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01-24-2016, 09:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cape Girardeau
Posts: 303
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2016 Camping Trips
Can't wait for Spring! I've booked 3 trips already in Missouri State Parks.
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01-24-2016, 09:44 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Georgia
Posts: 22
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Please share which parks and why. Previous experience with them, or first time visiting?
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01-27-2016, 05:27 AM
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Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 92
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We've booked 7 trips in Michigan already!
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01-27-2016, 06:14 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Western New York
Posts: 138
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Pcschwenke - We are planning a trip to Michigan later this year. Can you recommend great a campground with a family atmosphere - preferably near a lake.
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01-27-2016, 07:08 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Howard city, MI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LkptRvPilot
Pcschwenke - We are planning a trip to Michigan later this year. Can you recommend great a campground with a family atmosphere - preferably near a lake.
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What area of Michigan are looking to travel to there are quite a few on the west side of the state all the way up to the Bridge.
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01-27-2016, 01:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Western New York
Posts: 138
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We will be in Indiana for a few days prior, so probably somewhere in the lower peninsula, or maybe just over the bridge if it comes highly recommended.
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01-27-2016, 01:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Howard city, MI
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If you can get into Ludington state park it has a river that runs through the campground into lake Michigan, it usually books up fast but one of the best campgrounds in the area. They have tons of stuff to do there as well. Up north more in Lake Leelanau Rv park is really nice as well I have a trip reserved there in July for a week. They are on a lake and have boat rentals available through the CG.
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01-27-2016, 02:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Western New York
Posts: 138
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Thank you, Jason.
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01-27-2016, 02:17 PM
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Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 92
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LkptRvPilot, There's a lot of great places with lakes nearby. We are planning to Camp at Van Riper (on Lake Michigamme), Mill Creek in Mackinaw City, Camp Petasego, and Tehquamenon Falls. All of them are very close, if not on the water. Another great campground is Hartwick Pines. The sites are awesome and most are pull thru with full hookup. Many lakes nearby, but not within the campground area. Very nice hiking though!
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01-27-2016, 03:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Saskatoon Sask Canada
Posts: 10,726
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I am already camping in SoCal... will be till late March when I head home IF the sn*w is gone up there...
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01-27-2016, 05:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Bella Vista, Arkansas
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we are planning for gulf shores june 8th. been a long time since I have been to any beach. we will be there for my daughters 14th birthday also. she gets to pick the place to eat. any suggestions? she would love a view of the beach and maybe outdoors. any places on piers? we don't mind if we have to drive a little ways to find an awesome place.
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01-28-2016, 07:35 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Greater Grand Rapids
Posts: 1,393
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I've, also, been booking sites . . . in my case, it's for campground host positions in Michigan. Had the opportunity to host last August & September. So far, I've accepted hosting positions at North Higgins Lake St. Pk. (West side for May, East side for June), and Clear Lake State Park for September. Still waiting to hear back from parks for April, July, and August.
LkptRvPilot: If you're looking to camp in Michigan, but stay a little closer to Indiana, you might want to check out Ft. Custer State Park near Kalamazoo, Ionia State Rec. Area near Grand Rapids, or Sleepy Hollow State Park north of Lansing.
Happy Camping to all!
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01-28-2016, 08:19 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 411
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We have booked 2 in New Hampshire and 1 in Nashville
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01-28-2016, 09:13 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Sioux Falls
Posts: 348
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My wife and I booked 4 trips, starting next month in Western AZ. Then, we go North to Lake Powell, then Memorial Day weekend in Colorado! Can't wait!
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01-28-2016, 09:22 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Duxbury
Posts: 7,113
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We have trips to TN (2 weeks), VT (1 week) and VA/PA (1 week) booked, as well as a couple of long weekends. Looking forward to getting the season started!
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01-28-2016, 09:46 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: FL
Posts: 11,281
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Like Brownie, we have applications sent in for campground hosting this summer. We are waiting to hear back on sites in northern (Grand Canyon) and northeastern (Mogollon Rim) areas in AZ.
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01-28-2016, 09:48 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Auburn, WA
Posts: 1,855
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We have 9 days in Southern Nevada in April and another 9 days in Southern Utah in September. Starting to work on the in-between trips. Would like to hit the Washington coast again (Cape Disappointment State park) as well as central Oregon and Northern California. It is (still) pouring buckets so we are more than ready to get going.
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01-28-2016, 01:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Hamilton, MI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brownie
I've, also, been booking sites . . . in my case, it's for campground host positions in Michigan. Had the opportunity to host last August & September. So far, I've accepted hosting positions at North Higgins Lake St. Pk. (West side for May, East side for June), and Clear Lake State Park for September. Still waiting to hear back from parks for April, July, and August.
LkptRvPilot: If you're looking to camp in Michigan, but stay a little closer to Indiana, you might want to check out Ft. Custer State Park near Kalamazoo, Ionia State Rec. Area near Grand Rapids, or Sleepy Hollow State Park north of Lansing.
Happy Camping to all!
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We will have to meet up at Higgins Lake. I have a transit vehicle maintenance conference at the RAM center June 20 to the 23rd. Likely we will arrive the Saturday or Sunday prior.
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01-28-2016, 01:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Hamilton, MI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LkptRvPilot
Pcschwenke - We are planning a trip to Michigan later this year. Can you recommend great a campground with a family atmosphere - preferably near a lake.
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As far as im concerned, every Michigan state park is family friendly. The only problem is there are only a few with fhu sites. In south west Michigan, Id recommend Holland state park. They have two campgrounds, one of which is on the beach of lake Michigan, the other is just up the road from the big lake and has grassy sites. The sites at the beach campground are basically an over sized paved parking spot, like in a parking lot, but the beach appeals to many. Grand haven state park is very similar. Go to Michigan.gov/dnr and find the campground and harbor reservations link. You can enter dates (only 6 months out) and see pictures of each site. Again, these are tuff sights to get into, but if you plan ahead, you can get them.
Ludington as mentioned above is my #1 favorite state park in the state. Same thing, make your reservations as early as you can to get in. Good luck!
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01-28-2016, 09:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Lancaster
Posts: 806
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We're planning a 10-day trip to mid-coast Maine for early June, already made campground reservations (with lots of help and suggestions from the great people here on JOF). It'll be our first *major* trip with the new Jay Feather 23RLSW, although we will do a couple of 2-4 day stays at local campgrounds beginning in late April or early May. Those short trips will let us test all the systems and figure out how we'll load the TT for the longer trip.
Since DW can't deal with the entire trip in one day, we'll overnight at Hinsdale Campground outside Brattleboro VT, and then move on to Shore Hills near Boothbay Harbor ME for the bulk of the trip. Not quite sure yet what we'll do on the way home.
We're also looking at a trip to the Ashville NC area for late Sept.
Can't wait for spring to get here!
Roger
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