travelnutz
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Maye this will help? Blue Moon ice cream is a flavor not a brand. Kids love it! Pasties made right are absolutely delicious. We make lots of them ourselves to freeze and take along in the RV. A great meal ready in a flash!
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travelnutz
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To the thread's OP:
Here's some of the CG in the U.P. which offer sites with full hookups. There are many more but this is a sampling scattered around the U.P. and near the Straits of Mackinac in the L.P.
Whispering Valley CG at Rapid River
Whitefish Hill RV park at Rapid River
Vagabond Resort near Escanaba
Gladstone Bay CG at Gladstone
Iron River RV Park & CG at Iron River
Marquette Tourist Park at Marquette
Gitche Gumee RV Park - E of Marquette
Perkins Park CG at Marquette
River Road RV Park CG at Ontanagon
Indian Lake Travel Resort at Manistique
Log Cabin Resort & CG at Curtis
Muniding Tourist Park CG at Munising
Wandering Wheels CG at Munising
Otter Lake CG - SW of Munising
Bay Mills Resort & Casino RV Park at Brimley
Castle Rock Lakefront CG at St Ignace
St Ignace/Mackinac Island KOA at St Ignace
Lakeshore Park CG at St Ignace
Tiki RV Park & CG at St Ignace
Mill Creek CG at Mackinaw City
There are a few thousand CG's total in the State of Michigan with a couple hundred thousand sites in total as RVing and camping is huge in the state. Michigan's been a travel and vacation destination for over a hundred years now and the numbers keeps growing as so many return year after year along with the many new ones. About 3/4 of the state's CG's are in the Lower Peninsula. Simply impossible to list them all on a forum!
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dverstra
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As previously said, there are a lot of CGs in Michigan. You can download a Michigan Campground Association booklet or request that they mail you one at this website
http://www.michcampgrounds.com/
IMHO don't miss
trying a pastie,
blue moon ice cream,
digging your toes into the sands of Lake Michigan,
sampling the fudge at a good fudge shop where you watch them make it.
Cruise or kayak at the Pictured Rocks
Cruise through the Soo Locks or watch the Locks operate from the viewing platform.
Bike around Mackinac Island
Go into an iron ore mine in Hancock.
Search for Petosky stones on the lakeshore
Visit Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
Oh, I almost forgot. Sample the beers of Grand Rapids. Beer City, USA (shameless plug for my hometown)
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tewitt1949
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Don't forget Fayette state park. Very pretty visiting the old smelting town being restored. Well worth the stop.
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birddogs
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To the OP,
You might want to think about purchasing a Michigan Recreation Passport. It costs about $32 IIRC and you can buy online or at the first state park you visit. The passport will save you money if you intend to use the state parks or visit recreation areas, because there is an entrance or parking fee of around $8. Michigan has so many great state areas, having the passport makes touring and enjoying the amenities economical and easy.
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tewitt1949
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You may want to google bugs in the U.P. Summer months the black flys will carry you away. Check you tube for videos.
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doxiemom11
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Don't forget the beautiful waterfalls scattered all over the UP. We had a book of county maps that had them marked. We stayed in Munising for a week and did day trips from there to see many of them. Next time we stayed 3 weeks before going back to Grand Rapids where we lived. Never enough time in the U.P.
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ken56
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On your way up if you take I-75 stop in Frankenmuth. Go to Zender's bakery for some wonderful goodies. Great place for lunch too, or a good chicken dinner if you stay in the area. Campgrounds close by too. Traverse City, rethinking staying outside the area is good. Its just a big city today. The Leelanau Peninsula is a better choice plus you are in Michigan wine country. A few nice CG's there too. Stay in an area a few days at a time and use it as a base, there is plenty to see. The ship wreck museum at Whitefish Point is not to be missed. Mackinac Island is unique.
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bid_time
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tewitt1949 wrote:You may want to google bugs in the U.P. Summer months the black flys will carry you away. Check you tube for videos. late May/early June is about the worse time for bugs in the UP. Better off delaying a month.
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We did this trip at the end of July. Bugs were not a problem. Weather was nice but cool. I wore jeans all week. We liked Munising Tourist Park. I wish they didn't have so many lights at night. We did the Pictured Rock boat tour. Sit on the right side so you see the rocks going out. The falls tour uses the Catamaran, larger nice boat. We stayed at Indigo Bluffs. The RV park side is really nice but very pricey. The campground is nice but most sites are sandy and four sites share utilty post with 4 water/power. Bring extra hose and power cord for this trip! There are web sites to monitor favorable conditions for northern lights. Have fun planning!
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