Lakeview RV Resort — Hotel in Bluff City

The good: it's open through the winter when most campgrounds are closed. I'm self-contained and so didn't need the facilities other than occasional use of the office for package pickup. As a travel nurse, I needed an open site so I could work a contract through the winter. Easy commute to Johnson City Medical Center. A grocery and pharmacy aren't too far up the road. They sell propane on site, but only during office hours. Can accommodate big rigs on some sites. Close to Bristol Speedway.

The bad: short office hours, power problems and unresponsive management. The office hours through the winter were extremely short. I could never get my packages on a work day and had to wait until non-work days to go. I often work 4 in a row. There was a threat to send packages back rather than have them sit in the office. This is an older RV park that is slowly doing upgrades like putting concrete patio areas in the RV sites. The patios make it a pretty significant squeeze for big rigs to get into spaces. Upgrades are coming with increased prices.

I started having power problems a couple of weeks ago. My RV has a built-in hard-wired surge protector. If Line 1 or 2 on 50amp service spike over 130, my rig shuts down. I got occasional electric blinks, which were brushed off. Over April fools weekend, I lost power due to Line 2 being consistently 130, running closer to 138. I called the office to have my pedestal looked at while I plugged in to a neighboring pedestal to try to get power and to keep my dogs safe when temps went over 80F. I also called an RV tech. The RV tech stated the park had known pedestal problems and that he wasn't allowed to work there because management disagreed, and that they'd taken his cards out of the office. I had my hard-wired surge protector replaced to preclude that as a problem and had the RV generally checked. Unfortunately, it cannot be bypassed. No issues with my rig. The RV park changed the fuses in the pedestal. After that, I got unreliable power, blinking off and on daily due to more Line 2 spikes on 50amp service. I offered to change sites. This Friday, I again lost power for the whole day while at work. I called the office from the hospital and could not get anyone to answer. I was unable to leave a message as it said voicemail wasn't set up. I was able to get a wonderful neighbor in the park to go to management for me. No power all day. Thankfully, it was in the 60s all day, and my dogs were fine. Never did hear from the park or management despite my neighbor's intervention and my unanswered calls.

By the time I arrived back from work, I still had no power. It was going to go in to the 30s during the night, so I packed up and made the decision to leave. I went back the following morning to pick up my final package from the office and settle my bill. I did not receive any explanations or apologies or any customer service from Kiser. I was just told my bill had been closed out. Kiser wouldn't even look me in the face/eyes. The manager, Kiser, had every opportunity to talk to me, apologize, and attempt to make things right. It was abundantly clear he didn't care.

After further discussion with an RV tech, he mentioned that the 50 amp breaker on the pedestal needed to be changed out. I'm not an expert on these things, but the park should consider upgrading their pedestals instead of pouring concrete.

My rig works fine at the KOA in Jonesborough and powered right up.

Just be aware you may have issues here if your rig has hard set parameters and that the current management likely...

The good: it's open through the winter when most campgrounds are closed. I'm self-contained and so didn't need the facilities other than occasional use of the office for package pickup. As a travel nurse, I needed an open site so I could work a contract through the winter. Easy commute to Johnson City Medical Center. A grocery and pharmacy aren't too far up the road. They sell propane on site, but only during office hours. Can accommodate big rigs on some sites. Close to Bristol Speedway.||The bad: short office hours, power problems and unresponsive management. The office hours through the winter were extremely short. I could never get my packages on a work day and had to wait until non-work days to go. I often work 4 in a row. There was a threat to send packages back rather than have them sit in the office. This is an older RV park that is slowly doing upgrades like putting concrete patio areas in the RV sites. The patios make it a pretty significant squeeze for big rigs to get into spaces. Upgrades are coming with increased prices.||I started having power problems a couple of weeks ago. My RV has a built-in hard-wired surge protector. If Line 1 or 2 on 50amp service spike over 130, my rig shuts down. I got occasional electric blinks, which were brushed off. Over April fools weekend, I lost power due to Line 2 being consistently 130, running closer to 138. I called the office to have my pedestal looked at while I plugged in to a neighboring pedestal to try to get power and to keep my dogs safe when temps went over 80F. I also called an RV tech. The RV tech stated the park had known pedestal problems and that he wasn't allowed to work there because management disagreed, and that they'd taken his cards out of the office. I had my hard-wired surge protector replaced to preclude that as a problem and had the RV generally checked. Unfortunately, it cannot be bypassed. No issues with my rig. The RV park changed the fuses in the pedestal. After that, I got unreliable power, blinking off and on daily due to more Line 2 spikes on 50amp service. I offered to change sites. This Friday, I again lost power for the whole day while at work. I called the office from the hospital and could not get anyone to answer. I was unable to leave a message as it said voicemail wasn't set up. I was able to get a wonderful neighbor in the park to go to management for me. No power all day. Thankfully, it was in the 60s all day, and my dogs were fine. Never did hear from the park or management despite my neighbor's intervention and my unanswered calls.||By the time I arrived back from work, I still had no power. It was going to go in to the 30s during the night, so I packed up and made the decision to leave. I went back the following morning to pick up my final package from the office and settle my bill. I did not receive any explanations or apologies or any customer service. I was just told my bill had been closed out. Kaiser wouldn't even look me in the face/eyes.||After further discussion with an RV tech, he mentioned that the 50 amp breaker on the pedestal needed to be changed out. I'm not an expert on these things, but the park should consider upgrading their pedestals instead of pouring concrete.||My rig works fine at the KOA in Jonesborough and powered right up.||Just be aware you may have issues here if your rig has hard set parameters and that the current management likely...

Stayed for one night during a non-race week at the beginning of the COVIDS Summer. Pretty full, many seasonal, lots of community fun going on, maybe 3-4 empty back in lots. Our A/C stopped working in the trailer, so as a self-defined A/C diva, I elected to prepare the back of my Jeep Grand Cherokee for beddown, and went to sleep knowing I was likely baking the rules with the engine idling all night to keep cool.

Now before ya get all Katty-Woompus on me, hear me out. First, there was a steady 5-6 mph breeze from the south west forecasted for that night, which meant two things. First, it was going to remain nasty Southeastern US hot and muggy, and second, my Jeep exhaust would not have the opportunity to become stagnant, and thus would pose no hypoxic risks to me or adjacent campers. It also meant the prevailing winds carried my totally eco- unfriendly fumes away from and out of the camp ground in short order.

Yes, I am now 1/455,559,993,333,888,333 of a percentage point more responsible for the effects of going warning, and I'm sorry. However, as a New England born and raised kid with orange hair, I become uncomfortable and start sweating at temperatures above 70° F and/or 55% humidity. Based on the 80° F low that evening and the accompanying 89% humidity levels, there would have been no sleep. If I allowed that to happen, I calculated that there would have been a 23.53% greater probability over the normal Probabilities that as a direct cause of my cognitive fatigue, I would have caused at least 1½ buses full of baby orphans and kittens to run off the road at some point along the trip home the following morning.

The park gets 5 stars because no one knocked on my window to complain, this putting the aforementioned disaster into motion. I think we should all be...