Here are some photos taken while on the trip. It has just been great.
We took a few back roads in Texas when we were headed to Palo Duro Canyon and ended up making a wrong turn. It only put us 10 minutes out of the way before I realized what had happened but in the process had passed this scene. When I passed it originally I regretted not stopping to snap a photo. Lucky for me, we had to drive back past it in order to get back on track.
Here is Palo Duro Canyon in North Texas near Amarillo. The first night we arrived pretty late so had to camp in the 'late night arrival' area which wasn't so impressive. The next day was beautiful and all clear skies so it was really nice to explore the canyon and then spend one more night there down near the river.
Here was our camp site for the evening. The truck has worked out great for sleeping and everything fits perfectly up top. We ended up accidentally taking another persons site but he was real nice about it and actually invited us to visit him in South Africa some time on his MASSIVE ranch. He even said we could go there without him and stay as long as we'd like!
Beautiful Texas skies. I had never really heard of Palo Duro Canyon before this trip. It was beautiful; would definitely recommend making it a stop if you're ever near Amarillo.
Iconic Texas.
Cadillac Ranch. It was so windy when we arrived! It was fun though seeing so many years of spray paint coated all over those cars.
In order to break up the drive between Palo Duro Canyon and Albuquerque we made a stop at a fish hatchery. This is one of the places where the state parks in New Mexico receive their trout for their lakes.
Thursday evening we went to Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs near Santa Fe and then camped at Abiquiu Dam. The hot springs were great. I couldn't have felt more relaxed after, and the great thing about the Abiquiu camping site is that it was all free because they had closed for the season. The gates were still open, there was just no running water or electricity. Since we got there after dark it was pretty wonderful waking up to this view in the morning.
Here we had just passed into Colorado and was seeing snow for the first time on our trip.
Once in Colorado we headed to Durango where Nick has an old friend, Jim. We have been here for a few days enjoying the mountains. This shot was while we were hiking yesterday. It was a bit chilly but really not back at all!
Also taken while hiking.
This was taken today. Lets just say it snowed a bit last night! This is Lillie, Jim's sweet dog. She is so playful in the snow! She doesn't seem to get cold at all.
As you can see, the snow is almost up to my knees. This isn't even the deepest of it! As most of you know, I've never really seen much snow, just the tad that falls in Texas, so this is great! It's amazing how when there's snow to be impressed by, the air doesn't seem so cold.
