Palo Duro Canyon is the Grand Canyon of Texas. It's also where Charles Goodnight started a huge ranch that continues to this day. Charles Goodnight's life helped inspire Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove.Palo Duro Canyon State Park is the setting for an over the top Texas spectacle called "Texas".
"Texas" is sort of an outdoor musical drama telling the story of the settling of the Panhandle.
Palo Duro Canyon is near Amarillo.
That part of Palo Duro that you see sticking up in the photo is called The Lighthouse. You can hike or bike to The Lighthouse. It takes about 4 hours to hike roundtrip. Much faster to bike.
Palo Duro Canyon has great mountain biking. Several years ago I talked Gar the Texan into learning how to mountain bike. This had mixed results. And a lot of bad wrecks. Gar the Texan's parental units live near Palo Duro Canyon, I believe in a town called Canyon.
Below watch video of me and Gar the Texan mountain biking to The Lighthouse in Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
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That wasn't me. Had that been me, strategically placed limbs would have begun to disassociate themselves with my person midway through. I think this is why Durango doesn't take me biking anymore.
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