Garner State Park: Thanks for the Memories

Dedicated to Johnny Rodriguez, Corky Parker, Donald "Don" Sweat, and Bob "Bullet" Naegelin. And Charles Gammill, Thomas "Twig" Phillips, and Glen Hardwick.

The Goat

Two weeks before John Rodriguez and friends barbecued their two goats at the roadside park in Concan, another group of about 15 teenagers stole a goat and hung it from a tree at the original Garner entrance on US Highway 83, which was no longer in use. Thus began the domino toppling, which led to an unbelievable chain of events and to the future stardom of one of the goat-rustlers.