We stayed at Mitchell KOA Journey in Mitchell, South Dakota. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A convenient stop on our journey west. Our second stay here (see that post for more pictures). It was for sale last time, now under new management, with some welcome improvements.

Dates:

• Check in: 2025-08-18
• Check out: 2025-08-19
• 1 night

Weather:

• Sunny
• High temp 87°F, low 69°F
• Negligible wind, gusts to 7 MPH

Noise:

• Some freeway noise
• Very occasional distant train horn noise
• Little neighbor noise

Site:

• #C-15, pull-through, gravel
• Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since only one night
• Somewhat level site; used air leveling, since only one night
• Gravel driveway about 80 feet long by 10 feet wide
• 10 feet to neighbors on both sides
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• No trees
• Clean site
• Elevation 1,310 feet, front facing NE

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 55 PSI water, conveniently located
• Good sewer connection, inconveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed); two sewer ports

Internet (in usage priority order):

• RoamLink: 10-19 Mbps down, 16-19 Mbps up, 103 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network)
• AT&T: 26 Mbps down, 0.2 Mbps up, 105 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
• Starlink: not used
• Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

• Garbage pickup from site
• Mini golf
• Local frozen pizza available

See our previous review on Campground Reviews.

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our site; very narrow, but fine for one night:

Some frozen pizza options mentioned on the check-in counter; we love not having to cook on a travel day, so picked up a “Mac n’ Cheese Louise” pizza:

Pre-cooking:

It was interesting and tasty, and most welcome on a long travel day.

Our second stay here, and we’d be happy to stay again.

We stayed at Hancock City Park in Hancock, Michigan. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice waterfront(ish) site in a city park in the UP.

Dates:

• Check in: 2025-08-02
• Check out: 2025-08-09
• 7 nights

Weather:

• Mostly sunny, some rain
• High temps 75-84°F, lows 59-69°F
• A little wind, gusts to 20 MPH

Noise:

• No road noise
• No train horn noise
• Some neighbor noise

Site:

• #55, back-in, gravel
• Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
• Somewhat level site; high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
• Gravel driveway about 70 feet long by 16 feet wide
• 50 feet to neighbor on passenger side
• But path to beach on passenger side
• No neighbor on driver side
• Trees between sites
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• Tall trees
• Mostly clean site
• Elevation 610 feet, front facing NW

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• No water or sewer
• Potable water and dump station by entrance

Internet (in usage priority order):

• Starlink: 125-245 Mbps down, 20-35 Mbps up, 30 ms ping
• RoamLink: 70 Mbps down, 7-9 Mbps up, 135 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
• AT&T: 8-10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 200-350 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
• Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters
• Waterfront

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Great basecamp for UP adventures

We stayed here for a week to explore Isle Royale NP and the UP and would happily stay here again; there’s just so much to do in the area. Our site was a back-in with a view over Portage Lake, and it was nice to watch the boats going out. This site had 50A electric, but no other utilities. Potable water and a dump station were conveniently near the exit. The site was spacious, which was nice, even if it did invite people to take a shortcut through it from the walking path. We camped at Hancock City Park in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our site:

Been a while since we used the griddle… and haven’t used it since:

No water or sewer at our site, so I filled the water bladder at the dump station:

Pumping water from the bladder into the coach:

And pumping the black and gray tanks into the tote in the truck:

Dumping from the tote:

There was a path to the beach next to our site:

The beach:

We dipped our toes in Lake Superior:

Ranger III going by; the boat to Isle Royale (but we took a float plane instead, much faster):

A sailboat:

We tried Culver’s for the first time; perhaps overly friendly staff, but tasty food:

We would have preferred site 48; nicely tucked away, with no neighbors, and water view on the passenger side:

Site 53 would also be good; obviously set up as a front-in site (despite being mostly occupied by trailers awkwardly fronting in most of the time):

Other sites:

Tent site:

Check in office:

Playground:

Boat parking area:

Boat launch:

We’d be happy to stay here again (preferably in site 48 or 53, but site 55 was next best).

We stayed at Kewaunee RV & Campground in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A one night stopover at a rather tight campground.

Dates:

• Check in: 2025-08-01
• Check out: 2025-08-02
• 1 night

Weather:

• Mostly sunny
• High temp 72°F, low 58°F
• Little wind, gusts to 11 MPH

Noise:

• Little road noise
• No train horn noise
• No neighbor noise

Site:

• #27, pull-through, gravel
• Didn’t need to disconnect toad (just barely), and didn’t, since only one night
• Fairly level site; used air leveling, since only one night
• Gravel driveway about 59 feet long by 10 feet wide
• 16 feet to neighbors on both sides
• Picnic table
• Fire pit
• Some tall trees
• Somewhat clean site
• Elevation 680 feet, front facing west

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 45 PSI water, conveniently located
• Good sewer connection, inconveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

• RoamLink: 6-10 Mbps down, 2-3 Mbps up, 130-170 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
• AT&T: 32-45 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 115 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
• Starlink: not used
• Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters
• Pool

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Cramped campground, mostly seasonal

We stayed for one night and didn’t want to unhook our tow vehicle, but the staff who guided us to our site helped get us situated. I did not, however, appreciate being reprimanded for booking online and not calling to book a site “that would fit us.” First off, they advertise as being “big-rig friendly,” and 2, I didn’t see any sites that were longer than the one we were in, and we pretty much filled the entire site end-to-end. I’m not sure what “big-rig friendly” means to them, as all the interior roads were narrow and hard to navigate around the seasonal residents’ cars and other obstacles. Apart from the cramped nature of the sites, they did have lovely landscaping around the common areas and lots of neat garden art. We enjoyed walking over to the frozen custard place for dinner, but that alone isn’t enough to stay here again. We camped at Kewaunee RV & Campground in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our site:

Utilities:

Other sites, mostly seasonal:

An art:

Pool:

We walked to the nearby Kewaunee Custard & Grill for dinner:

The food was tasty, but the campground was not great. We likely wouldn’t stay here again, though there weren’t a lot of good options in the area.