We have been RV'ing for the past 4 years and have stayed at over 4 dozen campgrounds from Prince Edward Island to Orlando and this by far was the absolute worst campground I have ever encountered. The reason we picked this campground was based on the advertisement we found online and when we called. Our expectation was that this would be 300 RV only leveled spot campground, what we found could only be described as dueling banjos mixed with many moments from the Toby Keith song "Trailerhood".
Our experience was similar to some you will find on Google: When we first drove up, I openly said to wife "we should keep driving" as we passed several dozen seasonal sites purposely attempted to be hidden from the road view through a beat up old fence. However, when you pass through these once pearly gates, you are greeted by a somewhat normal looking check in house and can clearly an area to the right where there are a few actual mobile RV's with actual wheels still attached. There was hope. My dear wife returns from the check in and says "We have the spot nearest the office", I raised my eyebrow in response and asked her if I could look at the Campground Map. "There is no map, she just gave me a television line up", was her response. Now, I have never,ever,ever been to a campground that doesn't have a map that outlines where the bathhouse is and what the various rules for campfires, guests, pool hours or quiet time maybe. Every campground has these handouts ready for you or on their website. This place was handing out hand written cable channel line up cards and clearly said "we have no map" Later I would find out that this was also a bad omen that also meant no apparent rules.
We pull into the site, surrounded on 2 of the 3 sides by what can only be described as old RV's and semi-permanent residents not campers. To our right was a super large doberman with one of those pinch collars tied to a tree with grandma watching over him and to our right was two women in their early 20's or late teens wearing some dress code violation shorts. I start hooking up the RV and I can't find the water connection, we walk back over to the office and a clearly frustrated person comes over and moves the neighbors bikes off this large box which contains a light bulb, some electrical plugs and the water connection. Not a huge deal, but certainly odd. I suspect they have boxes built over all the connections to protect them in the winter. Still haven't seen that before or since. I suspect this is a year round campground.
As we are eating dinner, I hear the two girls to the left loudly talking about getting some firewood for a party tonight. Just my luck after a 12 hour drive. So the "party" starts about 7 pm when 2 pickup trucks roll in with 4 young men as guests of these "ladies". We head to bed about 9 PM with the party still roaring and hear a couple of the guys arguing about not "messing with it" because they don't want to get arrested again. I believe they were talking about our RV since they were also laughing about us not finding the water pump. About this time, we were considering just leaving and eating the cost of the "vacation park"., but were just too tired to drive in the middle of the night. So, the guests finally leave about 11:03 PM and I start to fall asleep. Not so fast, round 2 begins at 11:10 PM when three more guys show up and start cooking steaks or something on two grills. They finished at 1 AM and went into their humble abode. All 3 guys and the 2 women.
Finally got about 4 hours sleep and started not so quietly preparing the vehicle for departure. I spent a good 15 minutes surveying the area around the vehicle and the vehicle itself for any mischief. After everything was ready to go, we left.
Avoid this place. It should just embrace being a trailer park and stop advertising as a 300 Spot Campground, they are just taking peoples money. It was the first time in 4 years, other than a 1 AM NY rest area stop, that I felt even remotely concerned about my families safety. read more