Overland Expo East 2022

I tried to set up a rally from the Sheetz in Warrenton, VA on Friday morning. I believe that there are a few takers from other sites as well
 
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I would check with the organizers, but when I went on Thursday last year they wouldn’t let you in to the camp area after 5pm, but would let you camp on the hill outside the expo area. I ended up going down the road to get a hotel room as my set up is a ground tent and I didn’t feel like sleeping on the hillside.
 
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EisenWill said:
I would check with the organizers, but when I went on Thursday last year they wouldn’t let you in to the camp area after 5pm, but would let you camp on the hill outside the expo area. I ended up going down the road to get a hotel room as my set up is a ground tent and I didn’t feel like sleeping on the hillside.
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I emailed them. They are allowing people to come in at 0800 on Thursday the 6th
 
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DirtyPawz said:
EisenWill said:
I would check with the organizers, but when I went on Thursday last year they wouldn’t let you in to the camp area after 5pm, but would let you camp on the hill outside the expo area. I ended up going down the road to get a hotel room as my set up is a ground tent and I didn’t feel like sleeping on the hillside.
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I emailed them. They are allowing people to come in at 0800 on Thursday the 6th
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What I’m saying is that if you arrived after 5pm, I believe it was, that they would not let you into the Expo grounds until Friday morning. I wasn’t able to leave until late afternoon on Thursday and was not allowed in until Friday morning. They were allowing people to queue up at the check in point and camp on the hillside until they opened up for check in Friday morning. I was a little put out by that because I didn’t see that announced anywhere and would have waited until Friday if I’d known.
 
EisenWill said:
What I’m saying is that if you arrived after 5pm, I believe it was, that they would not let you into the Expo grounds until Friday morning. I wasn’t able to leave until late afternoon on Thursday and was not allowed in until Friday morning. They were allowing people to queue up at the check in point and camp on the hillside until they opened up for check in Friday morning. I was a little put out by that because I didn’t see that announced anywhere and would have waited until Friday if I’d known.
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This happened to me in 2019, I had to sleep in my passenger seat because there wasn't a flat space to set up a tent on that hillside. I am volunteering this year so I emailed the volunteer coordinator to make sure I would be allowed to set up a real camp Thursday night.
 
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DirtyPawz said:
Anyone want to caravan there from the DC area on Thursday Oct 6th? I checked with the Expo and you can get in to set up Camp the day before (Thursday)

I meeting up with a Navy buddy to get our spot around noon on the 6th
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What time you leaving out of DC area?
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Noon. We can meet up in Warrenton at the Sheetz
 
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Stevwhit said:
DirtyPawz said:
I emailed them. They are allowing people to come in at 0800 on Thursday the 6th
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Do they have a cut off time on Thursday arrivals? I'll be leaving out of NJ early in the morning, would hate to travel all that way to not get into the camp until Friday morning
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They didn’t say there was a cutoff on time of arrival
 
I just contacted one of the event organizers. They said that camping check in is until 6pm on Thursday, and if you show up after that you might not get checked in that night. She said that there will be a place to camp for late arrivals though, but from past experience don't plan on it being a flat camping area.
 
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mamalone200 said:
I just contacted one of the event organizers. They said that camping check in is until 6pm on Thursday, and if you show up after that you might not get checked in that night. She said that there will be a place to camp for late arrivals though, but from past experience don't plan on it being a flat camping area.
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Thanks for clarifying that!
 
mamalone200 said:
I just contacted one of the event organizers. They said that camping check in is until 6pm on Thursday, and if you show up after that you might not get checked in that night. She said that there will be a place to camp for late arrivals though, but from past experience don't plan on it being a flat camping area.
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Thanks for the info and making the call. Guess I won’t dittle dattle along the way and take the quickest route!!
 
For anyone who is going to show up late Thursday, if it is like previous years, we will all be able to check in and then drive to the camping area together Friday morning, where we should be able to set up next to one another. They don't let you keep spots open for friends who are coming later, so this might be a good chance for any Overland Bound members who want to camp next to each other to come in together. I'm coming by myself, I would rather be with some Overland Bound people than some strangers who may or may not have screaming children or an aggressive dog (both happened last year). If anyone wants to link up let me know.
 
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