Getting sick of campgrounds
I love camping but it seems camping is so popular now that my area just doesn't have enough campgrounds to make weekend camping enjoyable anymore. As it is right now, you can't go to the park witho...
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mike-s wrote:avoidcrowds wrote:In Michigan, you can also do dispersed camping in State Forests.
Mike Up, there are a couple National Forests north of you in Michigan. You should be able to boondock up there, and not have neighbors.
I would have a very difficult time complying with this permit requirement. You are supposed to post your name and address, when you arrived and when you departed and then leave it at the site after you've left.
Who knows how long it will stay there? If you aren't heading straight home, it sounds like an open invitation to anyone that you are not home and your house is available for ransacking. Just seems like a very strange way for the state to conduct business. And exactly how is it enforced? If the ranger comes while you are at the site, then I guess they can enforce it. If the ranger comes after you've left the site, how on earth would they know who was there?
I'm all for responsible boondocking and I try to always follow the rules, but I think this rule would keep me from boondocking on Michigan state property and instead go to the Huron, Manistee, Hiawatha or Ottawa National Forests and do my boondocking there.
