Fountainebleu State Park - Camping

I've always found it very crowded during the camping season. There are some nice trails there for when you want to get away from the crowd. And let them run around in the woods. We used to play Ninja as kids out there. Good times.

Oh, and

quote:

---

Fontainebleau

---

Just a pet peeve of mine

Kinda crowded. Was super wet when we went a couple of winters ago. The nature trail is nice. Saw deer all over the campsite

As others have said, there are plenty hogs. Some will stroll right through the camping areas. Don't leave garbage laying around. Something (hog, coon, possum) will get into it and you'll have a mess to clean up in the morning.

If you're looking to see hogs, I found the road out to the cabins at dawn and dusk was usually productive.

There's a boardwalk out into the marsh east of the open picnic and playground areas. It's a short trail and good spot to see birds. There's also a longer trail that goes all the way to Bayou Cane (the eastern border of the park). All kind of potential wildlife sightings. Plenty of animal tracks in the mud to try to identify, if the kids are into that

There's a good chance of rain this weekend, so you might want to rig a tarp/fly over your tent to help keep you dry. Camping isn't as much fun when everything is wet.

Did that area go under in Nate?

I didn't think about that. I was on the marsh boardwalk in February. Sections were still closed from previous storms. You can also see a row of concrete 4x4 posts from a old boardwalk that must have been wiped out by Katrina or maybe Isaac.

pretty sure the park is fine.

Trip went very well.

We moved many of the activities planned for Saturday night to Friday night. Most people packed up and heading home before dusk on Saturday to avoid rain.

The boys had a great time, it was a whole Pack trip, so 40 - 50 boys plus dads, some moms and siblings as well.

The boys saw a few racoons and opossum, saw a deer. Very excited 7 year olds. Their favorite parts of any camping trip, the campfire and night hikes.

Only a few stayed Saturday night. We did not. The ones that stayed said they had a good evening/night until the storms came in around 4am. They ended up packing up in the rain around 7am.

Thanks for the advice and comments. We packed up all the food - the racoons left foot prints on some of our tables/containers, but they didn't get into anything. The boys liked seeing the muddy prints.

This Pack does two camping trips a year, one fall, one spring. I think the spring will be back to Salmen Scout Reservation.

Good deal. Glad it worked out reasonably well.

quote:

---

The Den Leader took them on the night hike, I was back at camp cooking, but none of the boys said they saw a gator. I told them about the eyes in the water.

---

yeah at the pond, you hit it up with flashlights, you'll see dozens of eyes all over and usually you can sneak up on one or two near close bank.

My stepson and his wife took their son on that trip. They opted to stay the additional night. The storm rolling in early that morning made the trip even more memorable. Lol