Eating outside the first night with. Only time so far we could sit out. Note the dip in the land from the rear to the front.
“NOT BIG RIG FRIENDLY! With a 42ft MH we did not fit. Sites are not level. We would have snapped off our tailpipe if we dropped our air because of the incline.
Tight and narrow does not even begin to describe the sites and roads. The roads are so narrow two golf carts would be tight, let alone a MH.
Forget about satellite, too many trees. Antenna, nothing. Cable did not work. No Wi-Fi. One bar on cell phone, if you stand the right way.
They have a ridiculous $3.00 extra charge for “resort” fee. And if you want to take a shower, that willl be .25 cents extra. In the bathroom there are no paper towels or blowers to dry your hands.
Poor Roads Photo
Management does not care about sites let alone park. When we told them about us not fitting, they did not care. They had the typical answer, “We’ve had rigs your size here before in that spot”. Hard to believe. Park itself is maintained to the bare minimum to get by. Mostly seasonal sites. Some well maintained, most are falling apart. It says volumes when a seasonal camper had a sign out front saying, “Watch your stuff, there are thieves among us everywhere!”
Very overpriced for this campground. We will never come back here. We were here in a 42ft MH with a tow in a “pull thru” site which had a tree in it! Management was not even present during Labor Day Weekend, hard to believe but it shows the care they put into the park.
Stay Away! All of this is in my humble opinion, mileage may very. We camped here in a Motorhome.”
As far as out time here with Joe, Lynn and the kids, well, as fate would have it, RAIN RAIN RAIN. Again when we are with them. To the point that we were all in our coach waiting out the storm. It has rained Friday night, 1/2 the day Saturday, and all Saturday night. Today, it is suppose to be hit and miss showers. But tomorrow, when we leave, it should be nice ans sunny. (go figure.)
Stuck inside during the storm. Joe looks like he is happy. ;)
But we made the best of it as you can see, playing cards with the kids. Note Joe’s face, this is not his idea of a nice evening when he expected to be sitting by a fire and not hiding from 30 mph winds and rain going sideways.
David, Brenda, and Lynn down at the beach before the storm. Lynn just had to jump in. ;)
Don’t come back then.
Whether or not you like it, she pretty much hit the nail on the head.
As a “permanent” camper here at Brennan Beach, I am shocked by your assessment of our park. The pull-thru site area you were in is tight, I agree with that. But there are several back in sites that offer more space. I agree the small road in that area needs some work, however, I believe that a road should be a minor issue when you take into account the amenities and activities offered by our park. Countless upgrades to roads, sewers, beach, community area, safety, security, and general landscape have been made in only a few recent seasons. “Rome wasn’t built in a day”, and neither was Brennan Beach. I am proud to say we have spent 14 wonderful seasons here. Perfect…no, but it offers lifelong friendships, memories, staff and management (which is in fact ALWAYS on premise-they live in our loop). As for the weather…Welcome to Central New York. I assure you nothing in your rental agreement guaranteed you sunshine and blue skies. They are not God, just a corporation offering a safe environment that can only be what you make it to be. And yes, some of our seasonal residents do not have the means to afford a 42ft motor home and/or extensive site upgrades, but most do take extreme pride in their home away from home. Perhaps The Villages in Florida are more your cup of tea? The park has issues (as “the thieves among us sign” stated), but no more than any residential neighborhood, or other park. I wish you best of luck finding the perfect park full of sunshine and blue skies.
Wow…We never said they controlled the wether, just that we made the best of what it was. But the remarks from back in 2010 were correct at that time so we can only hope improvements were made. We are glad you enjoy it, we reported what we had seen and experienced. No Rome was not built in a day, but in 2010 the park surely was not NEW at that time and thus had a lot of time to make it right. But at that time, it surely was not in good shape. And yes, roads make a difference to a large coach as we need turning room to get into an out of site. We also like not to go off the sides of the roads because they are narrow or the road was just all broken away. We can only hope they have made improvements. But this post was from back in 2010, so 6 years ago, and at that time, it was not big rig friendly.
We stay in a lot of places seeing we travel full time in our coach some worse, but of course some better. The Villages in Florida is not our style nor are Outdoor Resorts. Heck, we have a seasonal site in Upstate NY, out in the middle of nowhere in Byron, NY. It is a family campground. So yup, for us, we did find what we call our perfect site as they built it for us so we would come to the park. (Even though they had a 7 year waiting list…they made us a site.) https://www.outsideourbubble.com/building-of-the-bott-lott
So all in all, it is great that you enjoy the location. That is all that is important for sure! And a sense of community and good people it what it should be about when you are a seasonal site holder. If you had read our blog at all before posting, you surely would know more about the type of people we are right down to not only helping other RV’ers of any type, but also campground owners all while never looking for anything in return. We enjoy life on the road. We enjoy meeting people. We enjoy a nice campground or resort. And yes, we will write about something, good or bad, and offer suggestions and remarks as needed based all on our experience. As was stated…”Milage may very”.
Thank you for the reply.
I agree, go somewhere else, you are so off with your opinion, we are a family here, take your gigantic rig and beat it