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Outdoor Spaces

Although we love exploring sights and trails and waterways and beaches and museums (for starters) when we’re RVing, there is something special, too, about staying on site and simply putting your feet up or exploring the immediate area. Many private campgrounds and RV resorts have high quality amenities and activities, such as pools, arcades, fishing [...]

Outdoor Spaces2025-03-12T05:39:52-04:00

Driving Tour: From Light to Light Along West Michigan’s Gold Coast – Mears to Ludington

Distance: 39.6 miles Travel Time: 1 hour, 9 minutes Lake Michigan, for all its beauty and serenity it has inspired, has a treacherous history. The area between Little Sable Point Lighthouse near Silver Lake Sand Dunes and Big Sable Point Lighthouse in Ludington is known as the “Graveyard of Ships,” as there were more than [...]

Driving Tour: From Light to Light Along West Michigan’s Gold Coast – Mears to Ludington2025-01-13T11:21:13-05:00

South-Central Walking Tour: Marshall

Photo: Roberto - stock.adobe.com. Marshall, Michigan, USA - October 21, 2021: The business district on Michigan Avenue Distance: 1.6 miles Walking time: 36 minutes This walking tour will take you past some historic structures and sights as well as some unique museums within this beautiful little Michigan town. The town’s website has several well-organized and [...]

South-Central Walking Tour: Marshall2024-10-07T10:06:12-04:00

Southwest Walking Tour: Grand Haven

Distance: 5 miles Walking time: 1 hour, 50 minutes   Stop #1: Chinook Pier / Coal Tipple A tall concrete structure that towers over the town was used to feed coal into steam locomotives, which went obsolete in the 1950s when diesel powered locomotives took to the rails. The rail yard was abandoned about 20 [...]

Southwest Walking Tour: Grand Haven2024-09-10T13:12:48-04:00

Southeast Walking Tour: New Baltimore

Distance: Less than half a mile Walking Time: 4 minutes This quaint suburb north of Motown is best known for its strong sense of community. Back in the day, New Baltimore was known for the manufacturing of items such as barrels, bricks, corsets, creamery, brooms, and even coffins – essentially, lumber products and building materials. [...]

Southeast Walking Tour: New Baltimore2024-08-11T21:46:48-04:00

Strategies for Weekend Warriors: Have a Great Time Camping on a Short Schedule

With school and work schedules, not to mention all the other activities going on during the week regardless of the season, it’s no wonder many folks decide that the sacred days of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the best (and sometimes only) days to pack up the RV and go camping. With the proper planning, [...]

Strategies for Weekend Warriors: Have a Great Time Camping on a Short Schedule2024-06-04T07:28:39-04:00

Packing Essentials for Your Next RV Trip

Camping season is here again! Whether this is your first season RVing or your twentieth, it’s a good idea to think carefully about what you’re packing. We won’t get into how to pack these items; everybody has their own system anyway.   For RV maintenance… You have stuff at home to help you take care [...]

Packing Essentials for Your Next RV Trip2024-06-04T07:29:28-04:00

Northwest Walking Tour: Petoskey, Michigan

Distance: Less than a mile Time: Completely up to you If you enjoy history and historical beauty, look no further than Petoskey. Many of the buildings, both business and residential, were constructed from the 1870s to 1930s – and the ornate iron street posts simply add to the charm and sophistication. Streets are, as to [...]

Northwest Walking Tour: Petoskey, Michigan2024-04-23T20:53:09-04:00

Michigan Destination Recommendations from the MARVAC Staff

Are you looking for ideas of what to do and where to go this year? Staff members at the MARVAC home office enjoy traveling through Michigan and visiting its many destinations just as much as anyone. And, they have the inside scoop. Here are six recommendations from the MARVAC staff, one for each region of [...]

Michigan Destination Recommendations from the MARVAC Staff2024-02-05T21:08:51-05:00

Showcasing the DNR: The power of $2 – campers and boaters help bring innovations to life

Photo: Hammock camping has been available at Port Crescent State Park in Huron County for the past few years. Courtesy of Michigan Department of Natural Resources.   By HEATHER JOHNSON DUROCHER Trails and resources writer and editor Michigan Department of Natural Resources   Initially, Brian Dunn wasn’t so sure about designating a couple of sites [...]

Showcasing the DNR: The power of $2 – campers and boaters help bring innovations to life2024-01-04T12:09:15-05:00
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