Arrival time question based on last year's intel

...So with that in mind, we decided to leave here from Upstate South Carolina around 4:30-5:00 on Wednesday, it's a 5 1/2 hour drive, but with 5 oclock traffic on i-85 and a short stop in rock hill and of course charlotte, it could be pushing a 7-8 hour drive. either which way we will be arriving around 10:30PM Wednesday-12:00AM Thursday. Anybody else gonna be riding in around this time? Think access to the field will be open or is this going to be a go hang in the local walmart till the gate opens thing?

From what I have been hearing lately, if I were you I wouldn't come too early unless you like to drive around in circles, or hang out at Walmart. Also the Food Lion up the road doesn't sound too friendly of a place to hang.
I am about an hour north of Asheville NC, and my travel time is about 4.5 hrs. I am dying to hit the road really early, but I know if I did I would be hanging around at a Walmart in Lynchburg for a few hours. Walmart's just aren't my idea of having fun, but I will stop for any last minute items if need be and then hit the road again.
To be safe, I am thinking of arriving at the site somewhere around 4am. and looking at the situation at hand. My son is going to meet me at Will Call so he can pick up the Media access creds. He should be in the vicinity around the same time.



Thanks WilldBill! I am in Greenville, not far from Asheville at all so generally the same route and all, just a hour longer travel here. I was just mainly wondering because we canceled our hotel room in hopes of hitting the place early enough and because of some other logistical issues with some folks we are camping with. We are traveling in a caravan of three cars. We are probably looking at getting there very early, so if anybody else is gonna be rolling into the Arrington area around 11 or midnight wednesday-thursday, let me know. I will obviously be happy to post on the situation for everybody one we arrive, mainly just seeing who else will be around during that time.


Hope everybody is ready, I think this one may top last year, which is saying something! 

Looks like you're going up I-77 to I-81, I will be going I-81 too from Bristol to Roanoke and over to Lynchburg then up 29. Just on the northern side of Lynchburg in "Madison Heights" is a Super Walmart where a lot of my people are gonna be at around the time you mentioned. Looks like there will be quite a gathering there.

(btw, I usually switch to BBCode to keep from accidentally inter-quoting.)  wow! new word.

It looks like from all the combined wisdom and info that "rolling into Arrington area around midnight" is about the worst plan you could have.