Monday was a planned stop. We had read about Palo Duro and looked forward to visiting. Billing itself as the second largest canyon in the US is a bit like comparing a grape and a watermelon. But the comparison doesn’t diminish the beauty (or taste) of either.
The campgrounds in this state park are at the bottom of the canyon, about 600 feet below the rim. We chose Sagebrush because we were told that it had more foliage. That was minimal but it was there and we had a small but nice view of the red canyon wall.
The canyon is 120- miles long and up to eight hundred feet deep. The views from the fourteen miles of road are primarily from below instead of above. There are many trails, most rather steep.
The buildings in the park are CCC projects from the 1930s. Most of the labor building the steep, winding road into the park was done by hand. The park opened in 1934.
These longhorn cattle greet visitors entering the park.
Turkeys and roadrunners share our campsite. At the wildlife viewing area, we watched Northern Cardinals, finches and other lovely birds we don’t know the names of.
Our second day was very windy and few people left the campground, including us.
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