2015 GA RV camping--storm made a mess

a friend who is up there talked to a power company guy; they had just finished putting the utilities in there so there is no grass, just straw, and it's right messy. Not to say they won't fix it up some; be careful.

So they were planning to put all of the RVs in a big dirt bowl? That sounds like excellent planning.

if I miss a few more days of work next week then I was planning too I'm not sweating it. I

We RVed it on the RV Ridge. 

We are pretty sure we couldnt have been further away from the stages. We set up camp next to the Oak Tree. No power, no porto pottys, no water, no trash cans, no ice, etc....and one hell of a walk. Good thing for the $5/head Taxi rides, we used it a lot.

We took notice of generators being placed along the RV road with the hopes we are next on the list.

Later that day, I ran into Peter Shapiro near the Oak Tree with a small group of workers and Director of Ticketing. He told me they were surveying who still didnt have power and writing down RV GA Ticket numbers. We soon realized that they where determining who WOULD NOT be getting power. 

After all was said and done, the worse issues was that we had to take our phones to the car to charge them rather than the RV; didnt need AC in the RV and had flashlights. We were smart enough tot bring a camp toilet, trash bags, Yeti's one with frozen food and one with a lot of ice (the frozen water bottles in the meat cooler were still 75% frozen when we got home today). It was cold as hell this AM when I woke in the RV.

Where we had challenges was the lack of fresh water and ice. Our less prepared neighbors needed the Porto Johns.

• A Pallet of Bottled water was dropped off at the Oak Tree
• A few Porto Johns were dropped off
• I told him I didnt want a refund but rather a better solution for next year or comp us SVIP RV next year (He chuckled about that, I had 2 RV sites this year)

They came back with in a Golf Cart with bags of ice and came back later in a pickup and offered us Ice Cold Beer (it was bottled beer and we scolded him).

Net, net...Shapiro knew it was a major problem. He so badly wanted it to be worked out but there were no more generators available; they brought in some from CVille, Northern VA, and NC. If nascar wasn't happening in Richmond everyone would have had power. 

I told him we understood he cant control the weather and if he could we would be first in line for any festival or concert he put on.

Once inside the venue, all those worries faded away.

A Shapiro high five and fist bump and he vanished and quickly as he appeared.

I have a big rig, maybe too big for GA-RV, "they" did not park me, I asked, but I ended up doing it myself next to others, mainly making for a easy exit. I was able to run my generator as needed and I had some envious neighbors, but it was not the carefree RV experience I thought I was buying. Knowing my bus needed attention and a attentive mind to give me piece of mind..., if you know what I mean. I can boondocks and it worked fine, I'm self contained, it's just not what I bought.

Also, has anybody heard of refunds or discounts for GA RV people that didn't have power?

Didn't have a problem.