Getting Nervous - Help needed

Hey guys, I have been anticipating my trip up to the UP but I am starting to get a little nervous about my reservations at the new Pictured Rocks campground in Christmas. They were supposed to be open at the beginning of June but it appears they have yet to open their doors. Does anyone live up around there that could swing by and let me know if it looks like it could open anytime soon? The owner keeps telling me that they will be open but a little birdie in Munising says I should look for another place. The problem is that I am supposed to be there from 6/30 to 7/5 and we are driving from Illinois. At this point, I would doubt there would be any availability for two RV sites anywhere else. Can anyone help me out? Just picked up my Lund today and I fear this vacation may be in jeopardy.

Sorry to hear that Red. Can you supply either publicly in a post, or by PM, the name and addy of this campground? We will try our best to get some additional info. for you. I'm not aware of any members up that far, but maybe someone has family that can check.

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Originally Posted by Redbird86

Hey guys, I have been anticipating my trip up to the UP but I am starting to get a little nervous about my reservations at the new Pictured Rocks campground in Christmas. They were supposed to be open at the beginning of June but it appears they have yet to open their doors. Does anyone live up around there that could swing by and let me know if it looks like it could open anytime soon? The owner keeps telling me that they will be open but a little birdie in Munising says I should look for another place. The problem is that I am supposed to be there from 6/30 to 7/5 and we are driving from Illinois. At this point, I would doubt there would be any availability for two RV sites anywhere else. Can anyone help me out? Just picked up my Lund today and I fear this vacation may be in jeopardy.

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Hi Red, I made a call to the campground. The number for Munising & Christmas are both the same. After many rings I got a recording asking about making a reservation or leaving a message. Here's the number in case you don't have it 906-202-0596 Hope this might help.

Thanks guys. I spoke to the owner a couple of days ago but still don't have a warm and fuzzy. When I spoke to him in Mid may he told me that he had people with reservations beginning in June ( and they would be ready) but admitted a couple of days ago that it is not complete and no one has stayed. What worries me even more is that the chamber of commerce in Munising didn't give me much confidence that it would be done. Went as far as to say I should look other places. Trouble is for that week I am sure every campground is booked for the 4th of July week. This would totally screw the planned family vacation we had planned since January.

[QUOTE=yankee doodler;3440514]Sorry to hear that Red. Can you supply either publicly in a post, or by PM, the name and addy of this campground? We will try our best to get some additional info. for you. I'm not aware of any members up that far, but maybe someone has family that can check.

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Pictured Rock RV and Campground

Go to michigan-sportsman.com and ask there lots of members in the UP

I'm not finding anything to give you Red. If you actually paid for reservations that's one thing. If you were just given a verbal that they would be open, that different. Might be best to look for alternative. That sucks.

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All of my buddys are south so of little help. An idea might be to contact the casino in Christmas. They do a pretty good job of letting people know stuff and would be the best bet for a boots on the ground, honest assessment of what is going on.

Best idea I could come up with

RedBird,

Try the Michigan DNR Live Camp site reservation page. I just did a quick check, and for that amount of time that you listed above, I saw one opening in the Brimley State Park.
You could look to separate, or book at different locations, etc. It might be worth a shot to check it out. Its as close as I could find, during a quick search

The page is real time, and people are booking and cancelling ALL THE TIME. So I would check it regularly.
Example, Muskegon was FULL, and had been full, i checked yesterday, and some one had cancelled, and I jumped on it, and got a 3 Day Mini Vaca.
Side note, I may have to cancel now, but if it work's out, its great.

Here is a link to all Northern Michigan in a Map format. Hope this might help save some if not all of your vacation.
https://www.midnrreservations.com/Mi...NorthernMI?Map

If that does not work, try DNR - Department of Natural Resources or https://www.midnrreservations.com/



OneidaEagle

Well, I found another campground with availability for those dates. We are going to stay at Gitche Gummi RV Park. Looking forward to the trip. Now looking at Michigamme or Dead River Storage basin since we will be closer to Marquette. Let me know if anyone has fished these or any other close lakes for slabs, walleyes etc.

Did you read the reviews on Gitche Gummi? If its not too late look at Tourist Park in Marquette. We stayed there the past two years. Not fancy but clean clos to everything including fishing