Spirit of Ripley

Let me start off by saying, Dale seemed so pleasant to speak with in the beginning. Seemed very accommodating due to my husband's work schedule. On 04/15 I called to make the reservation for a wk before memorial day. This is for 3 sites. As it is a work crew. On 04/17, I called & gave Dale my credit card info for reservations 2 of the spots. Unfortunately, I had to call on 04/27 to change the reservation dates bc the work schedule had changed putting us arriving in Minnesota at sometime between the middle to near end of June. He changed reservation til June 15 thru the 30. Told me to call back if anything changed. Well, things definitely changed. Now we wouldn't be arriving until the 27th of June. He said he didn't have spots for us until the afternoon of July 4th. I asked to make sure he'd definitely have spots that afternoon being that it's the 4th. He confirmed he would. So I made hotel reservations from 27th til the 4th. Dale said he had a spot to store our rv while we were at hotel or at the other campground he recommended. On 06/22, he said he had to spots open up so we wouldn't have to wait until the 4th. Awesome. We canceled our hotel reservations. Today, 06/24, we told us that he wouldn't have spots until after the 10th. You see, we needed extended lodging due to the job being 6-8 wks long. The guys work 7/12s weather permitting. So we can't move the rv every 2 wks like we'd have to at other parks. Not only was the reservation a cluster. But apparently the shower house that would be built by the time we arrived doesn't exist. Also, he said 700 for monthly rates knowing one of the RVs had 2 ac units. Now, that rate has changed. I'm not sure if Dale is just an idiot or possibly suffering from onset of dementia. He stated that we haven't spoke recently or that I never gave him my credit card information. I offered to send him a screenshot of our call log.He said he'd go back to the office to check. I told him he was very unorganized & unprofessional.

Update

You never asked for a deposit. And they were content. Regardless, I don't recommend anyone deal with Dale.

Since the owners /managers of the campground are not on site most of the time there was a lack of communication about lots of things but everything eventually worked out. It is a pretty new campground and the sites are pretty level but very open. We went to motorcycle and the riding in the area is beautiful. If it's important to you the nearest restrooms are in the county park across the street and there is no shower house here at this point. This is a full hookup only campground, but the price is pretty reasonable.