We spent part of our Memorial Day weekend in Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo, Texas. The "Grand Canyon of Texas," as they call, is about four hours West of us, and it is well worth the drive! The red rock formations are gorgeous!
And the mountain biking is spectacular! Matt and I had a great time on the trails. I took one good spill around a tight corner, which was good training for what we had in store for us.
We went on a short ride Saturday evening before preparing our dehydrated kung pao chicken. Then we road for about two and a half hours on Sunday morning. That was the best ride I've ever been on. Matt has done some crazy riding in St. Jo (North of Dallas) though. This trail is much more challenging than our usual course in Wichita Falls and it was exhilarating!
We saw this wild turkey roaming through our campsite early on Sunday morning. Turkeys are usually elusive so we thought this was a treat for us. We walked around carefully taking pictures, trying not to scare it off. We got too close a few times and it startled away. Then it came back again, and again, and again. Apparently we weren't the first campers to befriend the "wild" turkey.
The Indian's Paintbrush is absolutely beautiful this time of year and it fills the low grassy areas of the canyon.
Bee-you-tee-full. That was one spot I wanted to see, but I don't think Ryan could have lasted 4 hours... :)
ReplyDeletethe four hour drive is boring and long. you would expect to find this beautiful place way out there:)
ReplyDeleteI love the flowers. You are one tough chick :)
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