We awoke in the flat bottom of gorgeous Palo Duro Canyon State Park. The wind blew hard last night but it pretty much quit by this morning, leaving us gorgeous clear skies for today’s sunrise. Our $24 a night premium spot (what the hell – a regular RV spot in the normal mortal persons / peon campground is $22) has absolutely stunning views of the spectacular canyon walls all around us. It also has water and electrical but we only used the electrical since we knew it was going to freeze last night. It did.
We burned most of our fuel yesterday driving into the jet stream so our first item on the agenda was refueling Charlotte. It took quite a while for us to get out of the park because we kept pulling over to look at the magnificent canyon scenery. Quite a bit later, we exited the park and drove about 20 miles to gas up our truck in Canyon. We figured we might as well stock up on liquor, too, so we drove another 10 miles to a good liquor store. We then turned back toward Palo Duro Canyon for some lazy exploring.
We stopped by the visitor center and went in for some education. There is a gift store there but little education. We also drove to something called the Mack Dick Pavilion which is a very nice but completely empty structure. However, the gorgeous views from the canyon rim and the canyon bottom are what really make this place. Colors similar to the Painted Desert over in Arizona can be spotted here. The rock formations in the park are massive and impressive. Palo Duro Canyon is spectacular.
There are some pix of this place. Click here