We arrived in Amarillo with sunshine on our shoulders! We thought this would be a nice stop and a place to get warm. We stayed at the Elks Lodge and had 30 amp hook-up with water at the site.
The site isn’t much. Just a back lot against the fence around the swimming pool and volleyball court. This must be a busy place in the summer. It is pretty deserted now.
Below is the “Porta Party” that was parked by the RV sites.
Quite a party trailer! Only in Texas.
The next day we woke up to clouds and rain showers, so did our grocery shopping and hunkered down in the RV to wait for nicer weather. Guess that was not to be, because on Friday night it turned really cold, froze our water hose a little bit and it was just plain miserable looking outside. We looked at each other and said—Don’t think we want to go sight seeing in this kind of weather. Good thing we didn’t, because right after we had lunch we looked out the window and below is what we saw.
THAT IS SNOW! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? Brrrrrrrrrrr. Turn up the heat, and put on more clothes!
Well, the weather forecast says sunshine tomorrow and warmer, up to the 60’s. So we stayed another night!
The morning dawned sunny—not real warm, but at least the sky was clear, so off we went to the Palo Duro Canyon. While we are this close we have to check out the “grand canyon” of Texas.
Our first glimpse of the Canyon. Can you see the hoo-doo on the left side of the picture?
The colors of the rocks and walls are really pretty.
The nice thing about this canyon is that you can drive through it. There are lots of camping areas and places to picnic. There weren’t too many campers now. Too cold.
Because of the rain and “snow” the past few days we did have to ford a number of places that were subject to flooding as you can see below.
We even saw some wild life on the side of the road. Can you make her out? She walked off into the brush right after we took this picture.
The colors of the trees and leaves against the background of the canyon were amazing. We were really glad we spent the extra couple of days in Amarillo waiting for some sunshine.
Looks warm and inviting. But looks are deceiving. We were still in our sweatshirts and jackets. I even had my ear muffs on for a while. The air was very crisp and clear. We enjoyed our ride in the canyon.
On our way back to the coach we stopped and took a picture of the Texas longhorn, one of two kept in the park. One is named Biscuit and the other is Gravy. I’m not sure who is who.
The span between the tips of their horns can be up to 6’ wide.
We left the canyon and headed back to Amarillo. About 26 miles away. It was past lunch time so we started looking for a place to stop and low and behold we found a “Whataburger!” Can’t make it through Texas without a good ole burger. Now I feel like I am in Texas. One thing about their burgers, you don’t go away hungry. Dinner will be soup.
While we are out and about, we decided we would go check out the Cadillac Ranch. There are vintage cars buried half way in the ground in a row, pointing upward. People have painted names, and other stuff on them. They are out in the middle of a big field, and you can just open a gate and walk right out to them.
The wind was blowing a little and it was very cold in this field, so we high tailed it out of there after taking the pictures. Most of them I couldn’t recognize what year they were. They are completely stripped down and have so much paint on them they are almost unrecognizable as Cadillac's.
We’ve seen enough of the area and tomorrow we take off to Clovis, NM. We will visit niece Sarah and her family. It will be Halloween.
Happy birthday to Katherine McDonnell and Alex Martin, 10-31.
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