Friday, May 2, 2008
Amarillo and Palo Duro Canyon (Pics Above)
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.
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.
Friday May 2, 2008 (Up to Date)
Today is Friday, May 2nd. We finally have a good Internet connection so I hope to bring us up to date. After leaving Russellville, Arkansas on Tuesday, we drove through 25 to 30 mile an hour winds with gusts up to 45 mph. We made it to Oklahoma City in spite of the wind. Eastern and Central Oklahoma has the worst roads that I have ever driven on. New Jersey and Pennsylvania highways are excellent compared to I40 through Oklahoma.
We had enough time after arriving in OK City to visit the memorial of the bombing. It is a very sobering museum that follows the events of 4/19/1995. There is a very nice memorial to each person killed on that terrible day. Very moving. There were no pictures allowed in the museum. The pictures in the next post are of the sight where the building stood. The water is where the street was in front of the building. This is where the rented van was parked with the explosives. On one end of the pool you will see 9:01 and on the other 9:03. The bomb exploded at 9:02am. The chairs are in rows representing the people that died on each floor of the building. The smaller chairs represent the children. The second floor is where the nurseries were and where the majority of the children died. Very Sad.
From Oklahoma City we move on to Amarillo Texas.
We had enough time after arriving in OK City to visit the memorial of the bombing. It is a very sobering museum that follows the events of 4/19/1995. There is a very nice memorial to each person killed on that terrible day. Very moving. There were no pictures allowed in the museum. The pictures in the next post are of the sight where the building stood. The water is where the street was in front of the building. This is where the rented van was parked with the explosives. On one end of the pool you will see 9:01 and on the other 9:03. The bomb exploded at 9:02am. The chairs are in rows representing the people that died on each floor of the building. The smaller chairs represent the children. The second floor is where the nurseries were and where the majority of the children died. Very Sad.
From Oklahoma City we move on to Amarillo Texas.
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