Friday, December 7, 2007 - Foscue Creek Park, Demopolis AL

Foscue Creek, Demopolis AL, December 12, 2007

Me being me, I chose the one farthest from town, went off 10 miles the wrong way, turned around and finally found the one, Forkland Park 12 miles from town - only to find, contrary to it's web site, it is closed for the winter. I hate it when that happens. Oh well, back to town I go - to the one, Foscue Creek Park, a mere 3 miles from the Wal-Mart I just left. This turns out to be a beautiful park, nicely landscaped, full hook-ups, a coin laundry, and I site where I can almost literally hang the rear picture windows of LD right out over the water. With my Golden Age Passport discount I get all that for a mere $9.00 a night. A nice find.

All was not lost on my ride out to Forkland Park. The ride took me through a bit of the rural south I hadn't experienced yet - some small cypress swamps and rural mobile homes perched atop concrete block columns to keep them safely above flood waters. Some of those columns are 6 feet high and look rather unstable. Then there is the absolutely fabulous field full of Jim Bird's hay creations.

Night camp

Site 22 - Foscue Creek Campground, Demopolis AL

• This is a well maintained US Army Corps of Engineers campground with level paved sites, most with full hookups
• Many sites overlook the water of the inlets off Demopolis Lake on the Tombigbee River
• There is good biking on the park roads
• The campground is pretty full Thanksgiving week and is generally booked solid the weekend of the Demopolis Christmas on the River festival in early December.
• Poor Verizon cell phone service - access is via Extended Network, roaming
• No Verizon EVDO service - access is via the Extended Network and service varies is slow but reliable
• Only 3 miles to Wal-Mart and other services in Demopolis AL
• Find other references to Foscue Creek
• List the nights I've camped here
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• Reserve a site
• Get a map