Austin Creek State Recreation Area

Have you ever wanted to become a skilled Apiarist? Well I haven't. The good news for you, at Bullfrog Pond Campground you'll get the opportunity of life time! As soon as you arrive swarms of loving bees will greet you and your pizza. Be sure to cover every hole on the pizza box because they will find a way in ... nothing like a bite of cheese pizza with a crunchy bee on top. Mmmm. Apparently these bees love Smart Pizza -- located in Guerneville, right at the turn on to Armstrong Woods Rd -- just as much as my son and I. Unfortunately, the campfire restrictions mean no smoke to shoo them away. Get ready for bees in ears and crawling up ankles until night fall. Luckily, bees go to bed after dusk. So you can enjoy yourself comfortably for a bit before your bedtime. Then wake up to the morning dawn and sounds of bees swarming your tent. Best alarm clock I've had in years. Seriously the campsite needs to be more upfront that there is a major bee infestation. There had many bee traps that were more chocked full of bees than the fly traps you find at a dairy farm. If you have children (my son is seven) and they are scared of bees, this is not the place to initiate them to overcome their fears. Or maybe it is. I leave that choice to you. My advice ... stay way.

Yellow jackets chased us out of camp, watching lightning as we left, the camp has now burned.

There were wasps everywhere in the campground. We couldn't be outside without them following us around and it was especially worse around food. Folks in the sites nearby were leaving after one night, and we did too. The site and surrounding areas were lovely and if the wasps are ever cleared I'd happily go back.