Fontainebleau State Park in Louisiana

We had the opportunity to camp at Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville, Louisiana on May 18 through May 21, 2018.  Fontainebleau State Park is on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.  This was the first time we could get away on a camping trip in 2018.  We had an unusually cold winter in north MS and then it rained and rained and rained.

.Living in Mississippi, we are used to high humidity levels, but the humidity we experienced in Louisiana was even more than we are accustomed to.  Once you get your mind wrapped around the fact that you are going to be in a perpetual state of wringing wet, you just get on with whatever you are doing.  One way I guess Louisianans deal with it is to consume "snowballs".  We saw shaved ice aka Snowball shops everywhere.

Fontainebleau State Park has history, walking trails, biking trails, swimming, playgrounds and beautiful live oaks with "Spanish moss".  This state park is a very popular place for day use swimmers.  We also saw the large pavillions being used for parties.

 We didn't have time to do everything we wanted to.  We were not able to explore many of the trails nor the nature areas close by; however, we did bike part of the Tammany Trace, visited the Mandeville Farmer's Market, the Mandeville Lakefront, rode across the Lake Pontchartrain Bridge, and picked up fresh shrimp from the Mandeville Seafood Market.

The Mandeville Lakefront is a large public park right on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.  

There is a paved trail throughout the park, large playground area, boat launch, and absolutely beautiful trees with Spanish moss.  Right across the street from the park are fantastic "southern" homes. 

We stayed at campsite #85 in Campground A.  This site is a pull through with  30/50 amp electric and water.  There is a picnic table, grill, fire ring and plenty of room on the living side of the camper.  We were happy with this site but would have liked a little more shade.  I think site #1 would be better for a hot weather visit as it had quite a bit of shade.

Some of the sites also had sewer hookups.  We were in Campground A, which I thought had more space between the sites than Campground B.

Both my phone (Sprint) and hubby's phone (CSpire) had good service.  Our over-the-air TV picked up quite a few stations from New Orleans.

There were 3 bath houses and 2 had washer/dryers.  One of the bath houses was very old and not air conditioned but the other 2 were clean, well-lit and air conditioned.

This was a nice park to stay in and I would possibly come back to explore more of the area when the temps are cooler.