Quality in Quantico

(03/28 to 04/03/2010) Camping at military RV campgrounds when we can has been our routine since we hit the road full-time in January. We have stayed at some good ones and some not so good ones. We booked the campsite at Lunga Park, Quantico USMC base in advance not knowing what to expect. This was by far the nicest military campground we have stayed in. Lunga Park is actually a series of 5 separate campgrounds in a secluded area on the shores of a huge man-made lake in the shape of a large "V" that lies NNE. We were in the Pine Campground on the farthest NE point of the lake. It was a beautiful setting and the sites were aligned to the lake for good views from our parked rig. We were watching the lake late one evening and a bald eagle came out of nowhere and scooped a fish out of the water with its talons and flew off. We sat on the edge of the lake one evening for about 45 minutes watching the sun set. Just a glorious spectacular site. As you probably know Quantico is one of the largest Marine training bases in the world and is where the Presidential Helicopter is based. The base also supports the FBI Academy and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Academy. One morning we were surprised by hearing what sounding like a herd of elephants running down the road from above where we were parked. Suddenly there were about 40 men and women in PT gear spread out on the point where we were parked doing leg lifts, wrestling headlocks, buddy-carries and push ups right at the waters edge. It was fun entertainment over our morning coffee! I was told later they were DEA trainees.
We haven't blogged about the campgrounds where we're staying to this point because for the most part they are pretty unremarkable. This one was a jewel. For the pure beauty and privacy of this campground we rank it as number 1 so far on our list of about 10 campgrounds so far.
Enjoy the pictures!