Great Experience! We have been looking for something close to home for the last couple of years and found it at Hickory Hills! Tons of activities for kids. We went for Labor Day and they had live music and fireworks. The kids spent a lot of time in the pool. Staff was nice, campground was quiet. It was hot but we were one of the few sites who had a fire going at night - definitely a fair amount of wood for the fee (more than most campgrounds). Cafe/Community Hall is excellent. Only negatives we had was the water went out for a couple of hours due to a transformer (but ownership let us know promptly and it was back up within about an hour) and the water has a real strong iron smell - but both of these are definitely manageable with so many other positives. Any negative reviews about the staff on previous posts were clearly a result of their own doing and likely individuals I wouldn't want to surround my family with while camping anyways. We have already booked a return trip for the weekend before Halloween and are looking forward to it!