Palo Duro Canyon: Day 4

Sunday was our final day in Palo Duro Canyon. We started the day with horseback riding around the area that we hiked the first day. We were able to see Sad Monkey Mesa and the Catarina Cave system area from a different vantage point, so that was pretty cool. My...

Palo Duro Canyon: Day 3

Saturday morning we woke up and had a leisurely breakfast at camp. In hindsight, we should have had a quick meal and hit the trail early. The plan was to hike the Lighthouse Trail– a nearly 6 mile round trip trail out to a famous rock formation (called a hoodoo)...

Palo Duro Canyon: Day 2

On the second day of our trip, Dad, Valerie and their crew arrived at 7am. I had gotten up early and went for a run (I’m working on being able to run a 5K in November!!) and when I got back to camp, they were there. After getting the rest of camp set up, we...

Palo Duro Canyon: Day 1

Our family set out for Palo Duro Canyon the Thursday before Memorial Day at about 5am. We were hoping to beat the holiday crowd to secure one of the campsites on Dad and Valerie’s list of awesome campsites. They weren’t able to get off work on Thursday, so...