TOTAL CHAOS! Anarchy run rampant. You could base an entire National Lampoon vacation movie on my stay at this place.
On the positive side - a nice location on the Black Bay River, just beside a dam. Many beautiful, tall trees. Large, new event structure (roof, no walls). Pleasant staff. Tent camping location was nice and very cheap! ($15)
Trailers and RVs are parked side by side as are all the trucks and cars, making the heart of the compound feel and look like a parking lot. Not at all appealing.
Tent camping area was very nice, partially on a slope up to the woods. I was given several options as to where to set up my tent and was told I had the whole big area to myself, no delineation in campsites. I chose a nice spot between two large trees with a picnic table and not far from a fire pit. When I returned from dinner two additional tents had been pitched very near mine despite the fact that so much of the surrounding area remained empty. The new guests had also physically taken my picnic table and moved it to their area along with another picnic table, with no concern for me! How utterly inconsiderate and greedy. I therefore had nowhere to even sit!!! And talk about crowding me in!
Kareoke went on in the main complex until 11 pm the first night, while new neighbours played frisby, shouting and swearing until after midnight the second night until I had to ask them to kindly be quiet. Fireworks were going off in all hours and trucks paraded through the campgrounds all night long both nights. Obviously there were no noise or vehicle movement rules observed.
Just finding the office was a task, with no direction to the office until you got well into the site. Sheesh. At least put a sign at the entrance with directions to the office.
The shower and toilet building were indeed dilapidated and in need of replacement. The two toilets had curtains for doors. The showers were very old with no instructions on how to use them or if they even worked. I asked several long term residents and even they did not know much about them. Apparently you need to deposit 4 quarters in the box for the shower to work but there were no instructions or notices posted! I lost several quarters testing them and still never took a shower. There were also no postings about water - what is potable (drinkable) or not, so I stayed away from the tap water.
When I arrived, I asked about roads, wondering about the direction of each as I saw no directional signage. The gentleman (Allen?) did not understand my question about one way streets and said you can drive any direction. More mayhem. More chaos. read more