When I decided I wanted a last minute camping trip to drag Katrina along on, I chose Kohler-Andrae right away. We were only gone 3 days, but I got so many great photos that I have enough for 24 blog posts! Yikes! Where to begin? I guess I'll start with why Kohler-Andrae has become one of my favorite state parks.
Reason #1 - Sand dunes! Walking on the beach is fun, but sand dunes are even better. The park has a "cordwalk" system that floats on top of the sand and will move with the shifting forms. Cool, right?
Reason #2 - cryptobiotic soil can be found on the dunes, and it always reminds me of our time in Utah. Don't walk on the sand, People, new plant communities struggling to grow and thrive!
Reason #3 - the variety of plant life is amazing as the park goes from beach to dunes to woods to marsh.
Reason #4 - The mid-sized town of Sheboygan is just minutes away with lots of interesting architecture, shops, restaurants and other sights. If you're into fishing you can take a charter and bring in the catch of the day!
Reason #5 - Lots of birds and small mammals around, and of course deer. Every night when I'm camping I'll wake up at some point to listen to the owls and coyotes too.
Reason #6 - Great campground, of course! The set up of the loops is a little confusing, numbers seem to mean nothing at all as you jump from 44 to 201 and back again. Our site was 53 and it came after 52 and 54. But, most sites are large and well shaded with an easy to back into paved pad and comfortable distance from your neighbors. The staff is helpful (Thanks again, Tyler, for letting me recharge my camera battery at the visitor center every night!) and the mosquito population easy to subdue.
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| I bought a $30 Walmart tent to keep my tent cot company |
Oh, and it's easy to make friends. Some you want to hang around with...and some you don't. Happy camping!
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| Bold raccoons come looking for leftover marshmallows after dark |
That cordwalk is an interesting concept I've not ever seen before. Don't like mosquitoes, nor raccoons.
ReplyDeleteGot to lock all your stuff up tight with those raccoons around, but I'd rather them than the mosquitoes personally.
DeleteGreat review! Looks like the kind of place we would enjoy too.
ReplyDeleteOo racoons, never seen one of them for real, zoos don't seem the same. Sounds like a great place to camp.
ReplyDeleteNo raccoons in your neck of the woods? Must be lovely! Wayne's from Newfoundland originally and still has problems getting used to having snakes to deal with, though at least in this region they are reasonably small and usually non-venomous!
DeleteThose are some pretty good reasons. Do the WI state parks charge a day use fee in addition to the camping fee?
ReplyDeleteThey charge a yearly fee, which I wish they'd change because it makes it hard for out-of-staters to want to use the parks. A slight increase in camping fees would make more sense. On the upside, the daily camping rates are less than in other states, but if you only want a short stay it makes the yearly fee harder to swallow. WI resident fee is $25 a year, I know it's slightly more for non residents.
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