If I could, I wouldn't give any stars to the management of Boyer Park. The location is excellent, the park is decent, however the management is horrendous. Mike and Monica Olmstead who are the owners of this place are bullies and micromanage everything. We came out here to do the pikeminnow program as well as work nearby so we are long term campers. We had planned to stay for approximately 6 months but will be leaving after only 2 months of putting up with absolute bullshit.
First off, they give fishermen who are here for the pikeminnow program a monthly rate of $500. They knew we are here for the pikeminnow program but still charges us $600 per month.
Mike loves to get up in your face without a regard for personal space/bubble and list off all the issues that he has with how you are camping/living. The first 2 weeks we were here, he was at our campsite daily bitching about everything under the sun. They finally gave us the list of campground rules a week after we moved there. After getting that packet of rules, we complied with making sure our campsite was abiding by the rules. Mike will still patrol the park every night and cruise around once or so during the day because he thinks he is a police officer.
I'm sorry but when I camp I do it to get away from the city, to have some peace and to relax. Here we cannot, we are constantly watched. They watch every move you make and judge and will complain to you about it.
Now, we have a 9 year old son with us and he enjoys riding his bike all over. At every other campground/rv park we have been to, we never had an issue with our son riding his bike by himself or with other kids. One of their campground rules are targeted towards children always must be supervised. We did not know about this rule until 1 week later and they were throwing a hissy fit about it.
Every weekend when the campground fills up, there are kids all over the place being unsupervised at the docks/marina, riding their bikes to the dam and back, hanging out at the beach, and so on. We have to keep telling our son, sorry those kids are not following the rules, you have to stay with us.
Also they enforce the parking rule but not with the overnighters. Only to the long term people. We can't even park our truck in front of our 5th wheel. It is still on our pad sticking out a little bit. But we make sure to not drive it on the grass. We see our neighbor who are workampers for the park drive the back tire of his truck on the grass every single time he moves it. They don't complain about that. What the heck. They don't have an issue with all the rigs parked on the road next to their camper pad during the weekend. Also they say outdoor plants are not allowed but their two parties of workampers have plants and are allowed to have it outside but we aren't.
Also we understand and practice the rule of no dogs off leash, yet their workkamper has their dog off leash all the time. We are sick and tired of the owners looking the other way whenever they want but harass the hell out of us.
Mike pick and chooses when he wants to enforce the rules. It is tiresome having to be on the constant lookout for Mike to come ans harass us some more. And if you call him out on his bullshit, he threatens to evict you and say that we can do it the easy way or the hard way.
Monica isn't too bad but she is still a stickler for rules. We get the rules but they go excessively and do not even enforce the rules with everyone. They only choose who they want to pick on.
Now for those who want to come here, just come on the weekends, they won't harass you. read more