Atlanta-Marietta RV Resort

We arrived by 1 p.m. at the Atlanta-Marietta RV Resort in Marietta, GA on June 21st.  I NEVER want to drive an RV through Atlanta again!  I don't usually mind driving the rig through the freeways of big cities, but the people of Atlanta are the rudest drivers I've ever seen!  They DO NOT let you in a lane, they cut you off like crazy and when they enter the freeway, instead of merging into the lane like a normal person, they drive on the shoulder so far so that they can get farther ahead by 3 cars.  It was horribly frustrating.  Thank heaven the truckers were kind and would let me enter a lane when I had my signal on.  The freeway system there is crazy - you have to be in the right lane and then in the left as you maneuver 5 different roads to get to a destination.  Not only that, but it's wall-to-wall traffic no matter what time of day you drive there.  Remind me NEVER to move to Atlanta!

OK.  So, we got to Marietta and we got to our "resort" which is really just a campground.  We were assigned site #5 that I would have to back in to.  The roads in the park were so narrow with cars and trucks all over the roads that there was NO WAY I was going to even get part of our rig in there.  Scott walked back to the office while I circled around (and that wasn't easy) and I asked the lady if we could have site #22 because I could have a large area to maneuver around and the backing in would be simple.  She agreed.  It took about 4 turns and three minutes later, I was backed in.  My best time yet!  It was a single pad so there wasn't a lot of error, but because the location of this site is right next to the office and in a huge intersection of the park, I could do this one easily.  We had barely enough room to park the RV and truck...it was a tight fit.  But, I really appreciated how accommodating she was to let me pick my spot.

Nice large area to back in

The RV Resort (Campground) has the following amenities:

• Concrete Pad 
• Full Hookups
• All back in units - NO Pull thrus
• Grass areas
• Dump Station
• Many Shade trees but no in the upper tier from sites 22, 24-32 which was a shame
• Picnic Table
• Pet area that was NOT fenced
• Pool
• Bathrooms
• Laundry
• Mail Room
• Close to National Park, Monuments and State Parks
• Nature Trail
• Small Camp Store
• Propane Access

Things we didn't like was that they started to clean the bathrooms at 8 a.m.  Scott went to take a shower the following morning and couldn't because they weren't cleaned the day before.  That's really weird.  Most bathrooms are cleaned between noon and 2 p.m. after check-out time and before the next wave of people come to an RV park.  They did have nice bathrooms though connected to the laundry and mail room.  We'd never seen a mail room with your own assigned box before so this was a cool feature.  It was probably for full-time residents.

The cost for this campground was $49.99 per night but we paid $42.99 because we had Good Sam.  I think the "resort" is way over priced!  I would pay about $30 per night for the amenities provided and condition of the place.  The weather was still 93 degrees while we were there but it did storm the first night and cooled things off for a short time.  We loved all the trees and park like feeling.  It felt more like camping.  Here are other photos of this place...our rig is on the right of these photos.  There are two sections of the park - the upper tier with a quick in and out and the lower tier that looks like a campground setting down the hill that is slated for monthly residents.

Overall, we'd give this park a 2 - 2.5/5 rating.  While it bathrooms and laundry area was clean and the managers were VERY friendly and accommodating, the resort was starting to feel a little rundown.  I wasn't fond of all the power lines all over and the sites could have been more level.  Roads are cracking.  Internet and Wifi in Marietta was OK.  We used our own, though.  With a lot of trees, your satellite may be iffy.  We were only there one night so it didn't matter to us.  For one or two nights, it wasn't bad a place to be.