Rock Crusher Canyon RV Park REVIEW, Crystal River, Florida

I did a past review of Rock Crusher Canyon RV Resort  HERE the last time we were here so I am not going to redo a full review this time as our opinion has not changed about this park. I will just touch on a few things I didn't talk much about in my last review.

Since our last visit this park has changed ownership and is now part of Sun Resorts. We found the small time feel of the park had changed a little and wasn't as warm feeling as before but it still is a wonderful place to stay and I have nothing bad to say about this park.

This time we were on site 106 which is in the back of the park and even though we were fairly close to the road we didn't take much notice of that fact. Our site was large and had a very natural setting. The site did slope a bit from the road but our "driveway"type pad was very level. All hook ups were easy and well maintained. Lots of large tree around.

This time we found horsehoes, shuffleboard and a dog run up behind the playground. I do not know if these were new since we were last here or if we just missed them our first visit.

The pool was heated and a nice enough temperature for me to even get in.

 Recently they added all new chairs around the pool area.

One nice change from our last visit is the hot tub was no longer 16 plus... younger children could use it with adult supervision. This made my girls very happy. The only thing we noticed this time missing was there are no showers by the pool. Obviously these were not here the last time either but for some reason it struck me as odd this time. There is a shower in the pool area but that is more of a "please shower before entering the pool" type shower. Leaving the pool to go to the bathhouse to have a shower seemed a little silly.

The playground still is in like new condition and had some nice new picnic tables near by.

The laundry room by the pool with washers and dryers for $1.50 per load.

There was another bathhouse with wash rooms, showers and laundry in it.

This park is very family friendly. The girls loved riding their bikes all over the park.

 

They were also allowed to ride their jeep here which made them very happy campers. We will definitely be back here again. Hopefully next time we will have a kayak or two to enjoy the springs with.

One last little tid-bit about the area is we found a BEACH! That was the only thing from our last review that we thought was missing.

Creative Community Playground, Crystal River, Florida

 We found a little hidden gem in Crystal River for those of you with young children. We are always on the look out for free or cheap family fun and this lovely wooden playground fit the bill perfectly!

Crystal River Creative Community Playground can be found at 698 NW 2nd Ave, in Crystal River. There is not a huge amount of parking. However there was a completely empty parking lot just across the road so we parked there as we were hooked up to the RV.

Just across a small road was a pond, river and covered picnic table area.

I can't help but stare up at the beautiful moss and ferns on the trees. It never gets old for me.

There are also picnic tables at the playground.

 Definitely worth a stop...we may be partial to large wooden playgrounds though.

Fort Island Beach and Fort Island Trail Park, Crystal River, Florida

Last time we visited Crystal River we had a wonderful time and enjoyed all of our outings. The only thing we felt Crystal River was missing was a beach...little did I know it has one!

This time I did a bit of homework. I even asked some locals and was told, "Nope sorry no beaches around here". I guess they want to keep this area a secret and rightly so I guess as it's not very big so don't go expecting a beach similar to St Petersburg or Clearwater. This is small and quaint.

This beach may not be big and today was too cold to actually venture into the water but I can imagine a nice hot day, slipping into the water here would be wonderful.

There is a a nice little beach with quite a few covered tables with barbeques for cooking. There are wash rooms, drinking fountain and an outside shower to get the sand off yourself or your feet.

 As well as lots and lots of birds.

To the right you can see a wooden fishing pier. 

There is a trail from the beach along a raised wooden board walk.

Near the end of the pier where it joins the board walk there is another covered area with multiple tables. From here the path continues either to the pier, or to another smaller parking lot.

View of the beach from the pier

 This sign is posted from the other smaller parking lot.

My girls found some fallen palm fronds and were using them as walking sticks and fans...however the breeze was a huge fan it'self today!

There are also boat ramps at the end of the road just a minute from the beach with a large parking lot. There was no sign-age to say no over night parking here. Has anyone boondocked at this location over night before?

When we left here we headed back along the road we came in on as the boat ramps are the end of the road. I did however neglect to take a picture of these ramps. We stopped at Fort Island Trail Park. I'm not sure where the trail is or goes as we only stayed here long enough to snap a couple pictures. My girls were cold.

The fishing pier

The boat ramps from the parking area closer to the pier.

One of the covered picnic areas

This park also had wash room facilities and a few different covered picnic areas. The boat dock had a large parking lot which is open from dusk until dawn.

 We left to try to find a community playground I heard about but without a data plan on my phone I wasn't able to find it. I did however find it when we returned to the camp ground and hope it is nice enough tomorrow to go check it out.

Sierra trys out her Fantasy Fin Mermaid tail

Sierra asked and asked and asked for a mermaid tail for Christmas. I told her they were too expensive so she asked Santa for one. Luckily he had a Fantasy Fin Mermaid Tail and Mono fin for her and she has been absolutely dying to try it out.

The Pool here at Rock Crusher Canyon RV Park is heated and even though the high today was 14 degrees Celsius the water was even warm enough for me to get in!

Sierra finally got to try out her tail and she was so happy to be able to try it out.

Aayla also got a little tail but one with her feet free so she can stand.