Day Three (Continued)

As we approached Amarillo TX, we saw a storm brewing in the distance. We turned on the radio and there was a"Sever Storm" warning. We could have been headed right for the storm, because we did not know what county we were in. The storm ended up on both sides of us and we went right through the middle.

We ended up stopping in Amarillo to get gas before we went to the campground. The sun was shinning when everyone got out of the car and out of know where we were blasted with a torrential downpour. I had just started to pump the gas and I thought I could retreat under the gas station canape boy was I wrong. The rain was blowing sideways and I got soaked. The girls had just started to the bathrooms when it hit. They retreated under the canape, that didn't help so they headed for the door. Ashley's shoe flew off on the way and Colleen had to run back for it. A couple of minutes later it was over. We have never got so wet in such a short amount of time.


We did not want to go through the same trouble of finding the campground, so we left Missouri at 6:30 A.M. We ended up at Palo Duro Canyon at 6:30 P.M. with plenty of daylight. It was hard to screw this one up. There is only one road in and one place to go once you got there.







Here is a picture right ourside the campground check in.

The final leg of the trip was the decent into the canyon. There were several 10% grades and a lot of sharp turns, but it was worth it.







Palo Duro (Indian for hard wood) Canyon is the second largets canyon in the U.S. and the campgrounds are right in the middle of it. Here is a picture of our campsite.









Here is the view from the other side of our campsite.

In the next post I will tell you about horse back riding in 114 degree heat.