First trip planned with our pop up camper!

[stckthrwr]

We have our first trip planned to Crow Wing Lake campground this weekend with our new pop up!

Also have a trip planned to St. Croix state park next month too. Hoping to get to several other state parks this year.

I've heard a lot of the state parks book out a year in advance, so not sure how that will work.

Nathan

[highlife4me]

FYI the state parks reservation system only allows about 75% of the sites to be booked. The rest are on a fist come first served basis. So if you don't have a reservation you can usually find a site on a Thursday evening. There are also a few cancellations too.

[Ryan_V]

nice campground...enjoy! One piece of advice.... if You have a question about something... ask!!! Campers are a friendly bunch and are always willing to help out! Being your first trip, just ask before you get flustered and put a damper on your first trip!

[woodsmanmn]

If you can get by without running water toilets and showers, state forest campgrounds are a good option. The sites are the same setup as state park sites and work well for popup campers.

[eyeguy 54]

Not sure but I think 60 days is as far out as you can reserve in state parks. Maybe it changed. We just got back from Lambs on the north shore with the pop up. great place. Have fun! !

Reservations

[stckthrwr]

Ryan, I'm sure we are going to have a ton of questions.

Woodsman, we will definitely check out the forests. No running water is okay.

Eyeguy, maybe I had been told wrong then. I was going off something my wifes coworker said.

Thanks for the help and suggestions! We are hoping the boys enjoy camping and that we can get out quite a bit more this year.

I'm pretty sure we won't be able to find a spot over the 4th, but just have to look around.

Nathan

[woodsmanmn]

For the 4th, Finland mn has two state forest campgrounds near by. We've been there on the big holiday weekends and never had a problem getting a site.