Leaving Jefferson for Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Valerie’s plan was to get up early and load the photography stuff and toothbrush and head out of town. “NOT”…everyone that knows me knows that I am a procrastinator. That being said, you have it figgered out that we were a little later leaving that Val had hoped for. Stopped for some ice before leaving town and remembered the first thing we had forgotten…back to the house to pick up an electronic cable and we are off.

It was a fairly uneventful trip to Palo Duro Canyon state park, I think the GPS said it would be about an 8 hour drive but it took us about 10. We drove a little slower and did stop for lunch and many times for fuel. Pulling this camper does add to the fuel cost but having our own bed and stuff is well worth the extra expense.

This part of Texas has it’s own beauty that is vastly different from the Piney Woods. Creepy crawly things everywhere, just look down to see a variety of bug’s. Every kind of ant you can think of but I haven’t seen any fire ants yet. Lizards and toads everywhere along the hiking paths, yes, we did go hiking. We decided to take the Paseo Del Rio trail about 1.5 miles in and 1.5 out. When we started out the thermometer at the trail head said 90 but as some say it is dry heat, not as bad as east Texas with 90% humidity well I’m here to tell you it’s like sticking your head in an oven, it’s dry and hot. Back to the trail story. After about half of the way we noticed that our trail was running parallel to the road but we kept trekking along. Still it was a nice walk, fairly level along the river…very little water in the river. Well we finally arrived at the end of the trail, an old water tank and a windmill…but it looked familiar…it was…it was next to our camp site. Aren’t we adventurous.