This was our most peculiar campground stay to date - not bad peculiar, just peculiar. We arrived late-afternoon of our check-in date and the office was closed - no big deal as we'd already received our confirmation, site #, and a map via text. To our surprise though, there was not a single other camper on site - and it's a pretty large campground on the outskirts of the most visited National Park in the country! The combination of the closed office and the rather closed looking nature of the campground itself made us wonder if perhaps the online system was automated but the campground had already closed for the season. We called the office, waited on hold for about 5 minutes, and started searching for a new place to stay for the night. Fortunately, we received a call back (based just on caller ID, so kudos to the owner or staff for that!). They assured us the campground WAS in fact open - we were just the only people booked for the night - apparently a quiet time in the Great Smoky Mountains! Though it was a little eery to set up in what felt a little like an abandoned campground, we boondock enough to have decided "why not?!" We also asked if we could just have our pick of the sites and they generously said sure. Once leveled and set we hooked up - only to find the water wasn't flowing (we'd reserved - and paid for - a full hookup site). When we contacted the staff via text we were told the grounds had been winterized and water was off - something we hadn't been notified of when we booked. Nonetheless, a little investigation showed that water seemed to be on for some sites and off for others. We notified them of that and, while perplexed, said we were welcome to take a site where the water was working. We wound up in the site we booked in the first place and had an incredibly quiet (and dark - as in not a light to be found!) night. We'd almost certainly stay again in the future - peculiar experience notwithstanding!