Gulf Waters RV Resort

Posted by Sparky on March 7, 2017

Our view at dusk

It is official: we are spoiled. We will never again stay long-term in an RV park as nice as the Gulf Waters RV Resort. This place is a piece of heaven. We are about 6 weeks away from completing our 5-month stay and we love the place more every day.

Ah, Gulf Waters! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…

The sites are wide and wonderful, with great landscaping.
The communal facilities (community center, swimming pool, recreational facilities and laundry/bath building) are all first-rate.
The activities – sports (golf, tennis, corn-hole and pickle ball) and games (e.g., Bunco and Hand-and-Foot) can keep one constantly amused.
The wildlife (e.g., waterfowl and eagles) are constantly entertaining.
The food (e.g., the Thanksgiving buffet, the New Years’s Eve dinner, the Valentines Day dinner, the daily lunches, Tom’s incredible breakfasts and Donna’s homemade soups) is consistently delicious and the Tiki Bar with its $2 drafts is always a pleasant social scene.
The people – the staff, the owners and the other renters – are all friendly and welcoming.

The place is not perfect. There are a few things that could be improved:

The water is very hard and a bit brackish. It is tolerable, but if it was any worse we would have to use bottled water for our coffee.
There is no dog park. There is, however, a pretty nice one just about a mile away.
It is expensive. It is cheaper, as everything is, in the off-season and owners pay much less – after the initial investment – than the renters. But as renters we paid about $60 per night. That is a budget-busting sum which is even more painful when RV parks just a few miles inland are charging half that, or less. At $60 per night we should get maid service and a chocolate on our pillows.

But we knew it would be expensive before we booked the stay. We regarded it as a 5-month luxury and we are not disappointed. You generally get what you pay for and that is certainly the case at Gulf Waters.