3 nights over the Labor Day weekend at the Heartland Resort in Greenfield, just outside Indianapolis, was as close to "Camping in Hell" as one can get. We paid a premium for a tent site - no trees, just an open field, then had to pay extra for a day visitor, mini-golf, etc. The pool was inexplicably closed, leaving only an algae-dotted lake for swimming.

There were many RVs with their own facilities, but there were only 3 women's showers for 285 campsites! And they didn't work most of the time. No water pressure, a dribble of freezing water that turned scalding hot when a toilet was flushed. There was never a time when the restrooms were clean. None of the outlets worked, which was fine, because you didn't want to stay in the restroom long enough to dry your hair, even if you were able to get it washed without being scalded. While it appeared there were extra showers in the pool area, because the pool was closed, these restrooms were locked.

It was noisy enough right on the edge of Interstate 70, but made worse by loudspeaker announcement and constant, dust-generating traffic of golf carts, driven by children and teens who had no clue how to maneuver safely.

When we took the tent down to leave, there was dog poop on the bottom -- the sites had dog crap! This place was so awful by the 3rd day we could do nothing but laugh (through the choking dust). Since our family camps every year, this one will go into the annals of "Remember the year we went to that dreadful spot outside Indy?" The word "resort" ought to be more carefully regulated; it certainly didn't belong to this place.