Camping Review
We just finished our third camping trip of the year. The camping trips themselves were pretty successful, although my wife getting poison ivy and being miserable for three weeks wasn't fun.
Trip 1 - Weldon Springs state park for 1 night. This was the only time we went hiking (which is most likely where the poison ivy happened). The campground was decent, but there wasn't a lot of stuff to do there besides hiking. We were at site 69 which was off the main loop a bit and just around the corner from the showers and the playground. The location was pretty good, but there just wasn't enough to do there.
Trip 2 - Kickapoo State Park for 2 nights. There was a lot of stuff to do there, which was nice. We went fishing, but I only caught 1 fish and my daughter and wife didn't catch any. The campground wasn't very tent-friendly. We had to put the tent on part of the gravel driveway because that was the only place where it would fit. There's another loop called the Miami loop that looks much better for tents, but I couldn't find that on the Reserve America web site (we were on the Illini loop). We were at site 83 in the Illini loop. The only sites on the Miami loop are higher numbers - the lower numbers were the sites that looked the best to us.
Trip 3 - Clinton State Park for 1 night. This was supposed to be 2 nights, but there were thunderstorms Friday night so we just went Saturday morning instead of Friday evening. This was easily the best camping of the three. There is swimming and fishing at Clinton Lake. The fishing was great. We went twice and the second time, after I caught 1 fish, I didn't even get a chance to fish because I was spending all my time pulling hooks out the fish my daughter caught and putting new worms on the hook. The campground was tent-friendly with enough room for our 6 person tent and Jeff's single person tent. The only thing we didn't like was the fire pit, but that's a very minor thing. We were at site 22 in the H loop. This was about the perfect site. It was walking distance to the showers and playground where just about everyone else in H, I, J, or K loops would have to drive to the showers. The other half (A, B, C, and D loops) have showers and a playground, but there isn't any camp site you can reserve that's within walking distance (site B 27 has a path to get to the showers, but you can't reserve that site).
Trip 1 - Weldon Springs state park for 1 night. This was the only time we went hiking (which is most likely where the poison ivy happened). The campground was decent, but there wasn't a lot of stuff to do there besides hiking. We were at site 69 which was off the main loop a bit and just around the corner from the showers and the playground. The location was pretty good, but there just wasn't enough to do there.
Trip 2 - Kickapoo State Park for 2 nights. There was a lot of stuff to do there, which was nice. We went fishing, but I only caught 1 fish and my daughter and wife didn't catch any. The campground wasn't very tent-friendly. We had to put the tent on part of the gravel driveway because that was the only place where it would fit. There's another loop called the Miami loop that looks much better for tents, but I couldn't find that on the Reserve America web site (we were on the Illini loop). We were at site 83 in the Illini loop. The only sites on the Miami loop are higher numbers - the lower numbers were the sites that looked the best to us.
Trip 3 - Clinton State Park for 1 night. This was supposed to be 2 nights, but there were thunderstorms Friday night so we just went Saturday morning instead of Friday evening. This was easily the best camping of the three. There is swimming and fishing at Clinton Lake. The fishing was great. We went twice and the second time, after I caught 1 fish, I didn't even get a chance to fish because I was spending all my time pulling hooks out the fish my daughter caught and putting new worms on the hook. The campground was tent-friendly with enough room for our 6 person tent and Jeff's single person tent. The only thing we didn't like was the fire pit, but that's a very minor thing. We were at site 22 in the H loop. This was about the perfect site. It was walking distance to the showers and playground where just about everyone else in H, I, J, or K loops would have to drive to the showers. The other half (A, B, C, and D loops) have showers and a playground, but there isn't any camp site you can reserve that's within walking distance (site B 27 has a path to get to the showers, but you can't reserve that site).
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