22-26 July 2013
Giant City State Park
is one of those old CCC parks with plenty to do for the camper and non-camper.
We parked Tricera-Pod in one of the 85 electrical sites in a secluded area away
from the other four campers in the park. Yup, with 85 sites in this park we
were pretty much alone, over the next five days we would have folks come and
go, but otherwise it was very quiet.
If camping is not
your thing do not worry, Giant City offers a number of cabins near the park
lodge. We have stayed in these cabins in the past and for the price they are
not bad at all. The cabins are near the swimming pool and within walking
distance of the lodge.
If you are looking for a great meal, the lodge is the place
to go. There are several items to chose
from and fried chicken is the specialty of the house. I have tried just about
everything on the menu over the years and there is not a bad choice among
them. A word of warning though, if you
get the fried chicken dinner be prepared to eat as they do put a feed bag on.
There are a few
trails to walk around the park, the best trail is the Nature trail, lots to see
and it is not a strenuous hike at all. Deer, turkey, birds and many other
animals can be seen every day at this park. As we left the lodge one night
after dinner we encountered a skunk almost within arm's reach. He/she could care less we were so close and
would have came right up to us if we did not make enough noise to cause he/she
to move along out of spray range.
The bathrooms/showers
were nice and clean. However the sites are a bit too close to each other and I
suspect if the camp was a bit full with campers one would know what the
neighbors were doing. Sites are so close
that when I was backing into our site I scraped the front end of our truck on a
post. The cost is $20 per day. Each site
is a mix of gravel and paved and a bit uneven, but we managed to get
Tricera-pod evened out enough that we felt comfortable.
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