Friday, October 28, 2011

Palo Duro State Park, TX


Our site at Mesquite
Campground

Sunrise from our rock next to the site
Autumn comes to the canyon
Our two rigs
A CCC cabin used as a rental cabin in the park
Unexpected snow on 10/27/11
We have spent the last week in and around the state park on the Texas panhandle.  It is a beautiful canyon where history was made over 100 years ago.  Today we visited a museum, PPHM, that visualized the history of the area.  We also have spent 5 days with long time friends who make their home on wheels.  Thursday we experienced a wet snow storm on the last day in the canyon.  Note above the entrance station to the state park as we exited.  Our friends have a 5th wheel which was next of our rig.  What a beautiful place with sunsets and sunrises. McKenzie stole over 1,000 horses and winter stores of the Camanches making the last of the holdouts surrender and go to a reservation.  The first huge ranch in the area was established in the canyon by Charles Goodnight.  Lots of history here.

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