Oct 16/13 Wednesday - Weather is beautiful, sunny and 70's
We staged our overnight stay so we would have about 1 hour to drive to enter The Rally. Our entrance was posted for the p.m. which could be anywhere between noon and 5 pm. We also planned on passing through Atlanta using the west bypass by 10 to 10:30. Traffic was not so bad, mostly trucks and it worked great.
Getting off I75 at exit 218 for Hampton which is about 30 miles south of Atlanta we pleasantly spotted a grocery store with access for our size so we made a quick stop to replenish our Corona supply and a few food items. Ten miles up the road we came to the signs to follow right into the Atlanta Speedway parking lot. 870 acres...... wow!
Coming to the gate we could see some campers already setup - Wow when did they get here??? We came in on an early bird day thinking we would be avoiding the crowd. Ha Ha so that means all these campers came in on Tuesday or Wednesday morning.... Keeners!
The volunteers were so well organized and they just kept signalling us with flags to move. On the inside front of our window we placed a large barcode and color coded entry form.
They had us pulled right up to the Speedway wall lot and hooked up to 30amp power in about 10 minutes. No water or sewers but we did pay extra for the 30amp power, $240 for 5 nights (price includes all seminars, events, entertainment, camping). By the time we put out our slides and looked around we were swallowed up by the coaches and trailers! We had never been to any parking for a concert or game event that was so well controlled.
We put out our chairs and had a refreshment to congratulate ourselves on getting here, getting setup, and enjoying the excitement of camping with 2,600 other campers:)
Before the end of the afternoon we caught a shuttle to the Registration hut inside the track. There we picked up our goodie bag and name badge lanyards that must be worn around our neck for the entire Rally to get in all the events.
We staged our overnight stay so we would have about 1 hour to drive to enter The Rally. Our entrance was posted for the p.m. which could be anywhere between noon and 5 pm. We also planned on passing through Atlanta using the west bypass by 10 to 10:30. Traffic was not so bad, mostly trucks and it worked great.
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| Bypass around Atlanta |
Getting off I75 at exit 218 for Hampton which is about 30 miles south of Atlanta we pleasantly spotted a grocery store with access for our size so we made a quick stop to replenish our Corona supply and a few food items. Ten miles up the road we came to the signs to follow right into the Atlanta Speedway parking lot. 870 acres...... wow!
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| Atlanta Motor Speedway Map |
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| Atlanta Speedway in the distance.... What is waiting around the corner? |
Coming to the gate we could see some campers already setup - Wow when did they get here??? We came in on an early bird day thinking we would be avoiding the crowd. Ha Ha so that means all these campers came in on Tuesday or Wednesday morning.... Keeners!
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| First lot of campers we came upon |
The volunteers were so well organized and they just kept signalling us with flags to move. On the inside front of our window we placed a large barcode and color coded entry form.
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| Volunteer guiding us to our spot |
They had us pulled right up to the Speedway wall lot and hooked up to 30amp power in about 10 minutes. No water or sewers but we did pay extra for the 30amp power, $240 for 5 nights (price includes all seminars, events, entertainment, camping). By the time we put out our slides and looked around we were swallowed up by the coaches and trailers! We had never been to any parking for a concert or game event that was so well controlled.
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| The Bourne's Rig setup in front row of parking lot with power |
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| Front of our site |
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