Pretty simple and basic. No big thrills. Quite and filled with friendly people.
It was pleasant to have green grass in late July since I’m used to the crunchy ground of other camp sites by now. Just move your stuff out of the way of the sprinklers!!! We had to do a late night dash outside to rescue books and such! LOL OK view of the Columbia River but no easy access to the water for kids- don’t even attempt to swim here! Fun experience: the field next to the campground set up a outdoor movie night with free popcorn. The kids loved it and it was a great memory maker.

The only annoyance I had was poor internet service: I needed to download more kid shows for the next stretch of our drive and the signal kept dropping.

To start, what a gorgeous area! Quiet, calm, nice. 

At first when we rolled into our spot I thought I was going to be in huge trouble- drive through spot with a wicked drop off on the right side (camper door side) with the fire pit and picnic table at the bottom. I pictured kids falling, food mishaps, general non fun trudging up and down. Well, it actually turned out ok: we moved our 5th wheel as far from the edge as possible which allowed for a decent platform and we ended up having a birds eye view of what all the kids were doing. If that's still a problem, be mindful of what site you are signing up for, meadow ones are available. 

• Bathrooms and showers were ok, though the standard, push the button every 30 seconds to have water flow in your shower is a little annoying (maybe i'm just a princess). 
• Sweet little nature trails were pretty and easy for smaller children to walk through. 
• Easy lake access is only in the park/play area. The rest of the lake access is a pretty blunt drop off from forest to water (read: no wadding in the sand). But the play area was pleasant. I heard that this year (2021) is was a bit more run down than usual so maybe next year it'll improve??? We still enjoyed the water and had a ton of fun finding tadpoles. 
• You can rent SUPs and canoes and have a little explore around the lake. Very enjoyable.
• NO CELL SERVICE. You just have to be present with one another. 
• Important for our family- when we went in June, there were next to no mosquitos! My poor teenager usually gets eaten alive anywhere we go and he left unscathed! 
• THE MOST IMPORTANT TIP::::: Even though we loved the location, we won't be returning simply because of the road to get there. Google maps wrecked us- I selected "quickest route" and had NO warnings that we would be driving up the narrowest gravel road with a 11% incline!!!! We have a diesel F350 but towing a big 5th wheel made it horrifying. Please be smarter than me and do your research. Once we started the decline it was mercifully paved but signage posted stated "2 road lane can be used as single lane" as it becomes the Lombard St for recreational vehicles! I saw some class A's that had boats towed behind them and I'm not entirely sure they didn't use witchcraft to make it work.

5th wheel traveling with big family and multi age group kids:

I was able to reserve a spot in the B loop last minute to breakdown our trip to the Oregon coast and we were very pleased with our experience. 

First, the site hosts were VERY friendly and gave us some awesome tips about Portland (things are a little dicey over there right now and we're traveling with little kids). 

We have a 5th wheel and needed to back in to our site- a little more trouble than normal, but doable. 

The paths were paved, which allowed our kids to explore easily on their scooters and bikes. 

The common grounds/field was all dried out grass but this summer was BRUTAL with it's heatwave, so what can you do?! LOL

I can't speak for the bathrooms since we used our own. 

Very pretty view of the river. 

Con: Definitely a higher noise level for those that may be sensitive to that. One area is close to the highway and the opposite end (close to the river) has train tracks that are super active. 

Also due to the tracks, you don't have access to the water. Oh well.

So for us and the purpose that we needed it for, we found it enjoyable. We would definitely recommend it for a quick pit stop before you make the final haul to the coast.

We enjoyed ourselves well enough at this location. It was pleasant finding a campground that didn't require you to cross the highway to get to the beach- we have small kids and you can see the problem there. The Forest area IS right next to the road though so you CAN hear traffic driving by, but it wasn't a deal breaker (for double the cost, you could have a beach site and be spared the noise if it really bothers you). 

The lady at the front was a bit gruff, but did give us a bag of salty water taffy for our first stay there. 

Overall, it did the job by giving us a place to stay so that we could be on the move for most of the day- but not much ability to play out and around our 5th wheel during downtime. 

Pro: 

-clean sites

-electrical and water

-no crossing the highway to get to the beach

-pretty trail to get to beach

-ocean area bathrooms are nice

-very close to stores and Lincoln City

-washers and dryers available

Con:

-"forest" bathroom requires payment for showers

-sites are VERY close to each other with awkward place of fire pits (forest area)

-front desk staff…little rough around the edges. 

-Pitbull dog ban. What year are we living in? (we don't own one currently, but this is a dated practice)