changed ownership, changed vibe:(
Tent · Group trip
This is the 3rd year we have stayed at tree feathers, but it will be our last. Our first trip featured the original owner Greg. He and Dewey (the site host) were wonderful. Warm, charismatic, and clearly interested in hosting a family friendly campsite. Unfortunately new ownership has quintupled the nightly price. The amenities have if anything decreased (pond-boat is gone, kitchen is barren, etc) compared to prior years. This past stay we found the new owner to be unhelpful and unresponsive to basic questions (a request for directions to a swimming hole was answered with the name of a several hundred mile long river without details).
We are regular family campers with young children, and have never left a campsite messy. We take pride in the leave no trace ethos at every campground. We left Treefeathers in good shape this year (as the prior2) but despite that received messages from the new owner bizarrely claiming we left the site "the worst he had ever seen". This is despite multiple walkthroughs by multiple adults prior to departure without any problems noted. Comically enough, Dewey regaled us prior to departure with stories of groups hosting raves and thoroughly trashing the site. We requested photos of the claimed damages but got nada. Overall this is a great property, but with a serious case of bad vibes (except for Dewey - he is awesome!). Next time we will rent the 5 bedroom, 3000sqft house w 6 acres on airbnb which rents for $475/night and is a short drive away.