The portions of New Mexico and the panhandle of Texas were very dry. Farmers were using irrigation in areas. We set up camp at Amarillo Ranch RV Campground. We toured the Quarter Horse Museum in Amarillo. The central hall had a huge emblem of the Quarter Horse on the wall. Another large room was full of paintings and sculptures which were for sale (very high priced, but great quality). I enjoyed looking at the different techniques the artists used. Another room was full of information about horses in general and Quarter Horses. It had very good hands on learning areas. I spent two hours seeing every aspect of the Quarter Horse, while Allan finished rather quickly and then started inspecting their air conditioning system. He was great to let me spend this time without any interuptions.
Then we drove to Palo Duro Canyon State Park. This was quite scenic. It looked like the Grand Canyon with different colors, but not as deep. We started on top and were able to drive down to the floor of the canyon where they had picnic and camping areas. I closed my eyes as we drove down the winding curves at 10% grade and no guard rails, but I encouraged Allan to keep his eyes open. There were streams we had to cross as there were no bridges. There were gauges to show the depth of the water, so apparently as some time they had flooding. There was a lot of cactus. We saw at least 20 wild turkeys in three groups.
For supper the famous Big Texas Steak House was on the agenda. This famous steak house had stuffed heads of deer, elk, moose, bear, every kind of game animal around lined the balcony and the tables upstairs had cowhide tablecloths. They had three cowboys with their instruments going around the tables serenading. There was an offer of a free steak if you could eat the whole thing. It was 72 oz. Allan declined as he was filled up on 6 oz. We got a free gigantic stawberry shortcake to go. We could have had the services of a cowboy driven limousine with long horn steer
horns on the hood.
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