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May 24, 2009
Palo Duro Canyon
Sorry for the delay, but I have been really busy lately! I've had a lot to do to get ready for my job on Tuesday and also I've lost my camera cord! Luckily I have all of my storm chasing pictures already on my computer, but once these are done I have to find that cord before I can post any more.
Anyway, I left off with us eating chicken at a place called Cane's in Norman, Oklahoma. That night, we all piled back into the van for a long drive to Texas to be ready for the storms predicted for the next day. On the drive we had a "Bohemian Rhapsody" sing-along which, I think, may have completely freaked out our Australian friend Sherry, who had never heard the song before. It was one of the best road trip sing-alongs I think I have ever been a part of.
Anyway, we stopped for the night in the Texas panhandle (it's that little part that sicks up out of Texas, for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about) and stayed in a little town on Route 66 called Shamrock.
The next morning, we got up at dawn to head out to the Palo Duro Canyon for some sightseeing before starting the chase. I took this picture out the hotel window right before heading down for breakfast:
For breakfast, the hotel had a Texas-shaped waffle iron! Of course we all had one:
We got on the road and started driving to the canyon. The roads out there were so empty with nothing but endless fields on either side. It was really unbelievable. You can actually drive for 100 miles without seeing another town.
Out the van window:
Leaning water tower in one of the towns:
Giant cross:
We arrived at the Palo Duro Canyon a couple hours later and drove through it, taking pictures out the windows. It was really beautiful and so different from the geography here in Connecticut:
Footprints in the canyon:
Flood Gauge in one of the deepest parts of the canyon:
Brent and me taking each other's pictures:
A cave in the canyon:
View from the top:
Brent and Me:
Brent, Dave, Sherry, and Matt:
We left the canyon in the early afternoon and immediately headed out on the chase, trying to catch our first tornado.
Pictures coming soon!
-Lauren
Posted by lauren at May 24, 2009 02:29 PM
Comments
Wow! It is So different from CT! Really beautiful but I can't help but wonder - what animal made those footprints? We need a CT shaped waffle maker!
Posted by: M at May 24, 2009 03:01 PM
The pictures are just beautiful. I don't want to live in the town with the leaning water tower. And I want a FL shaped waffle maker...
Posted by: Aunt Susan at May 24, 2009 06:04 PM
I NEED TO LOOK UP WHERE THAT IS . IT SHOULD BE CALLED THE BADLANDS . FARMING NOT POSSIBLE CATTLE NOT THERE WHERE DOES MONEY COME FROM? MINERALS ? G
Posted by: G at May 25, 2009 08:40 AM
So beautiful. I love the red rocks in the canyon.
Posted by: jocelyn at May 26, 2009 01:26 PM
Love all the pictures Lauren! I especially love the one with Brent where your hair is sticking up. The funny thing is I have a picture just like that of my friend Heather & me in Mexico on top of a pyramid where my hair is sticking straight up. Haha
Posted by: Sarah at May 27, 2009 01:48 PM