one helpful Website:

http://www.snowbirdhelper.com/texas_mhp.htm

Happy Hunting for your dream fiver--- and a place to park it!

Now that looks like it could be helpful. And, if you go to the root home page, there is even more information available.

Thanks for the tip. Its already in my "Favorites" under RV'ing.

Terry

tallan · RV-Dreams Family Member

To all my new friends,

What a blessing to have all of your experience in my life. Thank you all for the info and the support. We are finding that getting a new trailer and truck is a difficult process as we just bought new last year. I love my current truck - Toyota Tundra and our current trailer Jayco Octane. I am not sure the Octane is able to support a fulltime living condition, but maybe for a year we could do it and knock-out some of the negative equity.

Thanks again to all of you and we look forward in reading more great info and learning from your expertise!

Blessings, Troy