Beaver Creek, OK

A little campground that is part of a sand dune recreation area. Located down a two lane road five miles from the little town of Beaver. There is a small dam which created a pond for fishing but no swimming. A boat ramp allows for non-gasoline powered boats, and someone actually came by with a bass-fishing boat. The road is only fifty feet from the camping area, but the park is in a little valley created by the creek so the road noise is very limited. There are only eight campsites with water and electric, all drive-through, for $14 a night. There’s also a cabin for rent for $25, but you still have to bring bedding to use on the cots. A very nice and clean bathhouse close to all the sites. The sand dunes are used by ATV owners, and we heard them riding around later in the afternoon. There is a small walking trail over to the dunes but we didn’t check it out.
We got to talking to the only other camper there, a couple originally from Beaver during the oil boom days of the sixties. The woman kept saying what a good bath house the park had, and I kept thinking, “that’s nice”, but strange to keep mentioning it. Then she said if a storm came up overnight the park rangers would come by to get us so we could hide out from the tornadoes, and I finally understood the importance of a good, sturdy bath house. There was supposed to be a storm coming, but they didn’t know how severe.
About six in the morning the thunder started rumbling and there was some rain. Then we were jolted awake by a thunderclap virtually overhead, and the show was on. The thunderstorm passed in about twenty minutes, but we got to see lots of lightning, and more rain. The thunderstorm passed over quickly, and by ten in the morning we were on our way.