Potential Campgrounds for an Asheville, NC WAGU Rally

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(03-13-2013 11:02)davidmbrady Wrote:  Thanks Pete,

I'd like to add Rutledge Lake Campground in Fletcher to the list. This campground is very conveniently located. I'll call them today to see about reserving space for the 2013 WaGu Asheville Rally.

http://www.rutledgelake.com/

Also, depending upon the number of folks coming, and if dry camping is okay, there's always the possibility of Camp David, (AKA, my 26 acres out back )!

Hi David,
Yeah, we used to stay there until the original owners sold a few years ago due to health problems. It would be fine for a 10-25 bus gather'in but any bigger would be an issue. It is also VERY TIGHT, like parking lot tight with buses parked back to back with 2-3 ft of space, BUT a very NICE place with a BEAUTIFUL lake to walk the dogs and exercise around, close to Downtown and the Estate, CLOSE to all the big box shopping stores and malls............ and no tighter than Bear Creek. They also have cabins to rent like bear creek for no busers. They also have a club house and deck on the lake big enough for 40-50 people for pot lucks and seminars. Good choice for a smaller gatherin! If you are in the under 30 bird catagory, that would be my first choice as well. You could negate the parking thing by getting a couple of the back rows to park all the birds, will make tours REAL easy and on the fly yack sessions. Impromptu street parties would also be a breeze, small or large. FWIW if you get beyond 30-50 birds, Tom Johnson's would be the place you want to be JMHO........ have fun, I'm sure you guys will have a BLAST!!!!!!!

PS Tip, one thing I forgot to mention is that if you've never been leaf peeping in the Blue Ridge mountains via the parkway, it should be on your bucket list. Driving, hiking whatever, truly one of God's gifts to us. NOW, during season, the weekends on the parkway are like NYC traffic! So plan to have a few days in the middle of the week and you will enjoy the parkway MUCH more,. if you can! All these places listed above have easy access to the parkway for this.

Here is a funny story about the sitting POTUS during his first year. We missed him by 2 days!!....... We were hiking around the original hunting cabin of the Biultmores, there's a 20 mile trail from the estate to the old hunting cabin site. You can reach it though from one of the parkway overlooks on a short 1/2 mile hike. Well, so WAS POTUS 2 days later and friends of ours who were rv'ing with us actually ran into him. The secret service ahead and behind POTUS and stopped our friends, told them POTUS and his wife were hiking, if they did not mind having their backpacks searched, they could MEET them!!!!!!! What did you think they said! :-) Heck yeah..........lucky friends!!!!!!!! It was in the local papers the day after how POTUS was in the area, NOT before!