Lake Haven Retreat, Indianapolis, IN

Very affordable RV park with sites decent enough to spend a few nights and explore the Indy area. The park and sites are the bare minimum. The sites are not gravel, but ground up asphalt, which was not great. The site area where we stayed is organized as front to back pull through with a center hook up area area that is shared with your neighbor. The sites are close, spartan and the park is in a very industrial area. The park had working wifi, which was a big surprise. We would rate this park as a 2 out of 5, but for the price it was a place to park and sleep and we would possibly stay here again.

Battle Creek, Michigan

We planned our route to take us through Michigan so we could visit good friends in the Battle Creek and Grand Rapids areas. It was great to see the sights of both areas and to catch up with our friends. Michigan is an amazing state with beautiful lakes, farm country and forests. Besides the quality time with our friends in both areas, we toured the Gerald Ford Museum, walked through the city sites in Grand Rapids and saw several art displays as part of their Art Prize festival and saw the house in Marshall, MI that was the inspiration for the new movie The House with the Clock in Its Walls.

Camp Turkeyville RV Resort, Marshall, Michigan

Very nice RV park in central Michigan. The park is relatively new and was occupied by just RVs, no park models or full time trailers, while we were there. The park has nice recreation area with two pools, horseshoes, volleyball, basketball, pools, showers, laundry and a community room with tables and games. The park has a mix of back in and pull through sites. Our pull through site was a gravel parking area with a concrete pad and picnic table. The park has large grass areas around the park and a big fishing pond. The staff is very nice and helpful. They offered working wifi, which we always appreciate. We are already planning to stay at this park again when we visit our friends in the area. We give this park an easy 4 out of 5 stars.

NET Camping Resort, Fenwick, Ontario

This park has a nice location for visiting the areas in and around the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. The park is large with most of the sites permanently occupied as either a vacation spot or full time residence. They have two areas for short term visitors towards the back of the park. We were in a pull through site that was plenty long enough for our rig and car. Spacing to your neighbors was fairly typical for your normal RV park. The sites were grass/gravel and level. The park had a nice pool and arcade area that also has a large common room/pavillion. There are bathrooms and showers in multiple locations in the park. The park offers laundry, but I did not drive over to see it. The park advertises wifi, but it did not work at any time. This park is right on the 2/3 border, but we give it a 3 out of 5 and would stay here again.

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

The views from Canada are much better when it comes to Niagara Falls. I visited the US side over 20 years ago and it was OK where the Canadian side had the wow factor. One of my bucket list items was the boat tour to the base of the falls, which we did, along with touring the behind the falls tunnel system. I was geeking out with all of the science and technology involved with the falls and the power generation. We were so close to Buffalo that we felt like our trip would be less than complete unless we went to the birthplace of the buffalo wing. Anchor Bar had decent wings, good beer and an interesting atmosphere. I had wings here 25 years ago and I liked them better on this trip. LOL. While in Buffalo we toured the Frank Lloyd Wright house, which was amazing, and we toured the house where Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as our 26th president after the assassination of the President McKinley. Our final day was spent as Niagara on the Lake, which is a beautiful town right on the river bordering the US and Canada. Our last stop was the Wayne Gretsky winery and distillery. The wine was OK, but the scenery and history was fantastic. It was our last stop in Canada and it was beautiful. I am happy to report that US Customs failed to do their job and they let us back into the United States. Welcome home!!!

Georgian Bay National Park, Ontario, Canada

We had good friends recommend staying in the Huntsville area in order to enjoy the sights around the Georgian Bay NP and we followed that suggestion. For our first day in the area, we visited the National Park, which is only accessible by boat. As we walked from the dock to the visitor center, we passed a couple and noticed that she was wearing a Mountain West hat. We said hello and asked about the hat. They explained that their daughter went to Boise State and was a member of their swim team. Danelle had on her BSU sweatshirt and we talked with them about BSU and Boise. It is a small world sometimes. For our day at the park we decided to rent bikes to explore it. We took our fat tire mountain bikes and rode around the entire island. We had a great day at the park with very few people on the island. A couple of days later we met up with our friend to see his home town of Parry Sound. He gave a great tour of the town and history. Parry Sound is the hometown of hockey legend Bobby Orr. We had a nice and relaxing stay in the 30,000 island area of the Georgian Bay.

Deer Lake RV Resort, Huntsville, Ontario

Avoid this park!!! Our 4 days spent here we miserable. The check in staff sent us to our site down a road that would not accommodate a large RV. After getting stuck in the branches of a tree trying to make a corner, we backed up and tried a different route offered by one of maintenance staff. He had to hold up the overhead utility lines with a piece of lumber in order for us to get to our site. The site was a joke. It was a grass/mud bog that was sloped so badly that we had to use every block I carry in order to get even close to level. Then we find out that they have no sewer. Not only do they not have sewer service, the dump station is set up so that no large RV or 5th wheel can get into it to dump. They offer a mobile dump service for the low price of $30 and they show up at your site when they show up, only on Tuesday and maybe Wednesday morning. We payed the dump fee as we move from park to park with our tanks half full of soapy water to clean them and then waited Tuesday morning for the mobile dump service, and waited, and waited and finally went to the office to ask when they would show up. Since we had to deal with no tank space for our 4 days here, we used their shower and bathroom facilities. The showers for my first day had mud and grass in them, which is understandable given the sites and the rain. However, the same mud and grass was in the same stall for day 2 and 3. I was in the bathroom/shower when the cleaning happened and they made sure the mirrors were clean and the TP was stocked, but nobody cleaned the floors. The park is loaded with sketchy and run down trailers and park models to keep with the theme of a trashy RV park. The ONLY good thing I can say about this park is that their wifi worked. I will NEVER stay at this park again and the Sun Resort group is suspect for any future reservations. If I could give this park a 0 out of 5 or a negative, I would. The pictures don't capture well enough the mud bog that was our camp site. I was so motivated to leave this morning, that I only snapped these two pictures.

Ottawa, Canada

We were able to meet up with some good friends that were in the Ottawa area and catch up with them for a few days while sightseeing this beautiful city. Ottawa is a newer city as compared to Montreal and Quebec as it was chosen to be the country capital after the War of 1812 as the other cities were thought to be too risky due to their proximity to the US. We spent our first day touring the government building area and then walking through Gatineau Park where they have giant natural sculptures made up of various types of plants and flowers. We visited the Canadian War Museum for a very interesting start to our second day. It is always enlightening to see the historical perspective of world events and major wars from a view outside of the US. I also did not realize that Japan launched a large number of balloon bombs against Canada and the US. Several hundred of them landed, but did little damage. The museum also has a limo that belonged to Hitler, which was interesting to see.

Camp Hither Hills, Gloucester, Ontario

The campground is in a quiet area just a short 15 minutes from the center of Ottawa. The campground has a mix of back in and pull through sites. We had a pull through site that was very long, but narrow. The sites are gravel and flat. We could not look at the restroom facilities since they were closed for all 3 days we were at the park. The park has a small pool and little else in the way of amenities. The water pressure was so low that we had to use our water pump during our stay. They advertise wifi, but it did not work at all even with the park less than half full. We will look for another option when we visit the Ottawa area again. We rate this park a 2 out of 5.