Palo Duro Canyon State Park

We are making the second stop on our 2011 summer vacation trip in Palo Duro Canyon State Park after spending three days in Wichita Falls visiting my folks.  The location is site 87 in the Mesquite Camping Area.  The weather is hot, but not quite as hot as Wichita Falls.

It appeared to have rained quite a bit Monday afternoon before we arrived as there was a lot of red dirt washed up on the water crossings and some standing water.  There were some clouds and a little thunder Tuesday afternoon, but no more rain.

After taking a partial hike to Lighthouse Peak on Tuesday we just stayed at the campsite and enjoyed the nice view from this part of the canyon.  We packed up and departed for Taos, NM on Wednesday morning.