Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Nov 8 2016 - Palo Duro Canyon

Sunrise view - the bikes wait patiently.

After breakfast the first order of the day is to go back up to the entrance station to pay for last night on tonite. The trails are open today and our State Park Pass gives us 50% off a second night. Yippee!

First we hike down a part of the CCC trail. This was the first trail cut in the 1930's before they put the road in.

The view from the top of the trail
someone made a nice road



then we drive back down to begin our bike ride to the "Lighthouse"
On the way we cross the river several times - hard to believe that a river of this size did all this - but it did.


oh and don't forget the turkeys..

Finally to the bike ride - a gentle uphill with some rocky parts and a few stream crossings
When you get to the end of the trail you can scramble up to the base of the Lighthouse if you dare....







Back down to van and we explored a few more trails and looked around the amphitheater area.  Its deserted this time of year but they put on some sort of show in the summer..

Then back to base for supper and another fire.  

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