| We arrived at Liesure Valley Campground with much exitement and anticipation. The spring fed ponds, the swimming pool and the friendly, helpful campers that were around our site. We were set up in a lower section of the campground close to the ponds, more secluded than the main campground and very picturesque. All of this changed when a a very large group of tent campers (approx. 30) came in late on Friday night and began setting up camp. There were several in the group that drank heavily through the night and became louder as the night progressed. This went on until 7 am when several of the campers around us expressed themselves to the group and began tearing down there campsite and either leaving the campground altogether or moving to another site within the campground far away from this group. The owners were notified several times about the noise and made a concious decision to leave this group where they were. Being from Indiana myself, I was embarrassed to see that the majoity of the license plates associated with this group were from my home state. We were asked several times by other campers if all people from Indiana acted this way, very embarrassing. Saturday morning around 9 am we were confronted by a couple of young girls asking if we had seen a bike that was missing from their campsite. We had advised them that we had not, but would keep our eyes open for them. A couple of hours later, low and behold not one but two stolen bikes were recovered from the group mentioned above. One of the bikes was placed by the group between two tents while the other was actually hidden inside one of there tents. The owners of Liesure Valley recovered the stolen bikes from this group so once again, they were aware of the activities of this group and choose to do nothing about them. This group also had a large pit bull with them who terrorized the campground each time that he escaped from his owners. Any dog that requires a log chain for a coller probably should have stayed at home. The next night was better (Saturday night) the owners of Liesure Valley had talked to the group several times during the day and the group was pretty quiet after 11pm. However, the next morning several bottles of wine were missing from our cooler from the previous days visits to some of the local wineries. I can not lay blame as to who may have done this but judging from the previous days activities I would have to believe that where there is smoke there is fire. The group also had a fondness for croquet, it was easy to follow the path of the game between the small spring fed ponds by the discarded budweiser cans along the route. When asked to pick them up, the responsible parties responded that with all the money that this group was paying to stay there that it was the responsibility of the campground to pick up after them. I personnally picked up several cans and discarded them in the trash. With all of the things that happened concerning this group, the owners awareness of these activities and the lack of response by them. I simply cannot recommend this campground to anyone. Maybe if the owners did not treat the campground as merely a cash cow and disaplined those who clearly ruined the experience for everyone around them I could change my mind, but that simply is not the case. Sorry so long, I hope that this gets the attention of the owners of Liesure Valley as they really have a beautiful campground that should be shared. |
