Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Camping In Fayetteville NC: Art's RV Sites

Nick and I aren't particularly fancy people.  We like good food and being comfortable and that keeps us pretty happy.  In the RV being comfortable for us means being warm, and besides heading south, staying warm means being plugged into shore power.  Which is exactly what we did at Art's RV Sites and it was perfect for us.  The sites were surrounding Art's house and dispersed throughout his yard.    We had a full hook up (water, electric and sewer) for $12.50 a day with our Passport America membership.  You can't beat that with a stick.  We were comfortable, it was convenient and we didn't have, nor did we need any of the bells and whistles of other RV campgrounds or "resorts" like the pool, which isn't open this time of year anyway.  Art was a classic southern guy who loved classic American cars.  He drove his 1940 Ford around everyday while enjoying a good smoke.  You could tell he was a collector of sorts by the El Camino in the yard and the 1920 something restored vehicle in the garage.  There didn't seem to be too much going on in this town but everyone was pretty damn friendly.
We stayed a few days and enjoyed the decent weather and the affordable full hookup campsite.  We would pay for a day thinking that we were leaving the next day, but then the next day we found ourselves staying another night.  We knew we wouldn't find another campground as inexpensive,  comfortable and welcoming as Art's.
 It was pretty quiet, except for the distant rumblings of what we assumed were cannon's firing from Fort Bragg.  We weren't hassled when we had an unexpected visitor.  Our friend and fellow musician Jay D Clark, who introduced Nick and I 7 1/2 years ago,  came to visit us from his last road tour The Exam Jam. That was pretty cool meeting up on the road in a different town away from home. He spent the night and slept in our rig on the kitchen table that doubles as a bed. We woke up the next made some breakfast, Jay D grabbed a shower and off he went on his was back to Philly before his next show in Connecticut. It was cool being able to provide a warm meal and a hot shower to a fellow friend/musician travelling around.
  All in all Fayetteville was a nice stop along the way there seems to be more to this little town than meets the eye.  We will definitely be visiting Art anytime we pass though.

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