Ridgewood Resort

Arrived and within minutes decided NOT to stay here. The cabin door was wide open. The bed had a spider in a web right next to it. The kitchen table had spiders and webs all over it with egg sacks waiting to birth the next set of spiders to take up residence here. There is no telling how many spiders were in there! The couch had dead bug parts on it. We were told she was fully booked and only one cabin available. There was no one else here. The grass was ankle deep up to the cabin. Ginny offered us a rag and bug spray to clean the place up. We declined that offer. The dock has to be driven down to and and the pavilion was full of trash from a trash can some critter had gotten into. We weren't expecting anything fancy, but we didn't want to literally sleep with spiders inches from our head

If you want to escape all civilization in a place that offers just a step in a tent this is place for you. Pillows were all stained with previous visitors drool. Boats hadn't been dry docked in a very long time. The new life forming from end to end and on the motor is evidence of this. No water pressure in the cottages. I get it you're roughing it but the price is relevant if you chose to stay at a state park in a tent. There isn't much of difference. The other issue is you are away from civilization 40 min to the nearest town. Anything remotely close has been closed down and shuttered. It's a failed attempt at a resort town. Only options for eating are what you brought and the marina bar. If you're lucky you might catch something to eat but it will likely be Gar or blue gill. Was not a f

All in all, not very family friendly. Not as advertised. Owner is clueless. But it does have a great view. If you want to be away from it all, this is the place for you. It's far from the city (we drove about an hour to any destination) and does have a beautiful view of the lake. The dock is a short walk down the road, its the closest 'campsight' to the lake, you don't have to go far. The cabin was about what we expected, relatively clean but a musty smell(that cleared very quickly). Of course there are bugs, its camping in the country. Bullshoals lake was very nice of itself. The water was very high when we went but had a great time anyway, we had to drive to Theodosia to access the lake for swimming. But NONE of our great time on our vacation was thanks to Ginny, the owner. The website

We've stayed at quite a few places at bull shoals. Thunder bay, theodosia, and pontiac. This place is just as nice as any of them. Cabins were clean, dock was fairly well lit and in good shape, and unlike some places you don't need 4 wheel drive to get down to the water.

Can't even get the woman to quote a price after 15 minutes. She just kept saying did you look at our webpage, well yes I did and that's why I'm calling you. Nonsense. Can't take a reservation. Nope sorry. Not happening. Wanted to book for 1 1st night with dog. 10 day guests 2nd day and 4 that night. Said tell me how much she asked me if I had calculater . Sorry for yall experiences but I didn't even book. Bad bad