Lake Perry Campground

Anthony,

I’m sorry you had a bad experience but please allow me to share the facts.

1. You called and said that you’d be coming a month prior. That is true. I reserved your spot without charging you a deposit.
2. When you arrived, i did offer to help you get to your site as I do all campers who arrive while I’m on site. This is not done because I ‘have to’, it’s done as a courtesy to ensure you get to the correct lot and maximize your space.
3. I could tell you lacked confidence pulling the 5th wheel camper with a half ton truck and offered to drive your vehicle and camper to the appropriate lot but you declined. I have a CDL with zero accidents and zero citations in the last 20 plus years. As you were pulling around the back of the campground, you did NOT take the turn wide enough and was traveling way too swiftly. When I realized you were not going to make the turn. I stood in the middle of the road with both hands up yelling for you to stop….but you didn’t. As a result, you hit the rear of a parked camper so hard that it knocked it off its blocks and moved the parked camper more than 8’ (8’3” to be exact) and caused the tongue of the parked trailer to swing around and slam into the camper’s parked motorcycle. Afterwards, I instructed you to back up because your camper was hung up on the camper you had just hit. When you did, you jackknifed your camper and shattered the rear glass in your truck.
4. The site(s) that I had reserved for you were Lots A AND Lot B. Each lot is in fact 25’ wide and 35’ long. These numbers were clearly stated and explained to you a month prior to your arrival. Since you were staying awhile, I was allowing you to use 2 spaces that totaled 50’ wide x 35’ long. I did NOT charge you extra for what was essentially a double lot. Other lots in the campground are larger with the largest being 60’ wide x 100’ long but they were already reserved.
5. I did stay with you and helped you get to the sites I had reserved for you. You were extremely frantic during this process. Later, you brought your insurance information and explained that you were leaving because you were used to lots that were 75’ wide or more. (Which is not impossible but highly unlikely but I didn’t dispute the claim.)
6. In case you were unaware, our campground has cameras and yes, there is footage of this incident. When you retain legal counsel, I advise you have them educate you on the term libel and then reconsider your claims that you made in your review because I have video proof. I would also suggest you delete or edit your review for accuracy because making false claims that result in financial damages to our campground may cost you more than your deductible. (I.e. libel)
7. There has never been any other accident in the campground since opening in July of 2024. In fact, there has been a camper with a 39’ 5th wheel camper use the very same lot on 3 separate occasions without any issue. Again, I’m sorry you had a bad experience and things didn’t turn out how you would have liked. This is no reason however to embellish your plight and make false accusations. Mistakes happen, we should learn from them and move on.