My family and I just visited Magers River Camp the last week of July and we had a wonderful time.
Magers has campsites, shelters, rental cabins, and rental trailers available at decent rates. We stayed in Rental Trailer #1. It had air conditioning, potty, shower, mini fridge and freezer, a three-burner gas stove and oven, full-sized bed, and four bunk beds. All camp spots have a picnic table, fire pit, water, and electricity. The bathrooms were only about one hundred feet away and kept very clean.
I'm not sure what the root cause was, but the breaker to our trailer tripped about five times the first evening. We immediately told the owner. The breaker was replaced and we were able to spend the rest of the week with fridge, stove, and ac all going. What I appreciated the most was the effort that was put in to quickly resolving the issue. While we were waiting for the breaker to get fixed, I had to put all of our food back in the three coolers. We were given ten bags of ice and a load of firewood without asking for the trouble.
The trailer was perfect for our large family. We had the beds full and the teenagers pitched a tent under the trees.
Even though the trailer had a bathroom, most of us walked the short distance to the bathrooms. I went in several times during the day and the bathrooms were fully stocked with three roles of toilet paper each, multiple liquid hand soaps, and super clean. The women's restroom had two showers with doors that locked. My husband says that the men's restroom was clean and "smelled nice."
The location of Magers is perfect. If you have stayed at Garner (we always did for the last several years), Magers is on the other side of the damn. The teenagers crossed the river on foot, danced at Garner, and then we picked them up in the car at eleven.
Even though we have always stayed at Garner, from now on we will stay at Magers. Magers has fifty or more campsites, but was less than a third full. It is quieter at night, less traffic (we let all of the little kids ride their bikes and roam unsupervised without fear they would be run over), and as we have a hard time juggling three household schedules, we were still able to book a trailer less than a month in advance. It took three minutes to check in and three to check out.
The only issue we had was getting someone on the phone. We gave up after the fifth try and started emailing instead. Our emails were immediately replied to. They are not able to take credit or debit cards, only check and cash. We sent a check for the deposit and the lady emailed us the day it was received and then again when she deposited the check.
Onsite they have a volleyball net, horseshoes, and ice for cheap. The area is completely surrounded by trees. The kids went into the wooded area to hunt for marshmallow sticks several times and this was not a problem. At Garner, you cannot get kindling or marshmallow sticks from the woods.
Overall, we were greatly pleased. We checked out the cabins that overlook the water for next year and will probably stay there as one can see the dam from the picnic table.
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