MRPA 2008 Family Camping Adventure

Camping Dates: Friday – Sunday, August 15 – 17, 2008 (MRPA Board Meeting:   Friday, August 15)

Location: Traverse City State Park

Reservations:  Once again, the Michigan State Park reservation system will allow people to register for campsites six months to the day, prior to your arrival at the campground.  Traverse City State Park is now on a site specific reservation system, meaning that when you reserve you have to specify which site you want.  The MRPA group will try to gather around site 112 / 114 so when you are looking on line if you want to be close to the core group of MRPA families, chose sites near 112/114.

Reservation Process:     

• Go to the DNR web site:  www.michigan.gov/dnr
• Click on: Recreation & Camping (left side)
• Click on: Campground & Harbor Reservations (left side)
• Click on: Campground Reservations
• Click on: Make a Campground Reservation
• Find via scrolling: Traverse City State Park
• Click on: Go to Park
• Click on: Go to Camp and then complete your reservation.
  • From this screen you can look at a campground map.  

 Highlights of previous MRPA Family Camping Adventures:

• Hearing Dan and Sue Stencil set up their tent in a flood plain at 2:30 am.
• Seeing the Davis and Schreiner family’s contest on who can eat the most Little Debbie’s
• Receiving home-made cookies/rice crispy treats from Melissa Castonia’s inventoried supply.

Goals / Major Accomplishments at the 2008 event:

• Keeping Steve Hyer from playing in the fire for more than 3 minutes
• Keeping Bret Kaschinske from getting kicked out of the go-cart track before his 2^nd lap