With a couple free days off work I decided it was time to unpack my camping gear and hit the road to see something new. Original plans were to go to Copper Harbor but the distance was farther than desired for such a short adventure. So the Porcupine Mountains were the next best place to go.
Due to various hiccups in my plans I didn’t depart home until late in the afternoon. After about 3 trips back home to get things I forgot to get the first time I finally made on the road and I wasn’t turning back. It is rare for me to forget so many things but I think forgetful is spontaneous’ cousin, or something.
I made it in plenty of time to setup my single person tent, eat, and read about 2 chapters in my Clive Cussler book before going to bed. Oh, and get a new camp site. By the time I made the campground I was tired and none too picky about where I stayed. After all, when you’ve seen one state camp ground you have just about seen them all. So instead of driving around to pick out a camp site I had the attendant pick a spot. There were about 110 sites in the camp ground and 15-20 were available. She assigned site 76 which turned out to be the worst site in the entire campground! It was small, right next to the communal shower/rest rooms, and had big cement access panels in the ground. I circled the camp ground once hoping that I was in the wrong branch or at the wrong number but alas. I chuckled to myself and went back to the office. Her supervisor was there when I returned and he knew exactly what I wanted when I walked in the door. She must have told him where she booked me and without a second thought I moved down to a much nicer camp site. I think she was extremely embarrassed but the ordeal but I thought it was cute, just par for the course.
The camp ground was alive with children running about and riding around on bikes and skateboards. The evening was beautiful with a nice summer breeze which carried all the sounds of a busy campground.
Things I ate; polish sausage cut in half and slow cooked over the fire, coconut covered marshmallows (ohhh yummy), and an apple pie sandwich made in a pie iron.