On Wednesday 4/30 we drove from Oklahoma City to Amarillo, Texas. Amarillo is an elevation of about 3700 feet above sea level. Going west you go up very gradually and Amarillo is on a giant plateau. Just south of Amarillo there is a large canyon, billed by the local Chamber of Commerce as the second largest canyon in the country. The canyon drops about 850 feet off the plateau and is in direct contrast to the dry flat plains of the Texas panhandle. We spend the afternoon exploring the canyon at Palo Duro Canyon State Park. They have excellent campgrounds at this park. We were sorry we didn't know about the campsites. We definitely would have stayed there. Big rig sites, electric and water at the sites with various dump stations. Really nice.
We left Amarillo this morning and arrived in Santa Fe, NM this afternoon. We will be here for three to four days exploring the area. This is one of the top ten retirement destinations in the US so we want to look around. We are having great weather except for the wind. It is still blowing at a steady clip.
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