Garner State Park | A Texas Family Tradition

My neighbor who happens to be a manager out at the Bass Pro Shop in Grapevine was kind enough to pick up a couple of their Anti-Gravity Loungers (at 40% off). Starting August 23rd I’ll be spending 1/2 my time in one of these bad boys, and the other 1/2 in the Frio River.

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Some of us don’t remember times like these as we weren’t alive to witness them; still others remember them very vividly and were we have come. As a nation we’ve come a long way over the past century, but have we truly made progress? You decide.

One of our readers was kind enough to send over some pictures they had of the recent floods out at Garner. I’ve been there when it was pretty bad, but I’ve never witnessed anything like this; however I do think my parents were there when a major flood washed out much of the park a few years back.

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I found some good videos today of Garner visitors swinging from a rope and jumping out of a tree from across from the rock beach. They reminded me of Brian, David and James who could always perform some nice rope acrobatics; then I thought about Kris Salas cursing in fear at the top of the tree for about 30 minutes when he was afraid to jump, that memory is as clear as if it happened yesterday. Have a look; you’ll get a laugh if you were there.