Tucked away near the village of Grass Lake in Jackson County is Apple Creek Campground — a place that Matt McMullen and his wife have called their second home since setting up a permanent camping site in 2022.
- With gas prices being high, camping is an affordable getaway for many locals.
- Campers like Matt McMullen and his wife have a permanent camping site at Apple Creek Campground in Grass Lake.
- Co-owner of Apple Creek Campground hopes that other locals will choose camping as an affordable getaway.
McMullen said they used to travel and camp all around Michigan and Ohio, until they realized how much more affordable it was to stay close to home — though it may not feel like it.
“We got here and felt like it was up north. Like we had the same sense of being out in nature,” McMullen said.
“It was just an easy pick because it’s close,” McMullen said…