This Michigan State Park is located on the St. Clare river which separates United States and Canada at this point. We deliberately did not make reservations for the week we planned to visit Michigan and were very surprised at how busy the State Park Campgrounds are here. Many campers reserve their sites 6 months in advance at most state parks in this state. We were lucky to snag a water view site for 2 nights, Wednesday and Thursday, July 19 & 20. We could watch the giant cargo ships cruising by through our motor home windshield. The sites are a little tight but I had no difficulty maneuvering our 40 footer into my site. Cell phone reception was weak and we did get both over the air and satellite TV. My cell phone froze up on me, so I reset it and all worked fine, but I got messages that I used $250 of data from Canada used to research our next stop. I never went to Canada, but it seems my cell phone picked up the stronger signal in Canada. This campground was recommended by our IRV2 camping friends, Mike and Sharon who live in their motor home full time 4 miles up the street from this campground. We enjoyed an afternoon visiting with them at their park. Our site was relatively level, but I put some pads under my tires on one side to level it out. We had 50 amp electric, but no water or sewer at our site. We did use their dump station on the way out to empty holding tanks and refill water tank. A good mixture of camping trailers, motor homes, and tents in this park and most campers enjoy the outdoors with campfires burning late into the evening. Non Michigan residents must purchase a day use pass in addition to camping fees for each vehicle which has a motor. If you tow a car behind your motor home, you must purchase a pass for each vehicle. We purchased an annual pass for $32 dollars in lieu of a $9 daily pass which is good for one vehicle. This park did not charge for our toad. However, the next park we camped at charged $7 for toad for entire stay which was 2 days. We paid $29 per night for camping, which seems pretty standard at Michigan State Parks. There is also a $10 reservation fee if you make reservations as I did for our next stop over the phone. It is less if you book online. We enjoyed our stay and I rate this park F*** for non residents and F**** for Michigan residents simply because they are too expensive for non residents for what they provide. For one night you could pay $29 plus reservation fee $10 and when you arrive you could pay another $18 for your motor home and toed, for a grand total of $57 for one night.
We took a ride north along the coast of Lake Huron to Lexington, Michigan and took Buddy for a swim in Lake Huron. It is really hard to find a pet friendly beach in the state parks. There are many waterfront homes along the lake shore and some are very affordable. On the return trip we took some interior roads through farming country. Quite interesting!
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