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What’s New at Danforth Bay?
Written on Thursday, October 06, 2005 by That's Camping
Article Categories: Travel-Plans • Danforth-Bay
We arrived here at Danforth Bay last night at around 5:30. Very quiet, with only a few scattered campers. I am sitting here on wifi at the Great East bathhouse. Mike is back at the trailer putting up a few Halloween decorations. I love this weekend at Danforth. I love to check out the awesome Halloween decorations on the campsites, and the Trick or Treaters are so cute. I have a feeling it will be cold this weekend, so bundle up guys!
Early this afternoon, we had a great conversation with Tim (the Bluffs general manager) about the future plans for Danforth and the new 55+ seasonal park called the Bluffs. He told us that many of the new sites in the Bluffs area already had utilities; it will be open on Saturday for anyone to check out. Be careful driving, you will need high clearance and possibly 4x4, since it might be muddy up there from the rain this weekend. A walking tour might be a better idea.
Big plans are in store for the roads too. The main road coming into the campground will be paved and widened slightly. The exit road (by the cabins) will be removed, to make room for the new pool. The road next to the office will become a two way road. There will be a separate parking area for trailers during “check in” so it will not hinder travel in and out of the park for those already there. Across the way there will be tiered parking which will also have a section for trailer storage, and day parking for those that want to stay past check out to utilize the ammenities.
A new pool will be built - it sounds really neat with a slide and lap area, I think he also mentioned a little area in the pool where you can sit down. New tennis courts and volleyball courts too.
Hmm, what else? Diane is doing a great job as Danforth Bay general manager! And Dawn is her same wonderful sweet self! What more can you ask for in a campground!? 
Keep up the good work guys!
Article Categories: Travel-Plans • Danforth-Bay
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Where are they going to put the tennis and volleyball courts?
The new road will be a welcomed addition!
Posted by Bob on 10/12/05Are they planning on replacing the existing pool, or will they maintain two, actually, three to include the kiddie pool? If not, where are they going to put it, and will it be ready for next season?
Posted by Diane on 10/14/05There will be three pools. From what I’ve heard this pool will be much BIGGER than the existing two and feature a slide. They have already started work on clearing for the pool. Its going very close to where the current storage area is now. This is the reason they are getting rid of the exit road near the cabins.
Posted by Bob on 10/14/05Sorry it took so long to reply, I have been so busy here, doing nothing it seems
Anyway, yes, like you said, Bob, they will be adding the pool over towards the extra parking lot area (and cabin road) - very close to the current pool area.
And it appears they will be setting the concrete for the pool this year, so I assume it will be ready for next year.
They told me the current storage barn/building will be tranformed into the teen rec center…
It sounds really neat. So many cool things coming. I wish they would add more transient sites!
We ended up waiting to make our 2006 Columbus weekend reservations until Wednesday, and a good portion of the sites were gone already, including our Purity Point site, which was fine, since we wanted to move to a new site, more in the ‘thick of things’ - we will be on upper Main Street next year.
Now, I am sure most of those reservations have a good chance of being cancelled, so not to say there won’t be more available sites for Columbus Day weekend later.
Posted by That's Camping on 10/14/05
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