Off on our Prairie/Midwest Dash

First Stop, Amarillo, Texas!

After 6 weeks in New Mexico, it was time to head Northeast, across the Prairie and Midwest, to Pittsburgh by May 3. We made it out of New Mexico on I-40 and half-way across the Texas Panhandle to Amarillo, our longest driving day since we took off in January. In 3 days, The Beast got another 5K Oil Change (80,000 miles, can you believe it?!?), we got 5 loads of laundry done, we finished our taxes, and we rode out another sandstorm in Lizzy. We also had time to visit:

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (#193), with fascinating history, we learned on a Ranger hike to the Flint Quarries
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (#194), very windy afternoon, so no hiking, and barely made it back to Lizzy before the Sandstorm. But it was also a little “under whelming”, anyway.
Palo Duro Canyon State Park which was beautiful (and another CCC developed park)! Have to come back some time, maybe to camp, but definitely to hike. Only had a couple of hours this trip, so just visited the Museum and drove the loop road into the canyon.

Scrap Alibates Flint at one of hundreds of Quarries in Alibates Flint Quarries NM
Lake Meredith from the South End of the dam on the Canadian River
View into Palo Duro Canyon from the Visitor Center
Driving down in Palo Duro Canyon