Did We Ever Underestimate Amarillo Texas!

But first we should mention food on our last day in Memphis. We had a few hours to wait 'til the food tour we'd signed up for begin. So we stopped for "famous fried apple pie".

Our guide for the food tour was wonderfully entertaining, but it turned out to actually be a "junk food tour" . Except for this desert sampler, which was really good, we had nacho's with velveta cheese, cooked greens, a deep fried burger.....

AMARILLO !

We planned to stop in Amarillo for a day, just for a break. Turns out the food is amazingly good, and it has Palo Duro Canyon State Park, which they say is second only to Grand Canyon in size (but not depth). We did a hike to "Light House Rock". The hike was a mostly gentle 6 mile hike on a beautiful Texas spring day.

Wild flowers are very different here! Look out for those cacti on the edge of the trail.

Lighthouse  is the most popular hike in the park and it really does resemble a light house don't you think?

Now, the hike was gentle until the very end where it got really steep for a short distance. We hiked up as far as the platform but the climb to the top was a bit beyond Joy's comfort level.

View from the platform, you can see the green floor of the canyon behind Gary.

Ok, This group are indeed rappelling down the ledge!

Now, about the steep part going down. The photo does not really show how steep it is but you can see that every thing is covered with loose gravel.
Some of us folks are apt to butt slide when it is really steep and slippery but Joy had on new jeans with back pocket Bling! The dilemma!
New invention- the sideways hip slide- patten pending. Bling remains intact!!

We finished the day with a visit to an RV history museum- small but interesting and then a big fat Texas steak with live cowboy music. 

Off to Thaedra''s.