Southern Music and Heroes RV Vacation Itinerary

Pick up your motorhome and drive to your first campground, the Atlanta South RV Resort.  Here you will get used to how your motorhome hooks up to electricity and water. Have a relaxing evening in this lovely location.

After an hour and just 62 miles into the drive you will arrive at Tobesofkee Recreation Area - near Macon. You can enjoy fishing, camping, boating, tennis and swimming from one of three white sand beaches. In the afternoon you will continue your drive for a further 160 miles. Consider staying for a night or two at Sugar Mill RV Park, our suggested campground just north of Thomasville.

This morning enjoy a visit to Pebble Hill Plantation. The drive is less than 10 miles. This stately home stands amid the magnolias and long leaf pines of southwest Georgia. Pebble Hill covers 3,00 acres and dates back to 1825. The main house furnishings include prime antiques, Audobon prints, and a wealth of sporting art.
 

Next head south, dropping in to see Florida's State capital, Tallahassee, before driving the eastern edge of Apalachicola National Forest to today's suggested campground, Indian Pass Camp.

Situated at the far western end of Apalachicola Bay, the campsite lies in the midst of a beautiful, deeply fertile area, full of unspoiled beaches and rich estuaries. There are no high rises in Indian Pass - just wonderful beaches, oysters and sunsets.

It's all about the views!  The Gulf Coast beaches of Florida's Forgotten coast.  Follow it around St. Joseph's Bay and stop at the local town, Port St. Joe, for breakfast.  Continue on Highway 98 all the way to Pensacola, following the gulf and through towns and hamlets - Mexico Beach, Panama City Beach, Santa Rosa, Destin and Fort Walton Beach.  Cross the channel to Pensacola and on to tonight's suggested campground, Playa del Rio on Perdido Beach.

Excitement to start the day:  a trip on the Mobile Bay Ferry, which we suggest you book in advance, from Fort Morgan to Dauphine Island.  Mid channel, you will cross from Florida to Alabama - and after you arrive on Dauphine Island, in just 90 minutes you should be at tonight's suggested campground, Gulf Haven, located near the casinos, the beach and shopping.

A highlight of this trip s your stay in New Orleans, and where better than the French Quarter RV Resort.  We don't need to say much about this amazing city, which has in recent years seen such devastation, yet has recovered so amazingly due to the resilience of it's people.  Find more about things to do on www.neworleansonline.com.

Just over 90 miles to Baton Rouge, state capital of Louisiana.  Visit Baton Rouge Zoo where conservation is paramount.   Another 70 miles and you will arrive at our suggested campground - the KOA at Lafayette.  Not well known to international travellers, Lafayette has lots to offer including their scenic byways program.  You've heard of the swamps and wildlife along the Mississippi river?  Why not take a tour?  A specialist is the Atchafalaya Experience who accommodates photographers, birders and lovers of nature who want to see Louisiana's answer to the Grand Canyon, the Atchafalaya.  North America's largest river swamp ranks among the top ten wilderness areas in the United States.

Head for Shreveport for a little bit of Elvis history.  He got his start here on the stage of the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, performing for the Louisiana Hayride radio show on October 16, 1954.  Now a National Historic Site containing the Stage of Stars Museum at 705 Elvis Presley Avenue, the auditorium honors famous music legends like Elvis, Hank Williams and Johnny Cash.  On December 15, 1956, immediately after he left the auditorium's stage at the end of his "Farewell to Shreveport" concert, the famous sentence "Elvis has left the building" was coined.  Suggested campground tonight is Tall Pines RV Park, which was voted one of the top 100 Good Sam Parks for 2010!  And, that's out of 1,600 Good Sam parks!

Cross into Arkansas and touch the Texas border:  you'll even cross into Texas if you stop for a while at Texarkana.  Head for the State Capital where the 45th US President was Governor before moving to the White House.  Bill Clinton's birthplace is at Hope, just up the road from Texarkana and well worth a visit on the way to Little Rock.  We suggest the KOA campground.  Plan to stay a couple of nights so you have time to see the Clinton Presidential Center just ten minutes from the campground.  If you fancy a boogie, River Market District for live music is the place.  

You've seen where his career kicked off in Shreveport, now head for what became Elvis' hometown - Memphis - as well as a great place to visit.  Since you will be visiting Graceland, the campground next door, right by the Heartbreak Hotel is convenient and comfortable.  Elvis became the most celebrated entertainer in the world.  Visit his car museum and "Access Elvis"; see his costumes and go through the Lisa Marie and Hound Dog airplanes.

Keep your feet tapping to the rhythm at the home of country music, Nashville, Tennessee.  Don't hang about - just get on the road to our suggested campground the KOA in Nashville, ideally placed in music city.  The on-site tour desk staff will help with tickets to the Grand Ole Opry as well as with shuttles to and from local attractions.  They'll book sightseeing tours leaving right from the campground, including to the homes of many country music stars.

Check out Stone Mountain's website and understand why we're suggesting this area for your last night.  The mountain displays the largest bas relief carving in the world and honors three important names in the Confederate States of America:  Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis and, of course, Robert E. Lee.  Suggested campground - Stone Mountain Park.

Time to return your motorhome in Elizabethtown. Please fill up with petrol before returning by 11:00am.