I once had a bad experience with a nest of fire ants, but, after my experience at the Nakatosh RV Park, I now look back at the fire ants with fond nostalgia. Because, Oh. My. God. I had a tire blow out coming through Natchitoches, Louisiana, so I pulled into a truck stop at the Hwy 6 exit off I-49. It turned out, I would need two new tires and the jack I had with me wasn't the right one for this vehicle, so, with everything, I didn't have enough money to get going again. I could get the money, but I had to have someone FedEx it to me (long story) and it was going to take a day for the money to get there. But, this RV Park is directly behind the truck stop (stroke of luck), so I drove back there on my wheel and pulled into the first spot. It was Saturday, and there is no one who works there on Saturday and Sunday, but they have little envelopes you can put your payment in, so, I figured with the tracking number from Fedex in my hand, on Monday, I would be able to get them to wait until the payment arrived. Which Miss Amy, the sole employee for this place, agreed to. Then there was a bad cold snap and an ice storm, and, somehow it took FedEx six days to deliver the envelope. But I gave the tracking number to them (the truck stop is owned by the same people, Lott Oil) so they could see I wasn't lying. The envelope WAS on the way! Anyway, I didn't even hook up to the water and sewer so as to minimize the services I was consuming, but I did need to use the electricity so my 14-year-old dog and I could stay warm; the temperatures dipped way below freezing night after night. But the electrical outlet at the slot I pulled into didn't work, and I couldn't change spots because, by that time, my wheel was completely removed thanks to some guys staying there who had the appropriate jack (btw, the GUESTS there were completely awesome). Anyway, I had to run a 110v extension cord over to the empty slot next to me, which meant the only heat I had was this little, completely inadequate electric space heater. My dog and I nearly froze to death. Miserable, sleepless nights. But Miss Amy, even though she could see the payment was delayed through no fault of my own, and even though she could see I didn't even have access to the full services, she's charging me full price for every day I sat there, freezing and immobilized. OK. Shitty, but whatever. There are shitty people in the world, so deal. But it gets much, much worse. On the Monday, when Miss Amy returned to work, she agreed to wait for the FedEx delivery and, as she's making copies of my driver's license and demanding a photo of my license plate, she's telling me that the showers are going to be cold because "they" stole the heater and she wasn't buying another. And there wasn't any toilet paper in the bathroom, she said, because "they" stole the toilet paper and she wasn't going to replace it (there was also no soap in the soap dispenser, nor were there paper towels in the paper towel dispenser--isn't that a health hazard? Not clear whether "they" stole those, too). Anyway, the first time I walked into the bathroom/showers, I was appalled at the filth. Clearly, the toilet had overflowed and no one had bothered to clean up, because there was dried human feces encrusted all over the floor--isn't that a health hazard? (As I was told later by Miss Amy, "they" had put pens down the toilet and caused it to overflow.) In the showers, they had down those kind of mats you see in commercial kitchens--the kind you haul out every night and wash and sanitize. I doubt these things had ever been cleaned. The holes were filled with solid muck. Nasty af. But the shower doesn't work in my RV, so I put on sandals and showered there in the muck--isn't that a health hazard? Yuck. Anyway, when the Fedex arrived, Miss Amy was away, so the people from Lott Oil Truck Stop took my money, As I said, they were charging me full price at the daily rate, so the total came to nearly the amount they had posted for the monthly rate. So, I said I would just take the monthly rate, which they did. Anyway, then the toilet overflowed again, apparently, and so she just closed all the bathrooms, mens and womens and showers, too. She put a sign: Keep out until further notice. So I went to her office and asked her when they were going to reopen. She said they were going to reopen once they found out who was stealing the toilet paper. They were reviewing video. I'm not even kidding. I assume you are offering us a discount, then, I said, since you do advertise that you have bathroom and shower facilities. No, she answered. Then I want to leave, I said, and I want the money returned pro-rated at the monthly rate. No, she said, you will be charged at the daily rate. When I objected, she slammed the door in my face. This morning, two Lott employees came with the money at the monthly rate and the cops and told me to go. Unbelievable. read more

Nakatosh Campgrounds - Miss Amy views guests as a single adversarial entity with which she is locked in solitary battle. She should be answering phones at a megach - Campgrounds Near Me - Natchitoches, Louisiana

We spent four nights here after the Thanksgiving holiday. They put us in the front row right next to the truck stop with 18 wheelers idling all night. There were other open sights but this is where they put us. The 50 amp service we needed had a bad leg and only half worked. So half my camper did not have electric. They had no maintenance people on site and did not call anyone during our entire stay. Luckily we did not need the a/c and I was able to get by with a 30 amp service. The 3 AM dumpster emptying at the truck stop was a really nice alarm clock!! Unless you sleep like the dead there is no way you can get a full night sleep without being woken up from the loud trucks. Icing on the cake was when we left and stopped by their restrooms to wash our hands and use the restroom one last time. The cap was off the sewer so the sewer was flowing out onto the parking lot and across the truck stop parking lot. Just went on down the road since I didn't want to dodge toilet paper and human crap all over the place. Cheap place to stay and it shows. If you are passing through and only staying one night maybe but I will not be back. read more

We got a really late start on our roadtrip from Dallas to Tallahassee and needed a last minute place to stay overnight by the time we reached Natchitoches, Louisiana. I found Nakatosh RV Park on Google and gave them a call. I was told their office would be closed by the time we arrived, but we were welcome to pull into any open spot and use a self pay envelope and the drop box to pay for our site. The park can't be seen from the road, but it was easy to find being located behind a truck stop. It's very small, but they had a few pull through sites open with full hookups. This place is definitely no frills and not something to be considered a vacation destination, but it suited our needs for the night to a tee. read more

Just no. It's right beside truck stop. There was no one on site the day we got there and no way to contact anyone to get the WiFi code, bathroom codes. Just a voicemail. No caps on any sewer drain that we could see, just a rock! Water spigot was approx 8" off the ground which made it difficult for regulators and filters. The electrical plug for the 50 amp had a broken plastic casing and was loose. The pull through sites were somewhat roomy and fairly level, rock pads. The next day we were finally able to get the codes! But when we left the day after that, the bathroom had not even been cleaned. The hot water lasted less than 5 min in the showers. If you just have no other option it's ok, but never a destination place! read more