This was our first time camping at Shades. The sites were fairly private with nice fire pits. The trails were nice and well maintained, aside from part of the stairs on trail 1 being damaged and closed. (Would have been nice to know at the trailhead, but no big deal.) The facilities, however, we’re poorly maintained. The vault toilets were dirty, needed to be emptied and the women’s stalls didn’t have doors. The shower/flush toilet facility was absolutely filthy and the showers were flooding the entire women’s side. When we arrived Friday, the water was dark brown out of every water source, including the showers and drinking water stations. They fixed it on Saturday, but left us pretty SOL on Friday. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend and I won’t return for camping. I would go for day hikes.