Monday, August 17, 2015

Eisenhower State Park and Palo Duro Canyon

After our first trip in 2015, we weren't able to travel again until July.  We have my mother living in Richardson now.  After settling her in, we have taken several trips this year to some very interesting places.  In July we spent about 4 nights at Eisenhower State Park in Dennison, TX.  We experienced nature (saw deer), visited our favorite "on the road" place, Walmart, and saw Eisenhower's birthplace.




After this visit, we went to Palo Duro Canyon State Park in August.  This was one of my favorite places we have visited.  We were amazed that the campsite was down in the floor of the canyon.  The first full day we were there, we took a jeep ride that took us to the canyon.  One of the things we were amazed about, was that parts of the canyon were owned by individual people.  Only a small part is owned by the State of Texas.  We were on the privately owned part as the jeep took us to some unbelievable places.  It is a miracle we came back in one piece!!  The next day we had fun touring the canyon, going to Walmart and then seeing the play, Texas, that is performed in the canyon.  Before the Texas show we were able to experience a Texas barbecue that was put on by the students who were in the show.  We also went to a great museum in Canyon, Texas, located on the campus of West Texas AM, that showed much about Texas history and other things.  We also enjoyed an authentic Tex-Mex meal in downtown Canyon.  We went to Amarillo to see the Cadillac Farm, which was not what we expected.  We saw an RV museum that had some of the earliest RV's made.  We saw an RV that was in the movie RV with Robin Williams, and saw some of the first Winnebagos.  It was a great time and a great experience.