Indiana When planning our visit to Indiana, Tippecanoe River State Park turned out to be an excellent basecamp. The park is large, heavily wooded, and offers plenty of room to spread out. If you're looking for a campground with mature trees, spacious campsites, good fishing, and miles of hiking trails, this one deserves a spot on your list. Campground One of the first things you'll notice is just how much shade there is. Towering oak and maple trees cover nearly every campsit

Chelsea, Michigan We spent six nights at Sugarloaf Campground in Waterloo Recreation Area while trying to catch the Jackson Hot Air Jubilee. The campground is only about 40 minutes from Jackson, making it a great home base if you're planning to attend the balloon festival or explore southern Michigan. Unfortunately, Mother Nature didn't cooperate for most of the week, but that gave us plenty of time to enjoy everything the campground had to offer. Sugarloaf sits on a beautifu

We checked another national park off our list, and I have to admit, Cuyahoga Valley National Park completely surprised me. After visiting more than 50 national parks, I expected another large, self-contained park with a scenic entrance road and major attractions clustered together. Instead, Cuyahoga Valley is unlike any national park we've visited. Rather than driving through one continuous park, you're constantly moving between forests, rivers, historic towns, farms, and tra