September 28 Goldilocks and the three Bears by Melody

What a beautiful outing. Out in the trails while resting and drinking some water a mother bear and two cubs make some noise behind me. It was amazing. After they moved off i moved to another part of the trails and happened upon 2 more bears. Heading back i heard coyotes. It was amazing.

August 22 Shelter Parking Costly by Toppervin

I reserved the shelter for a family reunion. The day was beautiful but was marred by the parking fee arrangements. The cost of parking ($15 for out of state and $9 for instate) was not posted on the website. I attempted to make arrangement with the guard to keep a tally of attendees cars so that I could pay the parking fees at once. Their policy is that payment be made for each car as it enters the park. I ended up spending two and a half hours at the gatehouse greeting guests and paying the fee (no credit cards are accepted). Thus, costing me time away from the activities. The shelter and surrounding grounds were well suited for our activities. We played volley ball, bean toss, and other field games and the kids enjoyed finding smooth rocks in the river to paint. Also, we brought trash bags since there are no trash bins at the site. I would not schedule another event at Peoples Forest unless there are better parking arrangements.

June 24 Shelter Problems by Cwolfe

Beautiful park but..... We came to the park for a family picnic, it was raining so we used the parks only shelter - took only one picnic table, started a fire in the fireplace and got the food going, We were all enjoying our picnic when a group of people came in at 6:00 pm and told us we had to get out they had reserved the shelter for a wedding. They paced back and forth until we gave up our fire - packed up all our stuff and left. We had to pack up so fast that a cake we had got crushed in the process. There were NO signs at all saying the area was reserved and for what time and no ranger in sight. I am sure they were surprised and unhappy that somone was in the shelter that they had rented for 250.00 per day ( the whole day ) and we were VERY upset we had to leave in the middle of our family time. To be curtious to others in the park they SHOULD BY RIGHT POST A NOTE OF RESERVATION AND THE TIME OF for all to know! Its called being curtious! They got their money and that was that.