Although, tents offer more room in general, a pop up camper offers more "amenities" like heat, comfie beds, a sink, a stove and they just seem more pet friendly. Tents are more affordable, so there's that.
We've been traveling every weekend to visit local campsites for general ideas of what's out there. We've found some pretty nice spots:
Randolph County State Recreation Area on July 10th. It was nice, clean, offered RV sites and primitive camping. It was super Uncrowded. We saw deer & ducks. We fished and caught some tiny pumpkinseed sunfish.
Pyramid State Park on July 17th. Again, it was nice and clean. Tiny, tight, primitive camping in some areas. Very calm. We saw deer, turtles, ducks. Crazy butterflies and dragonflies. We ran out of bait so I dug up worms. Still didn't catch anything but tiny pumpkinseed sunnies. We did get to see 2 mama sunnies guarding their eggs which was pretty cool.
Kinkaid Lake on July 24th. This was a confusing trip. The GPS wasn't updated maybe, so we had a hard time getting to where we wanted to go. The signs seemed to be confusing. They have awesome marinas but when I asked about beach swimming I was told I had to go to the Spillway. The "camping" was basically grassy knolls with markers. A lot of the RV's were permanent fixtures with porches built on. We did see deer frolicking in a pond, which was something I'd never seen before. We also saw deer in fields. We saw cranes & Traveling Jackson saw a "beaver" which was actually a ground hog and a turtle on a log.
(Note about The Spillway; ironically my mom and her cousins spent part of their childhoods living in close proximity to the spillway. They cousins built a tree house there years and years ago. That treehouse stood for a long time. Sadly it's no longer there. But the spillway is amazing. Traveling Jackson & I actually go into the water there. It was a nice trip. It would have been more fun if it wasn't 100 degrees outside. The water is warm at the spillway.
Lake Murphysboro on July 24th. As far as tent camping, this was one of our favorites so far. Camping right near the lake with excellent views. We saw a few tents, but no too crowded. They had a separate RV park, which was nice as well...but not hoity toity RV's, again, with excellent views.
These weekend mini trips are just one day excursions. We may try an actual camping trip with our current gear and see what happens. I think we are going to try Carlyle Lake next weekend. Maybe an actual camping weekend.
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