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travelnutz
Jun 30, 2017Explorer II
We personally do not care for water hookups at CG sites because your holding tanks (black and gray) are the same size whether using your onboard freshwater tank water or the CG water hookup and almost always fill much faster with hooked to CG water as conserving is not very important. When the holding tanks are full, you still have to go to the dump station anyway if you don't also have sewer on your campsite. So what do you actually gain? That's why an RV even has holding tanks built in!
Most Michigan State Park CG's and NP CG's in Michigan have very nice new bath houses and are usually very clean and friendly to use. Besides, you pay for their use anyway with your campsite fee whether you use them or not! Using them during the day or for showers keeps all that water out of your onboard holding tanks and we can stay on a CG site for a week to 10 days min before needing to dump them by supplementing with CG bathhouse facilities.
Just a few very nice CG's in the UP of the many up there:
Straits State Park at St Ignace
Brimley State Park at Brimley
Tahquamenon State Park west of Paradise - 3 large CG's
Indian Lake State Park just west of Manistique
Fayette State Park south of Garden - Snail Shell Harbor restored history site
Fort Wilkins State Park at Copper Harbor
Union Bay CG at Porcupine Mtn State Park
Lake Gogebic State Park west of Watersmeet and north of US-2
Van Riper State Park west of Ishpeming on 28/41
There's not one state park in the Upper Peninsula that we haven't camped in more than once! Many of the city etc and private CG's also.
Gobs of other nice public, city, county, casino, and private CG's as it depends on where you will be going in the UP. On the coasts or inland, east or west and what you want to see or do. Far too much up there in the UP to see or do in even four+ 2 week long trips. Like anywhere, hookups beyond electric vary a lot.
Most Michigan State Park CG's and NP CG's in Michigan have very nice new bath houses and are usually very clean and friendly to use. Besides, you pay for their use anyway with your campsite fee whether you use them or not! Using them during the day or for showers keeps all that water out of your onboard holding tanks and we can stay on a CG site for a week to 10 days min before needing to dump them by supplementing with CG bathhouse facilities.
Just a few very nice CG's in the UP of the many up there:
Straits State Park at St Ignace
Brimley State Park at Brimley
Tahquamenon State Park west of Paradise - 3 large CG's
Indian Lake State Park just west of Manistique
Fayette State Park south of Garden - Snail Shell Harbor restored history site
Fort Wilkins State Park at Copper Harbor
Union Bay CG at Porcupine Mtn State Park
Lake Gogebic State Park west of Watersmeet and north of US-2
Van Riper State Park west of Ishpeming on 28/41
There's not one state park in the Upper Peninsula that we haven't camped in more than once! Many of the city etc and private CG's also.
Gobs of other nice public, city, county, casino, and private CG's as it depends on where you will be going in the UP. On the coasts or inland, east or west and what you want to see or do. Far too much up there in the UP to see or do in even four+ 2 week long trips. Like anywhere, hookups beyond electric vary a lot.
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