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We were there the last weekend In July, 2022. Chose the destination for hiking and paddling. The plan was to meet family who have recently purchased Origami Paddlers. I paddle an inflatable paddle board. We pull a Vintage Serro Scotty Travel Trailer - 50 Years Old. A-8 had a steep drop-off from the entrance side of the pull-through. We bottomed out but were able to get through without damage. Electric at the exit side of the pull-through. Site was a gravel wash exacerbated by recent heavy rains. We were able to get plugged in and level enough to sleep. Great hiking (loved Hazard Cave) but Paddling is where the problems began. The road to the boat dock was gated off. I went to the office to inquire about access for my paddleboard and renting a kayak for my husband. I was informed that while personal kayaks and canoes are permitted on the lake, regulations did not expressly state that personal paddle boards are permitted, so while canoes, kayaks, and paddle boards are rentable, personal paddle boards are not permitted. My sister’s paddlers are hybrid paddle boards and kayaks, so permissible IF USED IN the kayak form. Exasperated by the lack of logic, I chose to get on the lake anyway. A Ranger was dispatched to remove me. While he was addressing me on my personal paddleboard, a rental paddleboard passed with no comment. I am 61 years old and generally compliant. We were humiliated and so angry at the unnecessarily literal interpretation of a written reg (it did not say that personal paddle boards were prohibited and the boat dock permitted rental paddle boards) and subsequent dispatching of a Ranger we broke camp a day early and left.