I raided some web sites to find photos of two campgrounds that Dave recently critiqued. The first photo is from Apache Family Campground in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This is one of the campground's PR photos, so don't be fooled by all the greenspace between the two RVs on the lefthand side. If you look closely, you'll see that those brown patches are trailer pads. That greenspace is really 3-4 empty sites. When the campground is full, or nearly so, that space disappears in a hurry!


Having said that, you can also see that the campground is literally on the beach, which is just a short walk away from any site. If you like to spend your day on the beach, this may be the campground for you. If you like to spend part of the day relaxing on your site, with just a few hours at the beach, be aware that you won't get much privacy either on your site or at the beach.

The next photo is from Chutes Provincial Park in Ontario. This is a view looking from the waterfall toward the beach. The apparent distance between the two areas is deceptive. It's actually a rather short swim from the beach to the falls. Once one arrives at the falls, it's easy to stand on the sandy bottom and enjoy nature's shower - soap & shampoo are not allowed :-). The water is relatively shallow throughout the swimming area so there is little danger in swimming to the falls. This really is a fun area for swimming as the waterfall is very picturesque and the beach is quite a bit larger than it appears to be in this photo.