Keweenaw NHP

 Our first camping adventure in over 30 years began in the Keweenaw Peninsula. We spent seven days at Fort Wilkins State Park in Michigan.  What a great place to renew our adventure and love for camping.  This state park is located at the furthest northern point of Highway 41 that stretches south to the very southern tip of Florida.  We used this as our base camp while we explored the Keweenaw National Historic Park.
  One of our fondest memories is waking up early in the morning and seeing deer near our camp and hiking to Horseshoe Harbor to look for Lake Superior Agates. We were the first that morning to get to the harbor and imagine our surprise when we found bear tracks on the shore line, however we did not see the bear.
  While we were camping in a tent, we still had some comforts of home. Fort Wilkins SP provides electricity and water at some sites. Modern showers with hot water and laundry services at both campgrounds are provided. The bonus at the campground we stayed at is we had Wi-Fi right at our tent site.  There is a campground store that provide a few things you may have forgotten and the near by town of Copper Harbor has a number of restaurants and small mom and pop stores. You can also find a number of tourist type artist stores there as well.   If you like good food and do not mind paying for it Harbor Haus is one not to miss. All the staff dress in traditional German clothing. When then cruise boat returns from Isle Royal National Park all the staff run outside to and give a traditional wave to those returning on the boat. Kind of touristy but lots of fun to see.

Camp site

 

 Back side of our camp site

 

 Deer near our camp early one morning

Horseshoe Harbor