Thousand Trails Pine Country

We moved to Thousand Trails Pine Country back on June 2. The Kane Country Forest Preserve campgrounds only allow camping for up to 14 days out of any 21 days, so we would need to be out of Paul Wolff campground for at least a week. We used to move to Big Rock (the other Forest Preserve campground) for our "week out", but when we upgraded our Thousand Trails membership a couple of years ago, we got access to the Pine Country campground which we can use for no charge. Staying at Big Rock would cost us $41/night. We will actually be out of Paul Wolff for 11 nights (because we want to be sure to be able to stay there during the time of Carl's daughter Pamela's party), so staying in Pine Country saves us about $450.

Pine Country is about the same distance from family in the Elgin or Lake Zurich area as Big Rock would be, but further from locations like Carol Stream or Batavia. It is still a doable trip to those areas too.

And, the campground is nice -- as is the case with most Thousand Trails, the infrastructure (particularly roads in the campground) could use attention. But the sites are in pretty good shape (especially in the front where they put most of the "transient" folks like us).

The pool is open and looks nice.

There is a creek that flows through the campground separating the front section (where the transient sites are located) from the area further back (where lots of seasonal sites are located).

Looking over into the stream -- it is quite pretty.

Gracie in her pullthrough site

We put more miles on the Jeep while staying here, but it is a good option for staying at a cheaper cost!