March 22, 2015 Independent Campgrounds …. Gotta take them for what they are …. you never know, unless you’re a KOA camper. Kampgrounds of America require certain criteria and have a very strict rating system. You’re also paying “mucho dinero” for pristine camping. David and I prefer “eclectic” to “pristine”. When I called the Georgia RV Park in Commerce, Georgia to see if they had a site available for last night, I knew before I hung up that we HAD to stay there.
I fell in love with Georgia the minute she started talking. She has this adorable squeaky voice. Gotta love a woman with a squeaky voice! Everything she said made me giggle. She was sooo much fun to talk too. All I had asked was if there was a site available. She told me everything there was to tell about the campground. She told me stuff I didn’t need to know … the reason the bathrooms are so clean is because she cleans them. She repeated the directions off the exit three times. 1.10 miles take a right, .50 miles take a right, .25 miles take a right. It’s less than two miles off the exit. If we get lost and call back and she doesn’t answer it’s because she’s cleaning the bathrooms. I loved it!
It’s a “sardine can” campground. We could only put slides out on one side and that was because no one was in the site next to us on that side. We could have put them out on the other side, but then we’d be peeking in the neighbors windows, and vice versa. The sites were all VERY long pull throughs with full (50 amp) hook up ($25). Easy in, easy out, right off the highway and we didn’t have to unhook the car to back in to a site … perfect!
In the morning I got to meet many of our “seasonal/long term” neighbors. The photo below is of the camper that I watched two southern gentleman, carry two huge overstuffed living room chairs through the door and out to their pick up truck. I knew they were southern gentleman, because they said “mornin’ ma’am” even though they were grunting and struggling to get the first chair through the door. I couldn’t believe it when they went back in and got the second one. I wanted to take a photo when they were cramming the chair through the door, but I thought that would be rude.
Seasonal and long term campers often go all out decorating their patios. When you camp at “pristine” campgrounds that have lots of “rules” you miss out on some extraordinary “sites”.
We plan on coming back to Commerce, GA. The Atlanta Dragway is in Commerce and NHRA has a National event here. It’s on our list of to do’s 🙂