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Every costume contest has a version of the same guy: shows up in a plain fedora, calls it a costume, loses to the couple who committed to full 1920s fringe and a cigarette holder. Great Gatsby Weekend runs September 25–27, and if you're going, this is your chance to not be that guy. Here's a real guide to Great Gatsby costume ideas, not a generic internet listicle, but specifically built around what actually works for a weekend at a campground, not a costume party in someone'

If you searched for boat winterization or off-season boat storage and landed here, let's answer the actual question first: no, we don't winterize boats, and we're not a haul-out or storage facility for boats over the winter. What we do offer is boat trailer storage, which is a different thing, and worth being clear about before you plan around it. What "Boat Storage" Actually Means Here Rivers Crossing Campground & Marina offers secure boat trailer storage on the property for

Most campground websites are built around RVs, hookup specs, rig lengths, pull-through vs. back-in. If you're planning tent camping in the Finger Lakes, you end up scrolling past all of it looking for the two or three lines that actually apply to you. So here's that post, specifically. The real questions people ask us before booking a tent site, answered plainly, including one that surprises almost everyone. What Are the Actual Tent Camping Finger Lakes Options? Primitive ten

Most people mentally close out camping season the day after Labor Day. Coolers get packed away, the RV goes into storage, and everyone quietly agrees that summer's over. Here's the thing nobody tells you: September might actually be the better month to book. Fewer crowds during the week, an events calendar that's still going strong on weekends, and weather that's usually easier to camp in than the middle of July. If you've been searching for campgrounds in the Finger Lakes ar

This Friday marks 25 years since September 11th. This weekend, September 11–13, is our FIREFIGHTER weekend, honoring our modern-day heroes, both fire service and military. It doesn't look like our other themed weekends, and it isn't supposed to. If you've seen "Firefighter Weekend" on our calendar and wondered whether it's the same thing as our Casino Glow & Hunt weekend, it isn't. This one stands on its own, built around a memorial service, a fundraiser, and the people it ho

The first question a lot of guests ask us isn't about the pool, the marina, or which themed weekend is coming up next. It's about the dog. Can he come? What's it going to cost? Is there somewhere for her to run around? Will anyone care if he barks at the neighbor's golden retriever? Short answer: yes, Rivers Crossing Campground & Marina is a dog-friendly campground, and dogs are part of the family here just like they are at home. But "dog-friendly" gets used pretty loosely ac

A themed weekend covers the evenings, the live band, the costume contest, the pool day-trip-ideas-near-rivers-crossing-pairing-a-themed-weekend-with-the-cayuga-wine-trailparty. But the daytime hours on a Finger Lakes camping trip have their own opportunity, and the Cayuga Wine Trail is close enough to turn one weekend into two experiences instead of one. How Close Is the Cayuga Wine Trail, Really? Closer than a lot of first-timers assume. The trail's northern wineries, the on

You pull in on a Friday, and there's already a costume contest sign-up sheet taped to the office window and a hand-drawn schedule with a live band listed for Saturday night. If nobody explained any of this to you beforehand, here's the rundown. How Do Themed Camping Weekends Actually Work? Most themed camping weekends follow the same basic shape once you strip away the costumes. There's a full day of activities leading up to Saturday night, a pool party with a DJ, adult swim,

July gets all the attention, peak lake weather, packed wineries, a campground running at full tilt. But there's a specific window right after that, before the leaves turn and before the region shifts fully into fall mode, that a lot of people overlook. Here's the case for booking a cabin rental in the Finger Lakes during that window instead of fighting the July crowds for one. Reason 1: The Space Actually Fits How You Want to Spend It A cottage sleeps up to 6 across two priva

By August, the Clyde River has settled into that slow, warm rhythm where the fish know exactly where to hide and most anglers don't. That's not a bad thing, late summer just rewards patience over luck. If you're planning a trip built around fishing rather than just hoping to get lucky, here's what's actually swimming out there, what it'll cost you to be legal, and what you're allowed to keep. What Fish Can You Realistically Expect to Catch Here in Late Summer? Clyde River fis

Mardi Gras is supposed to happen in February. Beads, parades, jazz, it's tied to Fat Tuesday and the start of Lent. So why does a campground calendar in upstate New York list a full Mardi Gras weekend right in the middle of summer? Here's the short answer: because at a themed camping weekend, the name isn't about the calendar. It's about the format, and once you see how that format works, an August Mardi Gras stops being confusing and starts making a lot of sense. What's the

The fog hasn't even burned off the water yet, and someone two sites down is already backing a boat trailer toward the launch. That's how a good day starts around here, not with an alarm clock, but with the sound of a hitch clanking loose and somebody's kids arguing over who gets to hold the rope. By the time the sun's high enough to matter, that same boat will be out past the bend, working a line along the reeds where the walleye like to sit. By early evening, it'll be back a

If you're the type who picks a campground based on "is there anything to actually do this weekend," August is going to be a good month for you. Four weekends. Four completely different vibes. A different band (or DJ) every single Saturday night. And somehow, a golf cart parade thrown in the middle of it. This is the kind of stretch that makes people start calling this one of the better campgrounds with live music in the Finger Lakes — not because we said so, but because the c