I made reservations for Grays arriving sunday evening 8/28. As we all know Irene was moving up the East Coast and no way was I leaving my home in Rochester New York with flooded roads, down power lines and closed roads to reach Southport Island. I called today and could not get back my deposit of $100.00. I know they have a non refundable policy but come on with a storm there was no way I could get there safely. I was offered a later reservation and cannot as my grandson starts school in a week. Asked if we could use the money next year and was told no way. Thank you Mr. Gray you have stolen $100.00 of my money. You can be assured I will never stay at this campground again.

I just visited Gray's on Monday afternoon and decided to visit without having reservations. The souther lady as some call her is Marita. The campsite was completely booked, but she offered us an overflow site that we could not fit our 4 person tent on, she was gracious enough to call a nearby campsite to reserve a site for us to stay. While there a gent. wanted a spot just to sleep in his car for the night. She accommodated him also. We have had 2 pleasant experiences in the past, and would return, but the owner was in our presence this week and did nothing to make us feel welcome. All in all the location is worth a trip, is relaxing, and I guess people contemplating a stay should make their intentions known in advance. We traveled with a small bichon and had no issues at this time.

My wife and I tried two times to get into this campground in the past, but found that it was always booked. We finely were able to make reservations this summer. We are avid kayakers and were excited to try the Southport Island loop. The campground is in the perfect location for this.

My friend had warned me before going that the owner was a jerk and that he would never return again after a bad experience with him. He had camped there several times in the past.

They have a policy that forbids any mats on the ground outside of your camper (due to killing the grass (understandable)). Our campsite was crushed rock for the motorhome and just off the crushed rock was dusty dirt (the kind that tracks into the camper). There was no grass growing in this area. Due to the dirt, I placed our matt on the ground to keep the camper clean.

After a day of camping, one of the older work campers came up to our campsite and asked us to roll up our ground mat. I showed him that there was no grass under it and that it was dusty dirt. He agreed and allowed us to fold the mat in half and tuck it under the camper so that we could have something to wipe our feet on before entering the camper.

The next day, the owner (Steven Gray) walked by our camper 3 times while we were cooking dinner. Just as we sat down to eat, The older work camper arrived and told us to pull up the ground mat. He stated that the owner was not going to allow us to use it. He stated that he told Mr. Gray that there was no grass under it, but it did not matter.

I was so upset that the owner would not come and talk with us himself and send an old man to do it that I packed up and left the campground after eating. I live in Maine and will not return not only by my experience, but also from the past experiences of many other people that I know. I should have listened to them.

Its to bad because the campground is very pretty. I think the owner should further his lobstering career and stay out of the campground business.

Okay, so we arrived late (8PM) which is exactly when the office closes. The cost was rather high, and our site had trash in it from previous campers! YUK. Then again the office was closed and we were given no info as to how to access the wifi, as we were not given the password. We had a small camper, with no toilet, no pets no kids, so not too many demands. I was just taken back with the cost coupled with the lack of little extras I would have thought I might get for that price (ie: free showers, wifi info given with other info if the office closed so early, and a spotless site!). All for ~ $50/night. Like I said before I have happily paid m ore, but want to get what I pay for.