This past weekend, our church group booked 9 campsites to stay in Glenholme's "Hidden Hilltop"…read moreFamily Campground. At first sight, you can see it's equipt for family entertainment. Nice buildings, open space, and lots of activities for kids (such as mini golf, an outdoor pool, a slip-and-slide, badminton, volleyball, tractor ride, playground, and a barn yard with a few sheeps, a rabbit, and a donkey). Campsites with and without service were between $25-35, Firewood was $6, Ice was $2.25, and there were various treats and about a dozen flavours of ice cream to choose from ($2-3 scoops). All in all it looked good, but it was the personality of one of the owners (Jim Yorke) which really spoiled our stay. For instance, when we asked for ice we were told they were "sold out" yet 10 minutes later, as I was walking back, I saw the owner delivering bags of ice to one of their "seasonal" campers (in other words, there wasn't any ice for us "non-seasonal" campers). Then, we asked 2 good friends from Debert to come and join us for an hour by our campfire, and they were met by the owner who said they had to pay to visit. Since they came with no money on hand, and were only staying an hour, they tried to explain, but the own snarled back with a demeaning tone and said "that'd your problem, have a nice day." What a way to treat the locals, eh? Gee, and with that...you get the picture. they were not accomodating, or even polite.
Aside from the personalities....I had 2 more recommendations to improve upon their camping experience for others in the cuture:
- They need to clean their bathrooms, and maintain them! All weekend the first stall in the womens bathroom had a broken lock, and the second stall (of 3) never held toilet paper. The showers and the toilets were located in 2 seperate buildings....terribly inconvenient, and 2 out of my 3 showers (taken at night) were with ice cold water.
- An "ADULT SWIM" needs to take place for an hour in the late afternoon or evening. The pool never emptied, and there was a continuous steam of 3 or 4 doxen kids at all times. I don't mind swimming with children, but when they continuously jump and splash, it takes all the relaxation out of the swim.
Biggest complaint: BE KIND TO YOUR OCCASSIONAL CAMPERS. As occassionals (and not one of their regular "seasonal" campers) we were made to feel second rate, and we are not eagre to come back anytime soon. Back to Scotia Pine we'll go!