My friend wanted to explore more locations that we can take our dogs swimming. She likes camping in cabins, I have a custom van that I camp in. We were only going to go for the day but I thought since I was driving an hour and a half I might as well go Thursday and then spend the day Friday with our dogs on the beach. Since it was a 3-day weekend, the requirement was 3-day reservation. So I called and told them I was coming in on Thursday and leaving Friday. They said they could accommodate me. I came up on Thursday, walked into the restaurant and the nicest lady behind the bar with the biggest smile greeted me. I asked if I could check in and she told me to go across the little road to the check-in office. I went over to the office and in her defense I did interrupt her lunch. She was not exceptionally friendly. But she did check me in and gave me a two-page flyer telling me all the the rules and regs and resources along with Wi-Fi password. I asked her specific questions about dog presents on their property. On leash in the resort, off leash is okay in the water. I asked her how do I get to it, she pointed right down The ramp. Okay cool. I went and I got my van and I drove over to the campsite she gave me. There was no RVs or campers /tents in the 10 spaces where I was directed to. The site she gave me was the only one in full direct sunlight. I went back and asked her if I could have one of the shade spots. So she said okay. I moved over three spaces and had complete shade coverage. I quickly changed into my bathing suit and went down to the beach but I didn't go down to where she directed me. I went down right across from my site. There was a little step onto an almost private beach, which I liked because I don't want my dog bothering other people's security. I have a Shepherd lab mix, she's black and she looks mean but she will lick you into submission! Submission! LOL. So just for everybody's security I tend to take her further away so she can enjoy her swim. She was down on the beach swimming for about 3 hours when she came out and laid down on the beach. And RV pulled up to deliver a trailer and my dog jumped up and ran across the RV property. Up to this guy like she knew who he was. He opened the door and started petting her. I was quickly on her heels. I hooked her up to her leash and walked her back down to the beach, after apologizing to the driver. Driver. He had no problem with it at all. 3 minutes later the owner comes over calling for me, I turned and looked and he stated in a somewhat gruff voice that he is the owner and dogs are required to be on the leash. I apologized and stated that she was in the water where I understand she doesn't need to be on a leash. And he repeated that the dog has to be on a leash and I showed him that my dog was on a leash. He just walked away. The next morning I decided to walk down to the beach that they told me to go to on day one, and it was smaller than the area that I was at the day before. But right in front of the beach was a big sign that says no dogs on the beach! So you might be able to guess that I was a bit confused about the rules around having your dog there. I called my friend and told her that this was not a dog friendly campground that she thought it was through her online search. I packed up and left at 10:00 a.m. And went to del Val and the dogs swam and rumped all day long Having a great time. Don't get me wrong about this campground, mine is specifically to dog friendliness. As far as the cottages, they look cute as hell. The campground is very small.. but they have a popular restaurant that is visited by people boating on the Sacramento River. read more