Burtons Landing Winter Camping
So you got a bunch of new camping gear for Christmas.... Now What.... Burtons Landing Campground (Image from Google Maps) Well the answer for my Dad and I was head north for an overnight trip from December 28th to the 29th. We had both received some new gear during the holidays and we had some other items we had acquired during deer season that we still wanted to test out. We ended up with a high temp of about 32F and a low of about 20F and had about 6 inches of snow on the ground to deal with. We both like the area and have fished the Au Sable River in the past, but had always visited in the warmer months. We had stopped into the small rustic campgrounds along the river to check them out and always wanted to camp there but Gates Au Sable Lodge is the usual go to (if you get a chance its a great lodge with some great people and a great little restaurant). Since I had this dumb idea last minute and we figured we wouldn't be fighting for a camping spot anywhere this ti