On the Road - 2015

We are off for a 2 month RVing and biking journey.  We both closed up shop on work at the end of May, packed up the RV.... First stop was Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Known as the "Grand Canyon of Texas" it is just south of Amarillo and is the second largest canyon in the US. We arrived in time to hike from the bottom where our campground was located to the top and back.   Then this morning did a 13 mile tour along the paved loop by bike.  There has been plenty of rain in the southwest this spring and Palo Duro Canyon received it's share.  The road was closed in one section, but we tried to power the bike through the mud.  We didn't get far before the mud gummed up the tires.

After another short hike we headed back to the RV to clean up and get on the road for the long windy drive to eastern Oklahoma and Natural Falls State Park near the Arkansas boarder.

Palo Duro is nice but the comparison to the Grand Canyon may be a Texas exaggeration. What was surprising is several trails are dedicated to mountain biking and closed to horses.  But in general, the park is very accessible to all kinds of recreation.

Long distance "selfie" ... 

Oops... only set the timer for 2 seconds!