In 2003 there was a fellow who let you either tent in his back yard or rent a room in the house. If you tented he would give you access to the back door of the house for use of the toilet and shower. Don't remember the fellows name at the moment but the house itself was on the other side of the canal. From the ATC Regional office you walked over the bridge and took a left at the first street. The house was a block or two down on the left.
Only there for the one night so that worked out perfect for me. I chose to save the money and tent in his back yard. Then a group of us walked over for pizza. Later that evening we heard about an outdoor Blue Grass Festival at the local college east of town. A local with a pick-up offered to drive us out and back. We grabbed a couple six packs, spread out our matresses and enjoyed the show.
All things considered, Boiling Springs was a positive experience for me.
'Slogger