Ives Run, Tioga, PA

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   I just got back from taking the 5 year old and the R-Pod for their maiden voyages at Ives Run in north-central PA. It is a federal campground and was created and maintained by the Army Corp of Engineers. The ACoE built a dam to control flooding downstream and created Tioga and Hammond lakes - the campground is on the south shore of Hammond lake. The campground has the a range of sites from full hookup to no hookup - with "rustic" sites a mile down the lake. 
Our site was near the boat launch (and bluegill fishing; he caught dozens!), and featured a level concrete pad, gravel area with picnic table, lantern pole, fire ring with cooking top, 50A & water, and was surrounded by a mowed grass field and trees.

We had no issues the entire time....setup and tear-down of the R-Dome were a breeze (thanx to all the posts on the forum!) We even took showers (liberal use of the term) just to see what that was like. We got clean - it worked fine. We biked, swam, fished, biked, fished, hiked, ate s'mores, biked, fished, swam ..... did I mention we fished?

I'll add that the ACoE were on the ball -- an underground fresh water leak developed two sites up from us and the ACoE dug the hole and fixed the leak ... within an hour!