We thought it might be fun to travel cross-country from Albuquerque to Norman, OK. but first we stopped to get some minor repairs made on the RV while in Albuquerque. Then on Monday night we stayed in the Sumner Lake State Park near Fort Sumner, NM. This is where Billy The Kid called home and his real grave is here.
Tuesday we drove cross country into the panhandle of Texas and camped in Caprock Canyons State Park. The drive was hard due to a southern cross wind and two lane roads plus the scenery was all prairie, fields of new wheat and more stock yards than I ever want to smell!
It dawned on me today that the theme of this winter trip has been canyons — Anza-Borego canyons in CA, Zion & Bryce Canyons in UT and now Texas. This area is considered a transitional eco-zone as we are transitioning from high, flat plains to the rolling hills of Texas and this area is full of red-rock canyons, bison, prairie dogs and scrub brush.
We were pretty lazy today and didn’t go on our hike until late afternoon then we walked a little over 3 miles in the bottom of Prong Canyon. These are certainly not as magnificent as Bryce’s red rock walls, but they are impressive non the less.
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