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Camp host is a racist! worst experience ever!
Never had I ever had a worst camping experience. The host was extremely rude and disrespectful.
We were out enjoying our camping trip like anyone else would. Had music playing and we were eating and just having a good time.
Camp host stops by and tells us at 8:00 pm to turn it down and keep quiet but quiet hours aren’t even until 10pm!! We were respectful and turned down the music where you couldn’t really hear it in the background.
10pm roles around and we’re just gathered around the picnic table talking and the host comes again, blinding us with his flashlight, to threaten us that he’s going to call the cops, for noise nuisance even though we weren’t being loud. We weren’t partying or being obnoxious, just trying to enjoy the ONE night we were there for with old friends we’ve haven’t seen in a long time. All we were going was talking and catching up.
We were the only campsite that had a group with people of color camping there. We were spoken to in a disrespectful manner when we had first arrived and asked the host where our campsite was located. We didn’t let it bother us as we were just arriving and wanted to enjoy our camping trip.
Turns out, the campsite next to us, who had a confederate flag up, had complained to him about us? They didn’t want any music being played AT ALL. I’m sorry but you’re out camping! Some people are going to bring their music to listen to and enjoy!
Nonetheless, when we had pointed out that they had a FIRE going on, the camp host did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. He ALLOWED THEM TO HAVE A FIRE PIT with CHARCOAL even with the fire prohibition. Instead he just went over there and spoke to them very very friendly compared to us and didn’t tell them to put out their fire.
It’s obvious that we were treated differently and were discriminated against. I’m sure if we had a fire going he would have immediately called the police on us.
Reporting this to the BLM.
Cool little spot outside of town a way, and definitely a cool way to get to the coast. There's a little rubbish here and there, but nothing to freak about. A nice spot for a motorcyclist to ride to with an adventure. The vibes out here and quaint and cozy. Also, for some reason the bridge campsite has alot of millipedes, so just fair warning. All in all a cool campsite, not to far out of the way.
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Went camping here, pretty peaceful place to camp. Bring your big spray though. I don't mind insects but there is a lot of them. Mainly just carpenter ants that rip their own wings off, mosquitos and cool little millipedes, and also fire ants. Be weary about where you set up your tent as well and don't park yourself on a fire ant mound. Really cool sights to see and very tranquil. All in all, a fun quick getaway from the bustling life that is the Wilamette valley.
Jerry, the camp Host at Fan Creek, is the best guy one will ever meet! My wife and I became great friends with him and we had other campers help celebrate his Birthday with a Strawberry Pudding infused cake with fresh Oregon strawberry's and whipped cream. We will be back to celebrate his Birthday again next year and for the next 40 more! ( That's his wish )
Best camping weekend I have had in a long time. Campsites have access to the creek and there is fire allowed right now. Kids can play all around without car traffic. Jerry is the host and is one of the nicest most caring people I have met. My car died and guess who had jumper cables? Jerry. He made sure everyone was okay and having fun.
Really beautiful campground and the river is so nice. Some of them are kind of arranged awkwardly there’s a couple on the little side offshoot street that are right along the river but they’re long and narrow and the picnic table is situated very close to the fire and there’s two or three of them like that the set up is kind of weird but it’s a great location there’s all kinds of room down by the river very easy to get to. Some of the other sites in the campground are very big and close to the river and then there’s some in the center all in all I think there’s only 12 sites. It’s also a nice location so that if you wanted to you could takeoff and take 40 minutes or so and drive to the beach.
