I have often wondered why there is a both a Men’s and a Women’s outhouse at the rustic campgrounds. I have never been inside the women’s outhouse, but I can tell you from experience that the men’s is nothing special. It usually has an indescribable stench and bugs flying around it. I can only assume
At the beginning of the camping season, I like to stock my trailer with non-perishable items and I leave them in the trailer all summer. At the end of the camping season, I clean out the trailer and pack up the pantry and use up what I have in my home kitchen over the winter.
Mears resident and newspaper publisher Swift Lathers built a retreat for himself and his family in the dunes that is now part of Silver Lake State Park. Swift was born in Detroit in 1889. After earning a teaching degree from Michigan State Normal College ( Eastern Michigan University) and taking law classes at U of
Over the past few weeks, thousands of votes were cast for several of Michigan’s most popular state parks. All of the state parks are a wonderful place to visit and we are fortunate to have these places open to the public. This year it was Tawas Point State Park that came out on top of
The Michigan DNR is continually working on improving the State Parks. Here is a list of construction projects for the 2019 camping season. Baraga State Park Beginning May 1, the north side of the campground will be closed for construction, reopening June 28. The south side closure will begin July 15 and continue through the
Time for the Championship matchup between Tawas Point and Tahquamenon Falls State Parks. Over 5000 votes were cast in the past few weeks and these two made it through all the rounds to the final poll. I have been to both parks many times and they are some of my favorites and it looks like
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Spring is here and the modern campgrounds are opening for the season. Most of the parks open the first couple of week in April. You can see the Michigan DNR’s list of opening dates HERE I think the dates may change if it is going to be below freezing they may wait a little bit
With thousands of votes and hundreds of voters, we are down to our final four state parks. They are all beautiful and popular parks and it’s difficult to choose which one is better but pick your favorite to go on to the final round. you can see the results of the Top 8 round HERE
It’s spring and the ice on the Great Lakes is melting and the shipping season is getting underway. It’s fascinating to watch those steal goliaths peacefully floating by. There are a few campgrounds in the Mitten State that are ideal for watching these titans of the waters. Algonac State Park is on the St. Clair
