Mcillian Woods Youth Campground

Last year was great. This year the camp host decided (despite it NOT being on the website, or posted on the board at the entrance) that dogs were not allowed. When asked for clarification she said she was going to look at her rules. She didn't come back. Instead, she called the Park Rangers. They arrived shortly and approached me while I was trying to find local arrangements for my dogs. With hand... Last year was great. This year the camp host decided (despite it NOT being on the website, or posted on the board at the entrance) that dogs were not allowed. When asked for clarification she said she was going to look at her rules. She didn't come back. Instead, she called the Park Rangers. They arrived shortly and approached me while I was trying to find local arrangements for my dogs. With hands on their guns and wearing bulletproof vests, they concurred with her, again despite two sources of rules not prohibiting dogs. She originally said the dogs could not be overnight, the men with their hands on their guns talking to a calm man in front of 9 cub scouts said the dogs needed to go ASAP. I said I was waiting to hear from a local boarder, and we would need 20 minutes. They allowed it. We were gone within 10 minutes. We lucked out with a local boarder, but still POST YOUR RULES CORRECTLY. It put me on a very awkward position of representing my Cub scout pack and therefore not being able to press the issue and THEIR incompetence. Besides, the Rangers were simply the messengers, they aren't the people to argue with, you follow orders as we did. Unfortunately, it didn't stop with the dogs. Officer Owens the first night told us that as long as sites were empty, we didn't really have to worry about encroaching on other sites. This was a concern because our site was mostly open and the sun was intense, getting our tents under trees kept them significantly easier to keep cool. The Camp Host, his wife, came over and sweetly and happily asked if they were our tents. We confirmed that they were and with only 3 out of the 10 or so sites occupied, we weren't close to anyone, just trying to use the shade. 10 minutes later, Ranger Owens came back, hand on gun, to tell us that he never would have told us what he said, and we should, "Use [y]our best judgement" on where the tents should be moved to. During this discussion he referenced, "We had a problem yesterday with the dogs." To which we reminded him that the rules were not on the website, or at the kiosk saying they couldn't be here and we acted very quickly once that was confirmed and followed their instructions to move them. We complied, this was not "A PROBLEM." But this was the mentality of these two. 20 minutes after that, new rules were posted, rule 1 was no dogs, then a few tweaks to the other original rules, including quiet hours starting at 7 AM rather than the posted 6AM online, and in the registration forms for our campsite. Seems that guarding cub scout packs and making up new rules is tiring and they needed to be able to sleep in that extra hour. It's a shame because the location and campsite is wonderful, and since the camp host changes every year, it'll probably be great next year without these two. Meanwhile, horse poop everywhere from the company with permits to have their tall pets move people through the park.