Midwest Living's Top Picks for State Parks

Midwest Living magazine, one of my very favorites, came out with their picks for the best state parks in the Midwest. The magazine's May/June 2010 issue features 36 of the best state parks in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.

I plan on highlighting some of their selections in the very near future.

It is interesting to note what states Midwest Living considers as those comprising the Midwest. I have been somewhat struggling with what states to include as the Midwest for this blog and it became a source of minor debate over on my RV.net blog of the same name.

The name of the blog is Gr8LakesCamper, so the Great Lakes region is in play. But I also say that Gr8LakesCamper "celebrates the world of RV camping in the Midwest." Are the Great Lakes region and the Midwest one in the same? Probably not.

So, in keeping with the name of the blog, I have decided that all states with shoreline on the Great Lakes — New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota — plus Ontario Canada, will receive the most emphasis for this blog.

However, should a suitable post topic present itself, I reserve the right to blog about those states in the immediate vicinity — such as West Virginia, Kentucky, Iowa and Missouri. For example, this summer my family and I will be camping at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and I will most definitely be blogging about that trip.

There. Ground rules have been set.