Port Huron, Michigan

This was the view out our dining room window at the Port Huron KOA when we arrived Thursday afternoon.  This is a very large resort type campground and an outstanding one in the KOA system.  Amenities include: large swimming pool, basketball court, tennis courts, volleyball and tether ball sand pits, roller blade hocky rink, inside fitness center.  There are lots of cabins and lodges and I would guess around 200 RV & tents sites. By late afternoon the sites around us were filling and by Friday evening this was a very full park.  (No picture included of the full park - you would only see our immediate neighbors!)  The families were all having such fun.  The campground rents golf carts for $52 for 7 hours and you cannot believe the people taking leisurely trips around the park in them and loaded with people or people and dogs. Sometimes driving two side by side and all visiting.

For the past several years we have refined our traveling schedule to 2-2-2.  That was 200 miles, stop by 2 p.m., and stay 2 days.  We have improved that schedule - it is now 2-2-4! Much better! Still 200 miles max and stop by 2 p.m., but stay 4 days!  We like it!

We chose this route via Port Huron to Niagara because we did not want to go thru Detroit and because it is shorter.  However, Susan didn't realize until after some information gathering yesterday that the Blue Water Bridge is the second-busiest crossing between the United States and Canada.  We may very likely have a 30-60 minute crossing over the bridge to Ontario tomorrow.

Yesterday we walked around the dock area of the Black River and the St. Clair River.  Boating activity is centered around this area of Port Huron.  Beaches are to the north of downtown on both the St. Clair River and Lake Huron and they were sandy and nice. (The Black River flows iuto the St. Clair River as does Lake Huron. This water then flows into Lake St. Clair above Detroit, thence to Lake Erie, then the Niagara River to Lake Ontario which then flows into the St. Lawrence River and into the Atlantic Ocean.)  

The Great Lakes Marine Center had displays of ships/boats/yachts built by members of the local Model Ship Builders Club.  There are nice walkways and seating areas all around this area, even a "Little Free Library" along the walk by the St. Clair River.

We stopped for lunch at a brewery on the banks of the Black River looking out toward the St. Clair River.  Dave had a wonderful burger with carmelized onions made with Porter Beer.  We will try this when we are in Centennial with our Cowboy Ambassador RV friends!

Malia, our waitress

The picture at  the start of this entry is how the campground looked today by 11 a.m.!  Amazing.  We have the park to ourselves again!