Texas

Saturday - May 7 -

We made it to Texas. Long windy road just like the prairies. Lots of cattle and horses along the side. We are camped near Palo Duro Canyon State Park. The canyon exposes geological formations more than 250 million years old, revealing colorful stratas of red claystone, gypsum, yellow mudstone, as well as layers of limestone and sandstone. We drove 16 miles along a scenic drive that took us 1000 feet below the rim. We were planning on camping there but it was 39 degrees C at the bottom and so we left and came out of the canyon and are staying at a campground with electricity for our air conditioning and gee it is only 32 degrees here. But it is supposed to go down to 6 degrees tonight. We are definately seeing a lot of different scenery and enjoying it all. Makes us appreciate what we have back home though. As it is so hot here we are moving on to Oklahoma tomorrow. Not that long a drive as we are in the north of Texas. So lomg for now pardner as they say here.