wing_zealot wrote:
The first thing you need to do is stop believing you need full hookups. Once you do that you can choose any state park in Michigan and you and your kids will have a great time and not spend your life savings doing it. All the 100 plus state parks have more than adequate showers, bathrooms, etc. But you will only find about 2 that have full hook ups. Generally electric only, which is all you really need. I've been camping at state parks in Michigan for over 20 years.
I agree completely. I'd rather be in a state park than a private park. But since this is my first trailer ever and it'll be its first season of use, I'd wanted to start with a few full hookup CG's to get the process down on setup and takedown of the utilities and connections. At the same time, the private parks are closer to home and KOA had some "buy 1 night/get a second night free" deals for early and late season bookings.
We missed the window on booking many of state park trips as the "in-demand" summer weekends are practically sold out everywhere. I will be prepared this coming Dec through March as 2017's window opens up.
