Boice-Cope State Park
Site LV RV 4
5.24.19 - 5.27.19
Full cell service, full internet

This campground is where Mark learned to windsurf five years ago when we came up for Labor Day in 2014 to meet up with Rhett and Justa. We came back here for nostalgic purposes and to officially launch Mark’s 2019 windsurf season.

This campground is mostly just a big parking lot with mostly full hook-up RV spots. Sites 1-8 are the most green and shady, tent friendly, most camping-feeling. Most sites on the lake side were used as tent spots as they’re the only decent non-RV spots. They’re small though and offer little privacy. This place is really just a spot for those engaging in water sports on Floras Lake.

Memorial Day turned out to be much colder than Labor Day so it was in the mid-50’s vs. the high 70’s over Labor Day 2014. Its a short walk ~ 1 mile or so to the beach which is beautiful but so cold and windy. It also rained almost all of Saturday so we had a lot of card playing in the van.

The campground is pretty far from the the highway so it has just the right hum of ocean waves in the background. Its more like an RV park so it has really clean bathrooms with soap, mirrors, sinks and showers. It has full amenities including a laundry facility with wifi, outlets, plenty of water, and propane for sale.

Pros:

• Great for wind and kite surfing
• We were pretty obsessed with the height adjustable firepit grill
• Floras Lake is really shallow and warm which is great for learning water sports
• At the coast which is always fun to see

Cons:

• Really far, about 6 hours from home
• The lake is too shallow to foil (this was Mark’s con, obvs)
• NOT a good spot for just regular camping
• Campground is pretty windy, which was a con for me but a big reason why most of those people were there.