Looking for Michigan advice

Do you mean the west side of Lake Michigan?

Yes Bob...sorry I got carried away. LOL

First of all if your coming from Cleveland, avoid I75 through Detroit. go to exit 6 and go up US23 through Ann Arbor. your first stop for the night could be Hartwick Pines in Grayling Mi. It a state Park, one of the few in Michigan to have full hookups. You can make a reservation on the the web sir. Go to Michigan.gov. Mackinaw city has Mackinaw Mill campground, nice place. Petosky, or Traverse city on the west side are great places. Petosky has a great state park or 1st class KOA. Traverse city you can spend days looking at stuff

Be aware that Michigan will charge us out of staters a fee for using their parks. Look into that before you book. That said, we have enjoyed many of Michigan State Parks. Most just have electric (30 amp). Also make sure you will fit in the spot.

Traverse Bay RV REsort in Traverse and Indio over on the shore. Casino in Manistee. All nice.

Any state park on west side are great. Pentwater is top 5 in MI. They fill very fast. You can only book 6 moths ahead in MI. Book soon.

The only problem is The West side of Lake Michigan will take you through Wisconsin to Chicago. The East side of Lake Michigan is the West side of Michigan. The West coast of Michigan (the state) has great access to the lake and beautiful scenery. It is mostly sand dune all the length of the State.
Monroe State Park and Holland State Park also offer full hookups at some sites. If this trip is the week of May 8-15 you will be in time for Tulip Time in Holland with parades on Wed, Thur, & Sat. 6,000,000 tulips on 12 miles of tulip lane and the gardens. Check "Tuliptime.org" for all the entertainment and info that week. On Wed. Carsten, the town crier bends down with a white glove to check the streets. He then tells the mayor the streets need cleaning and many people with buckets of water and brooms sweep the streets. They have refills available every block and don't run out of water. Next 8th. street line for 6 blocks with the Klompen dancers who do their dancing and followed by a great parade of about 1.5-2 hr. It is fun time here and I go to the parade every year. I won't be here this year for the start but will get home for the parade +.
I haven't been to a State Park that doesn't have 50 amp also. There are also many private parks around also.

The Island is GREAT but remember you can't drive there you have to take a ferry.

Several years ago we camped at "Mackinaw Mill Creek CG" about 3 miles south east of Mackinaw City on US 23. Their facilities were very good and a current check of rates shows that they are still reasonable. Also I suggest that you visit "Old Mill Creek SP" just down the road. It has an operating water powered vertical saw mill, pit saw and a zip line.

I assume that you're going south in "Upper Michigan then through Wisconsin. If so stop for a "fish boil" in Wisconsin. It's real good eating with white fish and potatoes.

Dave

When we go to Michigan we stay at the soo locks camp ground right in the St Marys river just below the Soo Locks that raise and lower the freighters to lake Superior.Its an hour North of Mackinac Island

The nicest sandy beach stretches of big-lake shoreline tend to be on the western shores of Michigan. This is the Lake Michigan shore from Benton Harbor to Petoskey. There are also some nice views and sandy beach from St. Ignace to Engadine. If this is something you like, you may want to drive the extra miles and pick up US-31 northbound. If not, well, all of Michigan is beautiful.

I'm not sure how far north and west you want to go in the Upper Peninsula (the UP), but we enjoyed staying at the Ontonagon municipal CG. It's right on Lake Superior, the beach is nice, and the place was clean and pleasant when we were there. Porcupine Mountains are nearby, and Lake of the Clouds is picturesque. Also, north of Houghton is McLain SP, which is also on the lake and very pleasant (and the campsites are sought after!); the shoreline drive on M-26 to the tip of the Keeweenaw Peninsula is rocky rather than sandy, but beautiful.