We have stayed at Tom Sawyers. It is an adequate park to use as a base. They have long concreted pads but there is no real attempt to beautify the place. It has easy access to Memphis' attractions but it's redeeming feature is it's relaxing atmosphere. Sitting on the bank of the Mississippi watching the barge traffic is pretty relaxing. Our first visit was when it was cold and our site was not front row but we were able to watch the river traffic from the coach. See screen shot from Google Earth and photos.
Maybe the reason they don’t focus on aesthetics is because it spends time under water when the river rises. I saw it that way a few years ago - looked more like a marina than an RV park.
Wow! That is more than likely why. We weren't all that concerned about aesthetics. It's a good base for Memphis and we enjoyed the water traffic. We will use it again when we are in the area.
Exactly correct. First time we stayed there, it had been open about 3 days after a late heavy spring melt coupled with heavy spring rains. They can judge pretty well by the water level about 400 miles up river if they will get flooded. Gives them almost a week to get ready.
