Garner State Park was exactly what we expected it to be, another perfect location for Little Al and a hikers paradise. Just like a lot of the parks we have visited, the CCC developed this park and made it the perfect place that it is. It is actually split into two parts, the old section developed by the CCC and the new area developed by the new kids on the block. Old Marco and Joanie prefer the older version, no surprise here.
On our second night there, Wednesday night, there was a knock on the door and Ranger Jose let us know “there is a bad storm a brewing, feel free to get in the bathroom showers if you see any funnel clouds”.
Joanie, “Did he say funnel cloud?”
Marc, “Yes he did, but are we gonna be tough campers or are we gonna run at the first sign of a little rain?”
Long story short, we hooked up Little Al in record time and headed west to “the land of the mall” running full speed ahead of the bad weather. Just an hour behind us the storm tore up the park and every city along Highway 90 with high winds and hail…I am so glad I had the intuition to leave.
Hello Garner.
I love you Mr Tree.
BIG tree.
On the River.
CCC built, it’s not going anywhere soon.
Pretty clouds, but treacherous little suckers.
Look behind me and tell me that…
Hiding from the hail in the land of the malls…Northstar Mall.
McGaffs On The Fly 
Marc, I’ve really enjoyed the trip and I am glad you invited me along.
Garner is a nice park. There are thousands of people in the park in the summer and it takes on a carnival atmosphere. That’s not our cup of tea anymore, so we go in the fall when it has cooled off and we have the park to ourselves.
I tell you what, you made the right decision to take off ahead of the storm. But where to go, I would have never thought of the mall.
Jerome Davidson jeromedavidson@sbcglobal.net
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I think a lot of people may have cancelled going to the park because of the storm, every single spot was reserved but not many people there. I could see from the spots on top of each other it could become a zoo. Our spot under the garage at the mall was just by chance, we were scrambling to find a spot when we drove by it…now we know.
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