{"id":519,"date":"2024-04-30T16:59:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theshanty.us\/?p=519"},"modified":"2024-04-30T17:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:08:09","slug":"three-nights-three-campgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.theshanty.us\/index.php\/2024\/04\/30\/three-nights-three-campgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Three nights, three campgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Night One: Penn Roosevelt State Park Campground<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I hear banjos!!!! This place was so far out in the middle of nowhere I was expecting to see an axe murderer at any moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a 3 mile, 1 1\/2 lane, gravel road it was actually a very nice, quiet out of the way campground that only made me a little nervous and that nervousness was only exasperated by the fact that there was no one else in the campground. I got set up and enjoyed a whiskey and my book. It wasn’t until I was leaving the next day that I noticed the “No Alcoholic Beverages” sign… Whoops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next morning I made some tea and packed up camp. I didn’t get a very good night’s sleep, but that wasn’t the campground’s fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I haven’t used my BioLite<\/a> stove in years. That thing is 10 years old and still gets a little pot of water to boil in under 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Camp setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whiskey and a book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Morning tea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Almost ready to get back on the road!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Night Two: North Higgins Lake State Park Campground<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This campground was reasonably close to I75, so getting there was easy. When I arrived, I got parked and went over to the bathrooms. They were locked. Closed. Seriously? So, much for my shower! Fortunately I brought the cassette toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I paid $35.00 for a few hundred square feet of dirt and power overnight? That seems like as much of a rip-off as yesterday. Though, I did get to charge the batteries in the trailer. That was a plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another downside to the campground was that it was awfully close to the main road. There was a lot of traffic noise until after 11PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Camp set up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Charging Batteries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the morning, I woke up to a chilly 25\u00b0. The weather guessers said it wasn’t supposed to get down below 34\u00b0. You can’t trust anyone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Night Three: Lake Perrault near Houghton, MI<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This place was gorgeous! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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