Minooka Park

Well, put it this way….. It was definitely a memorable yearly camping trip with the grandkids. We now refer to it as the “ Griswald Camping Trip”. LOL.

F09 campsite electricity faulted causing burn out of the camper air conditioner, refrigerator, microwave etc. Cut our trip short 4 days. That being said, the park was very prompt and attentive to the situation, moving us to a new site However the camper damage was already done.

Well, put it this way….. It was definitely a memorable yearly camping trip with the grandkids. We now refer to it as the “ Griswald Camping Trip”. LOL.

F09 campsite electricity faulted causing burn out of the camper air conditioner, refrigerator, microwave etc. Cut our trip short 4 days. That being said, the park was very prompt and attentive to the situation, moving us to a new site However the camper damage was already done.

Great park. Plenty of space between sites.

Beautiful area. Quiet, peaceful and not overcrowded.

Great park. Plenty of space between sites.

Beautiful area. Quiet, peaceful and not overcrowded.

We were just stoping over for the night. Our expectations were low.

We were just stoping over for the night. Our expectations were low.

We arrived on a Sunday the space next to us was set up with a camper we had to move on Thursday and move to and open spot the only open spot higher on the hill. The great spot next to us which was A09 never had anyone show up for 7 days that we know of spot a10 that was booked for the entire weekend never had a single person show up. This system is flawed these campsites have staff overseeing the site why would they allow people to rent spaces to either park a camper with no campers or in the other case no even a tent. We are relatively new to camping with this reserve system. 20 years ago we camped every weekend most of the summer first come first served. And you could only stay in one site for just a few days . We had an issue trying to move spots online and it resulted in us renting 2 spots for the same days. 30 minutes on the phone and three days later I was permitted to get my 10 dollars back for cancellation. Give the rangers and the park attendants more power to govern what’s going on with these desired sites. The lake is down quite a bit can’t dock a boat for the sticks and rocks on the beach. And fishing there cost me about 10 rigs broken to snags in the water. The weather was nice is why we had much of a good experience for the most part.

We arrived on a Sunday the space next to us was set up with a camper we had to move on Thursday and move to and open spot the only open spot higher on the hill. The great spot next to us which was A09 never had anyone show up for 7 days that we know of spot a10 that was booked for the entire weekend never had a single person show up. This system is flawed these campsites have staff overseeing the site why would they allow people to rent spaces to either park a camper with no campers or in the other case no even a tent. We are relatively new to camping with this reserve system. 20 years ago we camped every weekend most of the summer first come first served. And you could only stay in one site for just a few days . We had an issue trying to move spots online and it resulted in us renting 2 spots for the same days. 30 minutes on the phone and three days later I was permitted to get my 10 dollars back for cancellation. Give the rangers and the park attendants more power to govern what’s going on with these desired sites. The lake is down quite a bit can’t dock a boat for the sticks and rocks on the beach. And fishing there cost me about 10 rigs broken to snags in the water. The weather was nice is why we had much of a good experience for the most part.