OMG!!!!!!! I am so sorry you stayed here!!! We did for 2 nights and were shocked. After speaking with other people- this used to be a fantastic park UNTIL thousand trails purchased it and its decline is actually because of them.
Also- when we were there a year or more ago everything like the restaurant, even vending machines were all closed then. People had forsale signs on their trailers...it was weird.
Hey thanks for watching and the comment. We did 7 days. It felt like being in jail. lol. I heard the same about the park being great in the past. It is actually owned by a group out of Chicago. They partner with TT though so I still blame TT. Do y'all still have your TT membership now since you got the house?
aw bummer! those waterslides look like they would be awesome if they were running! thanks for sharing your review with us. we just started our travels and i find rv park reviews very helpful!!
Hey thanks for stopping by and watching. The waterslides would have been a blast for sure. I hope y'all are enjoying your travels. We have been full time over a year now. It has ups and downs for sure. It is great to see all the stuff though. If I can ever help with anything please reach out. Always happy to help anyone just getting started.
Great reviews. We wont be staying there for sure. 90 % permanent residency? The music is another mind boggling thing. Thanks for doing the review . We appreciate it! Stay safe friends 👏👍🥑🇺🇸❤️
Hey thanks for watching. Yeah 90% is insane. The music was cool for about 3 songs. This is one to avoid for sure. Hope y'all are doing well and staying safe to.
LOL. I wish I was kidding. This place was really bad. Thank y'all for watching. This park really needs some TLC. It was sad to see the shape it was in. I hope y'all are doing well.
Great review William. You did a good job showing all the details. I bet Jessica really wants her sticks and bricks now. You have a really sharp rig btw.
Thanks for watching. I try to keep them honest. She has her days when she is ready. Sometimes as do as well. For the most part I love it though. We just keep moving along for now. lol. Thanks for the kind words on the rig. We really do like it. It has done us well.
Hello Friend how are you? I hope that very good. Beautiful the walk on which you took us today, I was really enchanted. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing it with all of us. I hope you end your day very well. I send you a very strong hug and many greetings
Great video. I love how honest you were. That music, 24/7 would probably start to get to me though. I can't believe you had to complain just to get the grass cut. And, those showers...Wow! Yuk! Great review! Probably won't be going there anytime soon...lol!
Hey thank you for watching and the kind words. The music was harsh at times. Yeah not cutting the grass was crazy. My guess is it will go right back to the same thing now. The showers caught me off guard. That was my first time seeing them and it was bad. Nope we want be going back ever. lol
I am trying to get caught up on watching videos. Thanks for always doing honest reviews. At least the trees and the Lake were nice. Too bad they didn't maintain the place, especially the water slides. That would have been fun. The tribute was nice too.
Hey Dee no worries. Take your time and get caught up. You are a mega channel. I am just honored you watch me. We for sure try to keep it honest. Yeah the waterslide would be a blast. This park needs some major TLC. I did really like the tribute area. It was nice. Thank you for watching and I hope you are doing well. Enjoying your build out series as well.
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching. Are you buying new or used? If you have any questions feel free to call. We have been members for over a year now. If you are interested I can connect you with the best people to buy from if you are going new. I have several park reviews as well. Anyway feel free to reach out anytime. You can email me at camperliferv@gmail.com. I will give you my number and you can call from there. Later y'all.
lol Thanks for watching buddy. Yeah the way we move around we are bound to hit some stinkers. This one was really bad though. I wanted to get this video out just to help others avoid. Many times I tell people to go and get your own opinion but for this one I will say just don't go. lol.
That was another great review William I don’t think I will be camping there anytime soon it’s a shame they let these beautiful places get so rundown have fun and stay safe
Thank you for watching sir. I don't recommend anyone going there. It really is a shame cause it does not have to be like this. I heard it was really nice back in the day.
I agree this one was real bad. Not one you would ever want your family at. Yeah we have had some hits and misses being full time and moving all the time I think we have just hit a few. Most of the time the parks are ok for the most part. State parks are always the best though. We will be doing more of them out west. Thanks for watching and hope y'all are doing well.
I really like how honest you are in your reviews. You say what things you like and don't like. It is too bad about this place, it has so much potential and this is a place people pay a big fee to eventually stay for free? Thank you for sharing reviews like this along with the ones you like. ❤️👍👏 Donovan & Jodi
Hey man thanks a lot for the kind words. Being honest gets me in trouble sometimes. lol. I do try to keep it very honest though. You are correct it has tons of potential. I would have loved to see it in the hay days it had. Thank you for watching buddy. You are very good to me and I love reading your comments.
OH No its good you give honest reviews. I guess if you were looking for a place to live its a good option and I bet those full timers were are happy they had a place to stay. I would have ever move on if im looking for a relaxing vaca,
Hey Nikki, thank you for the kind words. I don't think I could live here either. It was pretty bad and getting worse imo. Yeah this was not the place for a vacation. lol. Thank you for watching.
Those waterslides would have been so cool. "here's the more adult pool," has a giant frog slide, LOL. The playground was decent, as well as the mini golf. The showers could use a pressure wash. I saw Will in the mirrors, still looking for the scary figure.
I agree the waterslide would have been really cool. This park I heard back in the day was really nice. As it stands now we will not be coming back. lol. It was not for us. Thanks for watching buddy. Yep that was fat Will. lol I filled that mirror up. Thanks for watching buddy.
So sorry you have to deal with this. It has been a long time since our visit and based on your commit sounds like it's still the same situation there. I really hope things get better for y'all and the get things under control. Best of luck with your home.
Enjoyed the video! I like that you are honest about the places y'all stay! This park looks like it needs some updating along with the website! I am not a fan of amenities listed that may not be available! The slide "looked fun"! 😆 Have a great day! Blessings!
Thanks for watching Jim. I hope you saw your the logo you created. We are loving it man. We try to be as real as possible and show proof of what we say good or bad. I agree. They always make it look so amazing in pictures then you get there and nope. It is like a weight loss pill. lol.
What a big park! What a shame it is not kept up. Bet that slide hasn't been functional in 10 years.d Nice dog park; at least it wasn't swampy... ran into one like that in Wall S.D.
Hey thanks for watching y'all. Yeah I bet in its day it was amazing. Would love to have seen it then. Yeah the dog park was not bad after Jessica got them to cut the grass. We for sure want be going back after this stay. Not our kinda place. lol Hope to see y'all real soon.
That is a very good and fair review. Maybe a bit too kind, 😂 . Seeing the bath house and pools, I’d worry about what the sanitation grade was in the restaurant. Also wondering if you guys felt safe there. Not sure if we would. Since we are “pleasure campers” we try to get AWAY FROM noisy crowds. Thanks so much for the warning. Back in the 90’s, when I first saw this park, it was a pretty nice place to camp. We never did stay there, but had some friends that liked it. Oh well, that’s what’s nice about RVing, if you don’t like where you are living... you just move the house on down the road. Take care my friend.
Hey thanks for watching my friend. lol Maybe a bit to kind indeed. I looked real hard. The restaurant is ran by an outside group and did look clean inside. Who knows though. If I get sick y'all know what happened. lol. Overall I felt safe but did not like Jess going out at night by herself with the pups. The noise was crazy. I am in bed by 10pm most night so I hate late noise. I do think back in the day this would have been a great place. They say a group up north in Chicago own it now and just want the money. We want be going back for sure. Yep we moved on down the road to an amazing park. We are happy now. You take care as well. Look forward to seeing you soon.
Yeah man this place has seen better days for sure. To bad some parks get like this. We will not be going back. So is it getting cold up your way yet? I thought the lake might be froze over by now. lol Hope you and the family are doing well.
We watched this video and thought, it can't be that bad. Almost every day, we don't have water. You have to drive out of the campground to get to the laundry unless you have a golf cart because it's one way roads. Shipping things here is insane and they just charged me $5 to pick up a package. The surprises keep pilling up.
I am so sorry you are having the issues. I really wish it had been better for y'all and I would have appeared wrong. I hope things get better or your stay is not too long and you can get to a better campground. About 30 min down the road there is a TT park called Forest Lake. We stayed there and loved it. I hope you may be able to get in there after this stay. It's a much nicer park. Hope the bad surprises stop hitting y'all and you can enjoy your stay.
Hope you got to enjoy the waterslide. It was a hard time to travel when I shot this video. The park could be amazing with proper upkeep. I hope things have turned around and that is how it is now. Thank you for watching and the comment.
Hey Mary thanks for watching. I agree with you. Yeah the shower was so nasty. I am glad we have one in our RV. lol. This place was pretty bad over all. I hope you are doing well.
We are there now. Yes this is much better. This may be the best TT we have been at so far. We have seen some BBQ places will need to hit them for sure. Did y'all do Lake Myers while in the area?
@@SmallSpaceLiving No we have a friend that used to work there and we visited the place. She told us how the place has really gone downhill since the new management took over.
Nice views with the lake, and that water mill adds some character. Nice sized dog walk area, decent amenities. It’s a shame there are downfalls to the campground with the number of permanent residents and noise.
Hey thanks for watching y'all. This is for sure not a place you would want the family to be. It could be and probably was in the day an amazing park that has just gone downhill. Noise is a big killer for me. I can handle it at times but not all the time. lol Look forward to meeting you guys soon.
Thank you for watching Nancy. Yeah this one was not a good one. Most are ok but this was one I would say do not go at all. lol. It was great meeting y'all this weekend. Thank you so much for coming.
Nice eagle. I hate to see the old buildings going to waste. Oh! Ducks! The mill does not compare to ours. Like the memorials to all the services. WOW! don't clean until someone complains. Thinger bob? 🤔 Is that an IT term? Is that the campground music? Or some inconsiderate camper? I should come over there and put the hammer down. So, basically, wait! did you say TURTLES? Anyway, so basically it a mobile home park. The shower is nasty! Lack of management. Hey this was spot on, thanks for sharing brother.
Man was the eagle not cool. Then after that it all falls apart. lol. Yeah the building could be really cool. They are just letting it fall apart. Yes thinger bob is is a patient by camper life and camper life inc. The whole campground was like a music class. It was awful. They need you there to clean it up for sure. Yes there where turtles. You are correct it is a mobile park for sure. The shower is horrible. Thanks for watching man. As a campground worker you know this is really bad.
Those showers were GROSS. Lol I wouldn’t go in there with a HazMat suit on. 🤣 And loud music like that should not be tolerated. Definitely won’t be going there. Thanks for your honesty! - MJ
Hey thanks for stopping by. Yes the showers are awful. This place was pretty nasty over all and way to loud for me. We definitely want be going back. lol
lol on Steve and Jill. That shower needed a shower. lol. Thank you for watching. I agree on being ashamed. This is part of their trails collection so they don't own this park but it still represents them since they are part of the trails collection. Thank you for watching. Always great to hear from you.
Sad to see campgrounds that have been let go and not maintained. You would think the permanent campers would have strict rules to maintain sites. We have never seen any permanent sites that weren’t cluttered. We wonder if some campgrounds were built back when campers were much smaller? The rigs have gotten so large these days. Thanks for the review, sure you have saved someone else the headache of visiting there!
Yes it is. The worst part is many of the places the staff just does not care. They are there for the paycheck. I agree. If I lived somewhere full time I would want it taken care of but I have not seen that as the case very often. It could be that they are older. That might make since. I hope this review did save someone a visit. This is not a good place at all. Maybe the worst we have seen so far. Thanks for watching.
Hey hope y'all are doing good. Be seeing you soon. You can have our stay here next time. lol. Most of the poeple where really nice. Not our kind of park though. The food in the little restaurant was pretty good though. lol Look forward to seeing y'all again soon.
This is an encore park so not a true TT park but still it represents them for sure. It was really bad. We will not be going back. Thanks you for watching. If I remember right y'all are home now. Welcome back.
Don't hold back, tell us what you really think 😂😂😂. Must say, I have seen better camp grounds, even that one with the turtle looks better😂😂😂. Thanks for sharing.👍Mark
LOL. I try my best to keep it real. This place was awful. Thank y'all for watching and the comment. Always great to hear from my friends across the pond. Hope y'all are well.
Always good to know about the parks! It's tough when they're mostly permanent residents. I feel like I didn't buy into 1000 Trails or TC to only have a few spots to choose from, but seems like that's more and more the case these days. 🤷🏼♀️ That sewer though! lol Nope, we have not seen anything like it. Thanks for sharing and the heads up!
Hey y'all thanks for watching. Yeah this one was pretty hardcore. It really does seem like the spots are more and more limited anymore. Since we can book so far out it helps but as more people upgrade we could lose this as well. Yeah the sewer is crazy. 1st time for us as well. See y'all soon.
The entire front section is for permanent residents - hmmm 🤔 - I would have thought that permanent residents would equal a better kept park- plus thought encore result are supposed to be more “luxurious” - well you never know.. They don’t allow tents anymore - interesting Narrow roads - hmm 🤔 Nice Lake area At least you they have a propane fill up section The pool 🏊♀️ doesn’t get cleaned oh dear At least the restaurant was good Sewer buckets really- ok that is different At least they cut the Grass.. with a dog park Thank you for your honesty
I agree. You would think if you own a spot you would want the place to look top notch. That does not hold true in most campgrounds liek that though. So far our experience has been encore is not nice at all. We thought the same thing when we started. The park is falling apart it seems. The food was good. I could not complain about that. lol. The sewer I was not a fan of. Not my thing. Yeah a little complaining got that grass cut and the dogs enjoyed it. Thank you for watching. I hope the family is well. We always try to keep it real on these review. This is not a place to go.
I always feel like the long term parks get very run down and a little creepy for visitors. They seem to have their own set of rules... Thanks for the heads up!
Seems like I have heard from you today already. lol. Thanks for watching buddy. I agree never go here. The TT membership is a mixed back for sure. Given you last trip I don't blame you at all. Plus the most of the parks are not near as good as state park camping.
Hello and thank you for the comment. I am glad you enjoyed your stay there. For us it was not a very nice stay. Very happy to hear it worked out well for you. There are some very nice people there.
Cool. We have been full time for over a year and never saw this. It was pretty wild with the truck coming around all the time to clean the m out. Do you remember where you saw it at? Thanks for watching.
Thousand Trails seems to be hit or miss. Mark this one off our list. We stayed at a party campground in the Keys and it was a little annoying. Late night talking and music and then early morning wake up call to someone hammering next door. That shower was pretty clean from the waist up, lol. Take care! Debbie - BluWave Odyssey
That is for sure on TT parks. They can be good or really bad. Yeah you don't want this one at all. I am old now and my party days are behind me. Bed by 10pm is my lifestyle now. lol. I remember Bob telling me the hammer story. lol. That shower was awful. No way would I use it. Just nasty. Thanks for watching. Look forward to seeing y'all soon.
Did you ever find Steve and Jill? 😂🤣 all joking aside, it looks like they want to become a more full time living park because the residents will just use their own bathrooms and all so the campground can just collect money with no need to upgrade the showers or anything. Won’t really need workampers to work a front desk or clean sites if no one is coming in and out. It’s good in a sense for knowing what income you can expect(especially in the winter)rather than hoping others will stay for a night or 2, BUT you can make more overall if you do nightly stays over long term stays. Thanks for the info and we will probably not stay there.
Nope I never found them. We both know Steve was not working. lol. Yeah I have seen several move to more of this model. You are correct it keeps the spots full in the winter time. It is more consistent money as well. I do agree with what you are saying. I could see this place moving away from the TT partnership at some point. Thank y'all for watching. Yeah we will not be staying here again. It was not for us.
I tell you what this place was pretty nasty to us for sure. We got to stay as part of our membership, but I think it is around $50 per day which is insane. Many of the parks have been nice, but some have been bad.
Wow William, you tell them! Just to be clear, you don't like this park? Haha. The lake and ducks are cool. Looks like this place could use some maintenance, too bad the water slide is closed, I would have like to see william doing the slide with the go pro. Lots of the encore parks are like this, lots of permanent residents with a small selection of spots for TT members. The pools actually look pretty good. That is a really scetchy sewer set up. If you had gone over to tell them to stop the music , might have made some good youtube content, haha. the problem with some of the dog parks is fleas! That shower was NASTY!! Lar
LOL I am trying to tell them but they want listen. No, negative, nada I do not like it Sam I am. lol. The lake and ducks are pretty nice. It needs a lot of maintenance. The water slide would be a blast. I asked and most people said it had not been used in a very long time. The encore parks so far seem to suck. lol. I did not show the pool well. It was full of nasty on the bottom. They only clean it when people complain. The sewer was very weird. I had never seen that before. It was not just the one neighbor on the music. It was several. I actually did talk to some of them about it but I think it made it worse. Most of the people are really nice there to be honest. They just like to party. Would have been fun to have a good throw down though. The content would probably have been me getting the crap kicked out of me. lol We were nervous about this one cause the grass had been so high. We put their stuff on them for fleas and ticks, so we just role with it. The shower is nasty for sure. Thanks for watching man. Y'all travel safe but get here fast. lol
Honest review and you say that’s an Encore level park? Hmmm I keep hearing so many mixed reviews of Thousand Trails that I will not be putting out money for membership anytime soon.
Hey thank you for watching. Yes this was an Encore park. We have not found them to be that nice. TT is truly a mixed bag. I think if you are full time it can help save you some money. I think if not then maybe not so much. We are happy with our membership but once we do get back into a house we will not have the membership. The Encore parks are not all that great though so far.
sorry for your let down but I realize this video will help a lot of people not have to experience that. It seems like their devotion is to the perm residents, being out in nature is the best part of camping. The loud 24/7 music kind of messes that up.
Hey thanks for watching. Yeah this happens from time to time. I like to share out to help others who might be coming there know what to expect, or to change plans if they don't like what they see. I agree about being out in nature. The music was awful.
lol. That is funny. The music would drive you crazy. It was all over the place. I don't mind a good song but with limits. lol. Thanks for watching buddy.
Hey William! I hope you and your family took tetanus shots before arriving! IMO that place is pretty scuzzy. After seeing the shower area I wanted to run outside of my own house and douse myself with the water hose! Lol. Thanks for sharing anyway. Stay safe!
Hey man thanks for stopping by. LOL I think we needed more than a shot. haha. We are fully self contained so we where able to avoid the shower. This place was pretty bad overall. We are glad to be gone. The shower was horrible. I hope this help show where not to go. lol Hope you are well buddy.
Wow that's not a good campground. Those showers were gross and they don't mow the dog area unless told to? Don't clean the pool unless someone complains? What's up with that. Oh man the loud music would make me mad! So I'm wondering, when you run across a place like this do you complain to Thousand Trails? Do they do anything about these places? Oh and I'm pretty sure Jill Turtle wouldn't live in that nasty little pond. Steve might if he was paid a couple bucks LOL.
Nope it is not. I think this one was one of our worst so far overall. Yeah Jessica got on them about mowing it and they did once but never again in the time we where there. Plus the grass was so high it just piled up. They do not care about the campground at all. The pool I did not do good at showing. There was all kinds of stuff in the bottom. The music was really bad to. This one was an Encore park so not a TT owned park. When they are we do complain. This is part of their trails collection. So the parks are owned by people but they do still partner with TT to get people to come. So I really still blame TT. I do leave bad review on the TT website for any park that is bad. I don't think it helps in most cases though. They are slowly fixing up the older TT parks now. So that is a good sign. LOL on Steve. You know how cheap he is to I see. That was funny.
@@SmallSpaceLiving You would think they would want any park associated with them to be good. I think it's a bad reflection on them. Gotta love Steve lol.
OMG!!!!!!! I am so sorry you stayed here!!! We did for 2 nights and were shocked. After speaking with other people- this used to be a fantastic park UNTIL thousand trails purchased it and its decline is actually because of them.
Also because we were short term we were given THE WORST pull through spot that was impossible to get out of. Their roads were a JOKE
Tons of people who lived lived there for an encore...and online when we asked about the park no one knew it even existed 🙄
Also- when we were there a year or more ago everything like the restaurant, even vending machines were all closed then. People had forsale signs on their trailers...it was weird.
Hey thanks for watching and the comment. We did 7 days. It felt like being in jail. lol. I heard the same about the park being great in the past. It is actually owned by a group out of Chicago. They partner with TT though so I still blame TT. Do y'all still have your TT membership now since you got the house?
Yes that is spot on. I think that is the case a lot you get the worst spots. It has not always been that way but many times it has.
aw bummer! those waterslides look like they would be awesome if they were running! thanks for sharing your review with us. we just started our travels and i find rv park reviews very helpful!!
Hey thanks for stopping by and watching. The waterslides would have been a blast for sure. I hope y'all are enjoying your travels. We have been full time over a year now. It has ups and downs for sure. It is great to see all the stuff though. If I can ever help with anything please reach out. Always happy to help anyone just getting started.
Great reviews. We wont be staying there for sure. 90 % permanent residency? The music is another mind boggling thing. Thanks for doing the review . We appreciate it! Stay safe friends 👏👍🥑🇺🇸❤️
Hey thanks for watching. Yeah 90% is insane. The music was cool for about 3 songs. This is one to avoid for sure. Hope y'all are doing well and staying safe to.
Nice place, great video. Thanks for uploading ...
Thank you for watching.
I (Lou) thought you were kidding in the intro.
Wow! We can see why you feel the way you do about this park. Much appreciated review.
Lou & Angie
LOL. I wish I was kidding. This place was really bad. Thank y'all for watching. This park really needs some TLC. It was sad to see the shape it was in. I hope y'all are doing well.
Great review William. You did a good job showing all the details. I bet Jessica really wants her sticks and bricks now. You have a really sharp rig btw.
Thanks for watching. I try to keep them honest. She has her days when she is ready. Sometimes as do as well. For the most part I love it though. We just keep moving along for now. lol. Thanks for the kind words on the rig. We really do like it. It has done us well.
Good video I would just join the party! 🥳🍻
lol. Yeah you are like me an out by 10pm. Our party stops early at our age. Thanks for watching.
Hello Friend how are you? I hope that very good. Beautiful the walk on which you took us today, I was really enchanted. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing it with all of us. I hope you end your day very well. I send you a very strong hug and many greetings
Hello and thank you for watching. We are doing great. I hope you are doing great as well and glad you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for the tour. Looks like we will be keeping this one off of our list.
Hey thanks for watching. lol You are correct this will be a good one to pass on by.
Great video. I love how honest you were. That music, 24/7 would probably start to get to me though. I can't believe you had to complain just to get the grass cut. And, those showers...Wow! Yuk! Great review! Probably won't be going there anytime soon...lol!
Hey thank you for watching and the kind words. The music was harsh at times. Yeah not cutting the grass was crazy. My guess is it will go right back to the same thing now. The showers caught me off guard. That was my first time seeing them and it was bad. Nope we want be going back ever. lol
I am trying to get caught up on watching videos. Thanks for always doing honest reviews. At least the trees and the Lake were nice. Too bad they didn't maintain the place, especially the water slides. That would have been fun. The tribute was nice too.
Hey Dee no worries. Take your time and get caught up. You are a mega channel. I am just honored you watch me. We for sure try to keep it honest. Yeah the waterslide would be a blast. This park needs some major TLC. I did really like the tribute area. It was nice. Thank you for watching and I hope you are doing well. Enjoying your build out series as well.
Oh no! Hope you guys like your next campground better!
Hey thanks for watching. It happens. The one we are at now is really nice. We have moved on from this one.
WOW.. Thanks for the honest review. We are in the process of becoming TT members.. we will put this on the NO GO list. Appreciate it! Thanks again.
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching. Are you buying new or used? If you have any questions feel free to call. We have been members for over a year now. If you are interested I can connect you with the best people to buy from if you are going new. I have several park reviews as well. Anyway feel free to reach out anytime. You can email me at camperliferv@gmail.com. I will give you my number and you can call from there. Later y'all.
Very beautiful place glad you liked it would like to stay there sometime myself
Mom, we did not like this place. Did you watch? lol
William I gotta say, y'all sure do know how to pick em. 🤭
Another great, ”no holds barred” review. 👍
lol Thanks for watching buddy. Yeah the way we move around we are bound to hit some stinkers. This one was really bad though. I wanted to get this video out just to help others avoid. Many times I tell people to go and get your own opinion but for this one I will say just don't go. lol.
That was another great review William I don’t think I will be camping there anytime soon it’s a shame they let these beautiful places get so rundown have fun and stay safe
Thank you for watching sir. I don't recommend anyone going there. It really is a shame cause it does not have to be like this. I heard it was really nice back in the day.
Yep! We're gonna skip that one! LOL! Thanks for the review!
Hey thanks for watching. I agree this is a great park to skip.
nice, It always good to know if a park is good or bad. You have had a couple not so great park this year. Stay safe and happy travels.
I agree this one was real bad. Not one you would ever want your family at. Yeah we have had some hits and misses being full time and moving all the time I think we have just hit a few. Most of the time the parks are ok for the most part. State parks are always the best though. We will be doing more of them out west. Thanks for watching and hope y'all are doing well.
Thanks for the info. Good job.
Thank you for watching my friend. Glad you enjoyed.
I really like how honest you are in your reviews. You say what things you like and don't like. It is too bad about this place, it has so much potential and this is a place people pay a big fee to eventually stay for free? Thank you for sharing reviews like this along with the ones you like. ❤️👍👏 Donovan & Jodi
Hey man thanks a lot for the kind words. Being honest gets me in trouble sometimes. lol. I do try to keep it very honest though. You are correct it has tons of potential. I would have loved to see it in the hay days it had. Thank you for watching buddy. You are very good to me and I love reading your comments.
Thank you for the good advice
Hey great to see you. I hope y'all are doing well. Thank you for watching.
thank you stay safe
Thank you for watching. You stay safe as well.
Great video son!!!
Thanks dad.
great review will! that was a really nice section with representation of the first responders. great honest review man!
Hey thanks for watching man. Yeah that part was pretty good. The rest of the park not so much. lol. Hope you are doing well buddy.
OH No its good you give honest reviews. I guess if you were looking for a place to live its a good option and I bet those full timers were are happy they had a place to stay. I would have ever move on if im looking for a relaxing vaca,
Hey Nikki, thank you for the kind words. I don't think I could live here either. It was pretty bad and getting worse imo. Yeah this was not the place for a vacation. lol. Thank you for watching.
Those waterslides would have been so cool. "here's the more adult pool," has a giant frog slide, LOL. The playground was decent, as well as the mini golf. The showers could use a pressure wash. I saw Will in the mirrors, still looking for the scary figure.
I agree the waterslide would have been really cool. This park I heard back in the day was really nice. As it stands now we will not be coming back. lol. It was not for us. Thanks for watching buddy. Yep that was fat Will. lol I filled that mirror up. Thanks for watching buddy.
We live very close to Lake Myers and can hear the music in our house. It drives me crazy and wish we would have known before we bought our house.
So sorry you have to deal with this. It has been a long time since our visit and based on your commit sounds like it's still the same situation there. I really hope things get better for y'all and the get things under control. Best of luck with your home.
Enjoyed the video! I like that you are honest about the places y'all stay! This park looks like it needs some updating along with the website! I am not a fan of amenities listed that may not be available! The slide "looked fun"! 😆 Have a great day! Blessings!
Thanks for watching Jim. I hope you saw your the logo you created. We are loving it man. We try to be as real as possible and show proof of what we say good or bad. I agree. They always make it look so amazing in pictures then you get there and nope. It is like a weight loss pill. lol.
What a big park! What a shame it is not kept up. Bet that slide hasn't been functional in 10 years.d Nice dog park; at least it wasn't swampy... ran into one like that in Wall S.D.
Hey thanks for watching y'all. Yeah I bet in its day it was amazing. Would love to have seen it then. Yeah the dog park was not bad after Jessica got them to cut the grass. We for sure want be going back after this stay. Not our kinda place. lol Hope to see y'all real soon.
That is a very good and fair review. Maybe a bit too kind, 😂 . Seeing the bath house and pools, I’d worry about what the sanitation grade was in the restaurant. Also wondering if you guys felt safe there. Not sure if we would. Since we are “pleasure campers” we try to get AWAY FROM noisy crowds. Thanks so much for the warning. Back in the 90’s, when I first saw this park, it was a pretty nice place to camp. We never did stay there, but had some friends that liked it. Oh well, that’s what’s nice about RVing, if you don’t like where you are living... you just move the house on down the road. Take care my friend.
Hey thanks for watching my friend. lol Maybe a bit to kind indeed. I looked real hard. The restaurant is ran by an outside group and did look clean inside. Who knows though. If I get sick y'all know what happened. lol. Overall I felt safe but did not like Jess going out at night by herself with the pups. The noise was crazy. I am in bed by 10pm most night so I hate late noise. I do think back in the day this would have been a great place. They say a group up north in Chicago own it now and just want the money. We want be going back for sure. Yep we moved on down the road to an amazing park. We are happy now. You take care as well. Look forward to seeing you soon.
That did not look like a place that would want to go to... thanks for sharing
Yeah man this place has seen better days for sure. To bad some parks get like this. We will not be going back. So is it getting cold up your way yet? I thought the lake might be froze over by now. lol Hope you and the family are doing well.
We watched this video and thought, it can't be that bad. Almost every day, we don't have water. You have to drive out of the campground to get to the laundry unless you have a golf cart because it's one way roads. Shipping things here is insane and they just charged me $5 to pick up a package. The surprises keep pilling up.
I am so sorry you are having the issues. I really wish it had been better for y'all and I would have appeared wrong. I hope things get better or your stay is not too long and you can get to a better campground. About 30 min down the road there is a TT park called Forest Lake. We stayed there and loved it. I hope you may be able to get in there after this stay. It's a much nicer park. Hope the bad surprises stop hitting y'all and you can enjoy your stay.
the waterslide was the best part of it
Hope you got to enjoy the waterslide. It was a hard time to travel when I shot this video. The park could be amazing with proper upkeep. I hope things have turned around and that is how it is now. Thank you for watching and the comment.
That reminds me of a rundown trailer court.. yeah there would be no way in this world I get into one of them showers that look like that no
Hey Mary thanks for watching. I agree with you. Yeah the shower was so nasty. I am glad we have one in our RV. lol. This place was pretty bad over all. I hope you are doing well.
I agree. The Forrest Lake Thousand trails down the road is better I think. Closer to Lexington where you can get some awesome barbecue
We are there now. Yes this is much better. This may be the best TT we have been at so far. We have seen some BBQ places will need to hit them for sure. Did y'all do Lake Myers while in the area?
@@SmallSpaceLiving No we have a friend that used to work there and we visited the place. She told us how the place has really gone downhill since the new management took over.
@@TheCamperCouple Thanks for the info. We heard that about the new management as well. I hope it gets better.
Nice views with the lake, and that water mill adds some character. Nice sized dog walk area, decent amenities. It’s a shame there are downfalls to the campground with the number of permanent residents and noise.
Hey thanks for watching y'all. This is for sure not a place you would want the family to be. It could be and probably was in the day an amazing park that has just gone downhill. Noise is a big killer for me. I can handle it at times but not all the time. lol Look forward to meeting you guys soon.
Yep it’s run down. Thanks for sharing.
Hey thanks for watching. Yes this one was pretty bad.
Wow ! Great information. I'm glad you posted this to warn other campers. #THINBLUELANERVLIFE
Thank you for watching Nancy. Yeah this one was not a good one. Most are ok but this was one I would say do not go at all. lol. It was great meeting y'all this weekend. Thank you so much for coming.
Nice eagle. I hate to see the old buildings going to waste. Oh! Ducks! The mill does not compare to ours. Like the memorials to all the services. WOW! don't clean until someone complains. Thinger bob? 🤔 Is that an IT term? Is that the campground music? Or some inconsiderate camper? I should come over there and put the hammer down. So, basically, wait! did you say TURTLES? Anyway, so basically it a mobile home park. The shower is nasty! Lack of management. Hey this was spot on, thanks for sharing brother.
Man was the eagle not cool. Then after that it all falls apart. lol. Yeah the building could be really cool. They are just letting it fall apart. Yes thinger bob is is a patient by camper life and camper life inc. The whole campground was like a music class. It was awful. They need you there to clean it up for sure. Yes there where turtles. You are correct it is a mobile park for sure. The shower is horrible. Thanks for watching man. As a campground worker you know this is really bad.
@@SmallSpaceLiving Definitely, it was bad!
@@SteveTurtle I agree. They need some Turtles in their life. lol
Those showers were GROSS. Lol I wouldn’t go in there with a HazMat suit on. 🤣 And loud music like that should not be tolerated. Definitely won’t be going there. Thanks for your honesty! - MJ
Hey thanks for stopping by. Yes the showers are awful. This place was pretty nasty over all and way to loud for me. We definitely want be going back. lol
Ooooh, I saw Steve & Jill! LOL
Those showers were gross!
Thanks for the honest review. TT should be ashamed for the condition of this campground.
lol on Steve and Jill. That shower needed a shower. lol. Thank you for watching. I agree on being ashamed. This is part of their trails collection so they don't own this park but it still represents them since they are part of the trails collection. Thank you for watching. Always great to hear from you.
Sad to see campgrounds that have been let go and not maintained. You would think the permanent campers would have strict rules to maintain sites. We have never seen any permanent sites that weren’t cluttered. We wonder if some campgrounds were built back when campers were much smaller? The rigs have gotten so large these days. Thanks for the review, sure you have saved someone else the headache of visiting there!
Yes it is. The worst part is many of the places the staff just does not care. They are there for the paycheck. I agree. If I lived somewhere full time I would want it taken care of but I have not seen that as the case very often. It could be that they are older. That might make since. I hope this review did save someone a visit. This is not a good place at all. Maybe the worst we have seen so far. Thanks for watching.
It really doesn't seem like a bad place. A few things I might avoid, but not a place that would ruin my time there. Stay safe. See you soon.
Hey hope y'all are doing good. Be seeing you soon. You can have our stay here next time. lol. Most of the poeple where really nice. Not our kind of park though. The food in the little restaurant was pretty good though. lol Look forward to seeing y'all again soon.
Yikes! Thanks for the warning.
This is an encore park so not a true TT park but still it represents them for sure. It was really bad. We will not be going back. Thanks you for watching. If I remember right y'all are home now. Welcome back.
So amazing guys. How can I donate?
Thanks for watching. Nothing to donate to. Just a review video.
Don't hold back, tell us what you really think 😂😂😂. Must say, I have seen better camp grounds, even that one with the turtle looks better😂😂😂. Thanks for sharing.👍Mark
LOL. I try my best to keep it real. This place was awful. Thank y'all for watching and the comment. Always great to hear from my friends across the pond. Hope y'all are well.
If they would open that 400 foot slide I would stay there just for a ride down the slide
I agree that would have been a blast. It to my knowledge has not been opened for a long time. I love a good waterslide though. I would be in as well.
Always good to know about the parks! It's tough when they're mostly permanent residents. I feel like I didn't buy into 1000 Trails or TC to only have a few spots to choose from, but seems like that's more and more the case these days. 🤷🏼♀️ That sewer though! lol Nope, we have not seen anything like it. Thanks for sharing and the heads up!
Hey y'all thanks for watching. Yeah this one was pretty hardcore. It really does seem like the spots are more and more limited anymore. Since we can book so far out it helps but as more people upgrade we could lose this as well. Yeah the sewer is crazy. 1st time for us as well. See y'all soon.
The entire front section is for permanent residents - hmmm 🤔 - I would have thought that permanent residents would equal a better kept park- plus thought encore result are supposed to be more “luxurious” - well you never know..
They don’t allow tents anymore - interesting
Narrow roads - hmm 🤔
Nice Lake area
At least you they have a propane fill up section
The pool 🏊♀️ doesn’t get cleaned oh dear
At least the restaurant was good
Sewer buckets really- ok that is different
At least they cut the Grass.. with a dog park
Thank you for your honesty
I agree. You would think if you own a spot you would want the place to look top notch. That does not hold true in most campgrounds liek that though. So far our experience has been encore is not nice at all. We thought the same thing when we started. The park is falling apart it seems. The food was good. I could not complain about that. lol. The sewer I was not a fan of. Not my thing. Yeah a little complaining got that grass cut and the dogs enjoyed it. Thank you for watching. I hope the family is well. We always try to keep it real on these review. This is not a place to go.
I always feel like the long term parks get very run down and a little creepy for visitors. They seem to have their own set of rules... Thanks for the heads up!
I agree 100%. Not sure why that is but I think it hold true on the long term. Thank you for watching. Hoping y'all are going great.
Great review. We'll be sure to avoid that place. I'll more likely be cancelling our Thousand Trails membership soon anyway.
Seems like I have heard from you today already. lol. Thanks for watching buddy. I agree never go here. The TT membership is a mixed back for sure. Given you last trip I don't blame you at all. Plus the most of the parks are not near as good as state park camping.
I think it’s a nice place
Hello and thank you for the comment. I am glad you enjoyed your stay there. For us it was not a very nice stay. Very happy to hear it worked out well for you. There are some very nice people there.
I have seen that type of sewer pick-up before...
Cool. We have been full time for over a year and never saw this. It was pretty wild with the truck coming around all the time to clean the m out. Do you remember where you saw it at? Thanks for watching.
@@SmallSpaceLiving I think it was PA...
@@AmericaBound Thanks for sharing.
Thousand Trails seems to be hit or miss. Mark this one off our list. We stayed at a party campground in the Keys and it was a little annoying. Late night talking and music and then early morning wake up call to someone hammering next door. That shower was pretty clean from the waist up, lol. Take care! Debbie - BluWave Odyssey
That is for sure on TT parks. They can be good or really bad. Yeah you don't want this one at all. I am old now and my party days are behind me. Bed by 10pm is my lifestyle now. lol. I remember Bob telling me the hammer story. lol. That shower was awful. No way would I use it. Just nasty. Thanks for watching. Look forward to seeing y'all soon.
Did you ever find Steve and Jill? 😂🤣 all joking aside, it looks like they want to become a more full time living park because the residents will just use their own bathrooms and all so the campground can just collect money with no need to upgrade the showers or anything. Won’t really need workampers to work a front desk or clean sites if no one is coming in and out. It’s good in a sense for knowing what income you can expect(especially in the winter)rather than hoping others will stay for a night or 2, BUT you can make more overall if you do nightly stays over long term stays. Thanks for the info and we will probably not stay there.
Nope I never found them. We both know Steve was not working. lol. Yeah I have seen several move to more of this model. You are correct it keeps the spots full in the winter time. It is more consistent money as well. I do agree with what you are saying. I could see this place moving away from the TT partnership at some point. Thank y'all for watching. Yeah we will not be staying here again. It was not for us.
Seem nasty type of life ?? Any great places, cost per day?
I tell you what this place was pretty nasty to us for sure. We got to stay as part of our membership, but I think it is around $50 per day which is insane. Many of the parks have been nice, but some have been bad.
Wow William, you tell them! Just to be clear, you don't like this park? Haha. The lake and ducks are cool. Looks like this place could use some maintenance, too bad the water slide is closed, I would have like to see william doing the slide with the go pro. Lots of the encore parks are like this, lots of permanent residents with a small selection of spots for TT members. The pools actually look pretty good. That is a really scetchy sewer set up. If you had gone over to tell them to stop the music , might have made some good youtube content, haha. the problem with some of the dog parks is fleas! That shower was NASTY!! Lar
LOL I am trying to tell them but they want listen. No, negative, nada I do not like it Sam I am. lol. The lake and ducks are pretty nice. It needs a lot of maintenance. The water slide would be a blast. I asked and most people said it had not been used in a very long time. The encore parks so far seem to suck. lol. I did not show the pool well. It was full of nasty on the bottom. They only clean it when people complain. The sewer was very weird. I had never seen that before. It was not just the one neighbor on the music. It was several. I actually did talk to some of them about it but I think it made it worse. Most of the people are really nice there to be honest. They just like to party. Would have been fun to have a good throw down though. The content would probably have been me getting the crap kicked out of me. lol We were nervous about this one cause the grass had been so high. We put their stuff on them for fleas and ticks, so we just role with it. The shower is nasty for sure. Thanks for watching man. Y'all travel safe but get here fast. lol
Honest review and you say that’s an Encore level park? Hmmm I keep hearing so many mixed reviews of Thousand Trails that I will not be putting out money for membership anytime soon.
Hey thank you for watching. Yes this was an Encore park. We have not found them to be that nice. TT is truly a mixed bag. I think if you are full time it can help save you some money. I think if not then maybe not so much. We are happy with our membership but once we do get back into a house we will not have the membership. The Encore parks are not all that great though so far.
Thank you for sharing...I would never go there is disgusting!!
Thank you for watching. Yeah never go hear. This was not a good place.
sorry for your let down but I realize this video will help a lot of people not have to experience that. It seems like their devotion is to the perm residents, being out in nature is the best part of camping. The loud 24/7 music kind of messes that up.
Hey thanks for watching. Yeah this happens from time to time. I like to share out to help others who might be coming there know what to expect, or to change plans if they don't like what they see. I agree about being out in nature. The music was awful.
We will never go back!
Agreed
*Hey I watched this what happened to my comment?*
Not sure my man. Did it have a link in it? I trust you watched though. lol
Dang music 24 seven ready for invasion lol silence the fools lol, fun film
lol. That is funny. The music would drive you crazy. It was all over the place. I don't mind a good song but with limits. lol. Thanks for watching buddy.
Wow not for us
Hey James thanks for watching man. I agree. This is not for anyone. lol Looking forward to being able to meet you in a few weeks.
Hey William! I hope you and your family took tetanus shots before arriving! IMO that place is pretty scuzzy. After seeing the shower area I wanted to run outside of my own house and douse myself with the water hose! Lol. Thanks for sharing anyway. Stay safe!
Hey man thanks for stopping by. LOL I think we needed more than a shot. haha. We are fully self contained so we where able to avoid the shower. This place was pretty bad overall. We are glad to be gone. The shower was horrible. I hope this help show where not to go. lol Hope you are well buddy.
OMG the showers are disgusting 😫 🤮🤮.
Hey Nancy thanks for watching. Yeah was that not awful. I have not seen much like that before in campgrounds. ugh
I stayed here last summer and it was awful
Sorry for the bad stay Kevin. I agree we will not be going back ever.
Wow that's not a good campground. Those showers were gross and they don't mow the dog area unless told to? Don't clean the pool unless someone complains? What's up with that. Oh man the loud music would make me mad! So I'm wondering, when you run across a place like this do you complain to Thousand Trails? Do they do anything about these places? Oh and I'm pretty sure Jill Turtle wouldn't live in that nasty little pond. Steve might if he was paid a couple bucks LOL.
Nope it is not. I think this one was one of our worst so far overall. Yeah Jessica got on them about mowing it and they did once but never again in the time we where there. Plus the grass was so high it just piled up. They do not care about the campground at all. The pool I did not do good at showing. There was all kinds of stuff in the bottom. The music was really bad to. This one was an Encore park so not a TT owned park. When they are we do complain. This is part of their trails collection. So the parks are owned by people but they do still partner with TT to get people to come. So I really still blame TT. I do leave bad review on the TT website for any park that is bad. I don't think it helps in most cases though. They are slowly fixing up the older TT parks now. So that is a good sign. LOL on Steve. You know how cheap he is to I see. That was funny.
@@SmallSpaceLiving You would think they would want any park associated with them to be good. I think it's a bad reflection on them. Gotta love Steve lol.
@@HappyPlaceCamping For sure on all the points you just made.