Storms, Alva OK

Saturday October 7 – Storms, Alva OK

Friday morning we had every intent to stay in Lyons at least another night or two. However the weather changed that. We knew there were storms predicted for the evening so we were keeping an eye on the weather. Sure enough about 4 o'clock or so they started firing up to the north and west of us. I was watching one cell in particular that was headed in our direction. There was a severe storm warning associated with this storm with baseball size hail and 70 mph winds. I looked like it was going to come pretty close to us so since our house is on wheels we decided to move. It looked like the storms would not be as severe further south so we packed up and headed out. We ended up in Alva and stayed in a Walmart parking lot. The storms caught up with us around 11:00. Lots of wind and rain but no hail. I don't know if we were lucky or good but was glad we dodged the really bad weather.

Saturday we picked out a few potential campsites to check out. We bypassed a county park in Laverne OK and a wayside park near Miami TX. We ended up at Lake McClellan Campground in the McClellan Creek National Grassland in Texas. Being Saturday the campground was pretty full but we found a non-electric site overlooking the lake.

Temps: Friday it was very warm and humid, high in the mid 80's. Saturday morning we woke up to 57 degrees. By noon it had warmed up to 76 degrees and a lot less humid than yesterday. A really nice day.

Where we are parked: Lake McClellan Campground in the McClellan Creek National Grassland near Groom Texas – Site 6. 60 sites, some with electric and some with electric and water. There is a dump station. There are ATV trails that leave from the western portion of the campground. We parked on the eastern end. Ten dollars for non-electric, fifteen dollars for electric.

Rain and wind in the Walmart Parking Lot

Puppies!

Lake McClellen Campground

Lake McClellen Campground

Nice view

Honey Bee