Let me preface this review by saying that this was our second visit to Winslow Memorial Campground. The first time our group visited, we had an excellent experience. The grounds are beautiful, the sites are well spaced and not cramped, and we had no problems with the staff.

With that said, our second experience this past weekend was a horror show. We were a group of people, ranging from our late twenties all the way up to over fifty years old. We reserved and paid for 4 campsites, knowing that it was going to be down pouring rain all Saturday. From the time we got set up at 8pm, to the time we were eating breakfast at 8am, Ranger Lee had visited our campsites 5 times. He harassed us, spoke down to us, and was downright rude to us on multiple visits. He maintained that we were being too loud and “this isn’t a place to party”. We were not yelling, screaming, or partying. We were a group of friends, drinking a few beers and having a few laughs around a campfire.

Quiet hours at this campground start at 10pm. Ranger Lee was at our campsite at 10:03, and on his first visit threatened to kick us out of the campground and call the police on us. He was particularly rude to two of my female friends who were attempting to have a civil conversation about what exactly we were doing wrong and how we could remedy it. I believe he had a problem with women, as he immediately spoke down towards one of them, and changed to a condescending misogynistic tone as soon as she spoke up to ask him a question.

Throughout the night between 10 and 12pm, he came back to our campsite 2 more times, and went as far as cornering one couple that was with us by the bathrooms and warning that he would make us all leave the campground and if we had had too much to drink to be safe to drive “that was our problem”. Between these hours, people started to go to bed, and we continued to get quieter and quieter, trying to be respectful but still attempting to to enjoy our stay. The final time that he came to our campsite, the 3rd time in less than 2 hours, there were 5 people sitting around a fire, speaking at a whisper, and he said he could “hear us laughing a 1/4mile away” and told us that “it was time to go to bed”. The level of disrespect and disregard that it takes to tell a group of 30 year olds that they need to go to bed is nothing less than astounding.

The next morning he came back with a highlighted list of rules of the campground and “strongly suggested that we pack it up and leave” otherwise the cops were going to get involved. We had two people there of color, one African-American and one Peruvian-American and he would not even give them the time of day to speak to him when they each asked what we could do in order to comply with his rules. I believe that in addition to being a misogynist, he may have had a problem with POC, as he was downright rude when they attempted to speak to him.

At no point during any of this did we become rude or overly agitated. We all kept our cool and kept our heads, even though we were understandably very frustrated with the way we were being treated. When we asked him if they had gotten any complaints about us from other campers he clarified that they had not, it was only that he didn’t like the noise. It’s clear to me that when we entered the campground he profiled us, and had a predetermined idea of who we were and what we were there to do. Ranger Lee continued to harass us until half of the campers left one night early breaking down our gear in the pouring rain because we were so dejected and frustrated with the entire experience.

One of the worst experiences I have ever had at a campground. If his actions are any reflection of the values this establishment represents, I strongly recommend against going there. If I could give a 0 star or a negative star review I would.