Monday, August 31, 2020

Lake Carlos State Park Aug 31- Sep 2

Lake Carlos State Park    Aug  31- Sep 2

Lake Carlos State Park
Aug  31- Sep 2, 2020

Site

81 electrical 
17 hiking trails


dump – near lower campground


Puppy Redo


Two years ago we took Knute for his first camping trip. He was 3 months old. Well, you can't walk puppies that far because of their growth plates. And it was also so hot outside. So we didn't get to see much of the park.


Our site two years ago at Lake Carlos was right next to the road. And this park is very popular. Way too many dogs out walking for a puppy to handle being that close to the road. This year we went during the week to avoid the crowds. We went with a site set back from the road and mostly point our windows away from the open campground.


The site drops off the right side so we moved the RV as far left we could go and added boards.


Knute and Larry enjoyed the morning walks before coffee and after dinner stools.


Trails – Maple basewood trails – It was a nice wooded trail with interpretive signs along the way. They also told me they enjoyed themselves. So as a family we did it again. We also did a nice trail starting from the picnic area called Hidden lake trail which is the hiking club trail. It takes yo pass two group campground. Which were way nice. For a long part of the trail you walk near the lake. Mostly all covered wooded trails.





Glacial Lakes - 8/28, 2020

 


Glacial Lakes State Park


August 28 -31st

15e


14 electrical sites
16 miles of hiking trails.


dump stations –

near ranger station but turn around horse campground


Glacial Lake is a smaller park with a main campground and non electrical campground just off the main campground. They also have a horse campground too.


Water is located just after the ranger station on the left side. You just pull off to the left side of the road to allow people to still pass by. Not many people here so not a big deal.


Dumping is a huge deal. To be able to dump you need to exit the campground and turn around at the horse campground and come back. Just so you can pull over to the left to dump. Then once done you circle the main campground and exit.


Hiking trails – We hiked a nice trail in the open meadows to reach a fablous look out called High Peak trail. Parts near the peak become wooded. We did the group camp loop from the campground. We drove into town to see two park. Hobo Park had a great write up on it but al we saw was a statue of a hobo. Barsness Park was a wonderful find. It is located near the northwestern shore of lake Minnewaska. Full hookup for $47 and w/e $42. Miles of wooded trails with wood chips on the trail to soften the foot steps.


We stayed at #19 two years ago but we decided on site #15. We needed a board to level it out.

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