> Beware traveling to Northern Michigan to camp! It's very crowded, noisy, and generally unpleasant. ;)
And filled with yoopers, eh?
> as a local I've found it impossible to get into many campgrounds during the summer because of the tourism.
COVID revenge has made this problem much worse in recent years. Maybe next summer will be better.
Re:Desert Island Tourism
by getoffmycase on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @05:24PM
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I thought northern MI was full of trolls (people that live under the bridge to the yoopers)
I grew up in Michigan (lower peninsula) and was delighted to learn that the term for people like myself living beneath the Mackinaw Bridge (lower peninsula) are referred to as trolls.
Itβs a nice bit of local color.
All seriousness though, as a local I've found it impossible to get into many campgrounds during the summer because of the tourism. Sleeping Bear gets booked months in advance. North Manitou is dispersed camping though, so you can just kind of show up. I'm not sure the ferry was running this summer though, because when we showed up on my buddy's boat they were saying something about the water being too low. South Manitou is very much a regular campground.