Unfortunate gloomy weather
We were looking forward to enjoying the river activities when we booked this cabin, but were met with muddy and wet weather during our stay. I asked the host if we could modify our date of stay, but the cancellation policy for this site is very strict. We arrived at 6pm after a slow and windy 5 hour drive in the rain. We stayed inside the Driftwood Cabin the entire time, which was very bare bones, but it did the job of keeping us dry. We were interested in asking Patrick about the gem mining experience that starts at 10am, but we needed to prepare to check out at 11am. As my sister was packing up our vehicle, I began walking toward the barn pavillion to talk with Patrick. During this 30 second walk toward the pavillion, my 13 year old neurodivergent son was thrilled to see a bird enter a birdhouse that is attached to the cabin, and he approached the birdhouse quickly. Immediately, Patrick began yelling at us to get him to back away, and spoke to us in a condescending manner about needing to respect nature. I did actually tell my son to not touch, and Patrick continued to lecture and belittle us "city folk". While I was apologetic, I was completely caught off guard. We book Hipcamp because we do enjoy and respect nature. Needless to say, we did not inquire to gem mine, and instead chose to check out at 10am.
This host/cabin was not friendly our family with special needs. They should post strict rules of their expectations of guests interactions with nature on the property.