Sonya Joyce

Review of Sugar Creek Campground & Canoe...

Took the 5 mile trip due to low water level and th...

Took the 5 mile trip due to low water level and the actual canoeing was fine. Staff was nice at the front desk. Short video on where to end the trip and showed us a picture of the end trip point. A sandbar, tree and sign were indicated on the photo. Then the guy says but there s no tree or sandbar there anymore and tells us not to go over the dam and that there would be a short walk to the primitive camp sites and then the office. A yellow danger sign that says port is hung above the creek. A huge red building are at the portage point on the other side of the creek so we knew it had to be in the area but there s nothing there that looks like a port. There s the word step with arrows painted onto part of the dam but no sign that indicates the canoe company like in the picture. Evidently your supposed to pull the boat over the dam that has a sign which says do not stand on dam. The step is more like an un-level piece of concrete or a rock that s about 2 ft from where your at. I called the office because we couldn t believe that it was the port and she was kind of rude. We ended up pulling the canoe out of the water next to this dam and crawling up this dirt hill. We walked the path and there were benches or tables periodically. Then the trail made a Y so we took the trail with no weeds instead of the one where the weeds were starting to grow. This eventually took us to a softball field so we back tracked and got back on a different trail that eventually led us to the road and a UPS where we called a taxi. Would have been nice to have some signs indicating distance and which trails to take. My son put it on his gps and if it was correct then the right trail would have been 2.5 miles. He s 13 and exaggerating in the review he did. That s why I m doing this one. Got back to the office and the woman seemed kinda of out of sorts that we didn t bring the canoe with us. Have no idea if she meant partial or at the dam point but made the statement it s all the way at the dam so take it however you want. Memorable trip.