With all the bad weather we'd been having, and the
threat of snow in the higher elevations of eastern Kentucky (a contribution of
Hurricane Sandy), we decided to head south.
Maybe Georgia would be warmer. So
we did some homework, read some reviews, and booked one night in a campground
in Northern GA. The campground was
described as small, with friendly hosts -- a great place to stay, as opposed to
the large unfriendly campground next door.
Monday, October 29th, our travel day, was bright
and sunny. We drove through mountains
covered with colorful trees in Tennessee and predicted that the trees would be
bare that night due to the expected drop in temperature and the snow.
When we arrived at our campground, it was like a
big yard stuffed with RVs. An old guy
with a heavy southern accent came over to us and asked "Y'all call for a
reservation? I wasn't notified and I'm
all full." Evidently the old guy
who made the reservation didn't communicate with the old guy who runs the place
and we were out of luck. Fortunately hadn't
paid anything in advance. So we figured
it was just one night, why not try the big unfriendly campground next
door.
What a surprise! The sites were large, the place was clean and
well maintained, and the hosts/owners were extremely friendly. They have large pull-thru paved sites
separated by grassy areas, with full hookups, wifi, cable TV and a FREE
laundry. It was only slightly more than
twice as much as the place next door ( $35 as opposed to $15 Passport America
discounted rate), but worth it. We
wondered why the bad reviews. We'll have
to look at them again and write our own.
This might not be unusual for a private cg, but we're still
learning. It's the first time we had a
reservation that wasn't honored. But I
don't think we would have liked staying next door anyway.
What a surprise! The sites were large, the place was clean and
well maintained, and the hosts/owners were extremely friendly. They have large pull-thru paved sites
separated by grassy areas, with full hookups, wifi, cable TV and a FREE
laundry. It was only slightly more than
twice as much as the place next door ( $35 as opposed to $15 Passport America
discounted rate), but worth it. We
wondered why the bad reviews. We'll have
to look at them again and write our own.
This might not be unusual for a private cg, but we're still
learning. It's the first time we had a
reservation that wasn't honored. But I
don't think we would have liked staying next door anyway.
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