It appears that the campground is already fully booked! Anyone with a reservation able to accomodate a single small tent? TIA

It is full! I waited too long, too. Now what??

I tried a couple days ago and ran into this problem... was hoping it was just the woman I spoke with not wanting to take another reservation *sigh*

Mark me down as #3 looking for a small pad of slightly soft dirt to put up a tent and mark a MINI.

number 4 for a small area for a tent and a mini! my first time going this year... so where do we shower and stuff?

for you campers, on the bottom of the Lodging page HERE, there are several other campsites available. I believe that Cheoah and Cable Cove are the closest to Fontana

All fixed up at Cheoah now, Thanks Snooter!

no problem, please let me know what you think of it after the event

I just called Fontana to check and they currently have 9, well now 8, tent sites available and 4 hookup sites.

Thanks for the tip. Just called today and got our site with hookups.

I just reserved a hook-up site! There were no more standard sites so I took what I could get.

Oh, but hookups are a good thing! You have a plug for a little heater (in case it's cold in your tent) and a water hookup. Take a hose, bucket, and supplies and you can give your MINI a bath every afternoon.

I just got the last hook-up site. Apparently when I called a month ago they only checked tent sites, and did not include hook-up sites, which are $10 more per night.

I have a campsite, and so far I am going by myself so if anyone needs a place for a tent let me know

Campsite 12

http://www.fontanavillage.com/librar...ound%20Map.pdf

Who all is camping this year? We just got registered and set up!

This will be our first time to MOTD and first time camping outside of Ohio. Hmm... what to do for camp meals in bear country.

Can't Wait!! Let the countdown begin!

We are camping again this year (third MOTD, second time camping) at Fontana. Where are you setting up camp?

You'll have a great time. Haven't decided if I'm going to bother with towing the popup camper down again or just go with tents this time....probably will wait until closer to the event to decide. The camper is great, but 7 hrs each way towing a camper with a MINI is not exactly a relaxing drive....so I'm leaning towards the tents at this point.

FWIW, I didn't see any major wildlife (bears, deer, etc.) at the campground, but I'm sure they are around.

We'll be camping at Fontana at a tent site. Not sure on the actually site location #, but yea... down there!

Wow, don't think I'd want to tow a camper behind me either!

I think we seen you on our way home last year pulling the pop up =D we are from Indiana also

It was very likely me. If it was a red Cooper pulling a red popup camper with a big *** Union Jack painted on the roof.....that was me.

I have a blue Cooper S now, so if I take the camper, I'll have to repaint it to match the car again, of course! Not too sure I'll be able to closely match Laser Blue with latex paint, though.

YEP that is what it was Congrats on the New mini And hope that you can match the camper lol See ya there cant wait till April

Ill be at fontana, camping, for my first MOTD

Will be at campsite 12

also planning on just driving the classic Mini at the moment, so not sure how much equipment ill be bringing!

I'm still not sure if we will be towing the pop up, but I finally got it repainted to match the new car....so I thought I'd share. Not a bad match for blue latex gloss paint against a metallic blue car.

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Rock slide or not....see you there!

very cool!!!

This will by my third MOTD, and third year camping. The atmosphere in the campground is phenomenal. Plan on having nightly campfires for the entire camping community. Last year we had one morning where we cooked pancakes and everyone chipped in with this or that.

Looks like I am coming to MOTD- my third time. I know there are other campgrounds, but Fontana is too convenient. I am planning to arrive late Thursday night (driving from Indy after work) and depart on Sunday. I'll split the cost of course.

Is anyone willing to share a small corner of their campsite? It's just me and a tent. . .