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City and State: Port Lavaca, TX
Date: Jan 15, 2015

Name of CG: Magnolia Beach Parking Campground

CG Website: None
Can find through AllStays

Overall Rating (a scale of 1 – 10): 10 - It's free!

Pros: It's free and right on the bay. Always a breeze.

Cons: This can be noisy and smelly. Fishermen are not careful about the fish remains. The trash cans are often over flowing. Have to go to a private campground to get fresh water and dump but one close cg is a Passport America..

Comments: Must wash your rig after staying here or you will end up with rust on your metal parts of the rig. Never leave your rig with the awning out or anything you don't want blown away....or stolen. Many Canadians come here for the entire winter. Some folks are plain rude and noone around to referee.

GPS 28.55682/-96.52525 check

Rate: $ free

Birdie, remember our first Magnolia Beach gtg. You and Karen had never bondocked. You had your little trailer. The two of you took hookup sites at the near park and those of us boondocking did so as close to there as we could be. I like that beach. Then the next year, it was COLD and my battery was dying so I couldn't run my heater. That's when I decided I had to get solar. Ah, his much we've learned!!!

Smelly, fish guts, stolen stuff vs free breeze. I dunno. I'd have to experience it. Free is not always the best deal.
I'll pay to stay out of a crowd. I don't think this is for me this time of year.
Thanks, anyway, Birdie. I really appreciate the gesture. This could be exactly what someone else needs right now.
I'll check it out when the snowbirds aren't so thick.

Nikki

Olive6001 wrote:Smelly, fish guts, stolen stuff vs free breeze. I dunno. I'd have to experience it. Free is not always the best deal.
I'll pay to stay out of a crowd. I don't think this is for me this time of year.
Thanks, anyway, Birdie. I really appreciate the gesture. This could be exactly what someone else needs right now.
I'll check it out when the snowbirds aren't so thick.

Nikki

I never was amid smelly fish guts or any stolen stuff there.

We had a couple of fun GTGs here but there really is no "beach". Its all broken shells and rocks and is only about 10' wide. Better when warmer but was fun.