Good Sam Rally Atlanta, Georgia

We left Southern Trails Monday, late afternoon, for the long slough northward to Atlanta.  An hour and a half later we arrived.  No trouble finding the WalMart in Griffin, GA.  Duke Snyder was waiting when we arrive.  Less than an hour later Ove and Linda Jakobsen drove down from Atlanta and we had happy hour in our rig.  Seven people in our rig is a very full house.

Then it was off across the parking lot to American Pie Pizzaria.  A pizza buffet was underway so of course we all gobbled that up and stuffed ourselves.

Stuffed, exhausted from the long drive we all went off to our beds.

Rise and shine everyone.  At 7:30 in the morning we're heading out to the Atlanta Motor Speedway and the Good Sam Rally.

Welcome to the Atlanta Motor Speedway

"Will Call", first stop.

With our "will call" packets in hand we headed over to the parking sites.

Larry and Bill followed by Duke.

For those of you who have attended a rally you know this is just the beginning.  We were even able to save a site for Linda and Ove who would arrive Wednesday morning after repairs.  We are in spaces 73 to 77.

Rigs are just beginning to come in.  Over the next day most of this area will be full of RVs.  This is the north side of the raceway.

 This is a picture from the south side of the grandstand.  We are parked behind this in the lots on the far left side.

 We all went through registration, getting our packets and advertisements.  Gail and Larry finishing up.

Gail was cold so she's wearing her polar coat.

We're on the open tram returning to our rigs.  The grandstands are behind us.  This is where we'll see The Beach Boys preform on Saturday night and Vince Gill on Friday night.

Paul Everett RVs tried to entice us to buy this pretty Monaco Diplomat.  Took it for a test drive and loved the ride but not the rig.  We'll keep looking but check out our test drive.

Hee Haw....two laps on the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Lilly wanted her tummy rubbed.  She wouldn't even budge when I loaded her tummy up with a ball and a chew.

Roadmaster came over and cut the pin/locks from our tow bars.  They refurbished it completely at no charge.  Bill tipped him 25 bucks.





At 3 p.m. they opened all the motorhomes for viewing.  We looked at a lot of rigs but didn't see much.  Tomorrow we'll look again.

This pretty fountain is surrounded by registration, the media center and food vendors.  Beyond this are RV dealers, numerous seminar tents and multiple exhibit halls.  Thursday, Oct. 17 will be a big day.  The Rally officially opens.


Grilled burgers with Duke, Larry and Gail, Linda and Ove and Bill and me.

An absolutely beautiful sunset ended our evening.  Generator time.  Gail heading back.

 Here we are below, second row, backed up to street.  See all the rigs ahead of us.  This is just looking one direction.  Rigs are in all directions, hundreds and hundreds.  The registration lady said she thought about 3000 rigs this rally.




 Almost a full moon... Good night all.  Thanks for visiting.  See you tomorrow.