Springfield, LA
This park is only 8-10 miles off I-12 to the northwest of New Orleans but it certainly feels like you are in the middle of nowhere. The roads into the park were pretty primitive and had us worried we were not going where we were supposed to be. While traveling west on I-12 we passed an exit that had signage for the park but our GPS wanted us to take the next exit a few miles later so we did. That turned out to be a mistake as the final turn necessary to get to the park was very sharp (> 120 degrees) and the road was sloped such that we crossed a pretty severe hump while turning. Those who know how 5th wheels are hooked know this is not ideal. We did scrape a bit of paint off a piece of molding as it came into contact with the truck bed rails. We suspect, had we taken the first exit, we would have approached this intersection from the other direction, entered with only a slight turn and been better off.
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