Been a long time since I updated this. Yesterday I installed the custom cut canopy skirt and sides. Added about 50 'snaps' for the canvas to connect to. Should keep bugs/animals out for the most part.
Camped at KOA East over the weekend.
Here's my review:
KOA - Asheville East
Very large campground with over 200 sites. A river runs through the center of the campground and there are several sites directly on the river. These generally are reserved well in advance. In addition to the river, there are 2 lakes on the property. The larger of which has many sites around it, some of which are quite lacking in privacy. The smaller lake (where we stayed) had a line of sites in gravel segmented by spray painted lines. No privacy between sites, but luckily for us, neither adjacent sites were taken until the last night. Fishing looked like it would be good at this park with a mix of river/trout and lake/bass available. There's a resident black bear that they told us about. Lots of signs indicating that he's not aggressive but to keep your distance. A late night walk with the dogs resulted in me hearing a twig snap about 30 feet up an embankment, turning my flashlight in that direction to see the eyes and admittedly friendly looking 'smile' of a big ass bear. My instinct, weirdly enough, was to make loud growling/barking noises - which he immediately responded to by running off.
The KOA management/workers were typical retirees, most of which weren't that friendly presumably because we're only staying there temporarily and fairly young. My wife overheard one making a lude comment about her to his buddy on their golf cart while driving by her on the way to the bathroom, which made her feel uncomfortable. Surprising really, generally those old campground coots are either super friendly or overbearing HOA types. Pervy old guys wasn't expected. Overall, the location was nice and quiet aside from the train tracks being a little too close. The train wasn't too often, but when it did come through you felt it rumble. Lots of things to do close by.
I'm not sure there's going to be a lot to like or dislike about it - it may help with the temperature... hopefully. But I'm not really expecting a 'wow this stuff is great' type moment.
