Fun fact: The second largest canyon in the United States is in North Texas! Not quite as impressive as that other big canyon in Arizona, but still worth checking out, Palo Duro Canyon is just south of Amarillo, Texas. Yes, made it to Amarillo by the morning, so King George would be pleased with us. We got up early to get to the canyon to take the hike to the Lighthouse that seemed to be the park's trademark hike. Thankfully we got on the trail by around 8:30, because any later and we may have died under the Texas sun. It was hot, and there wasn't much shade, but the trail was pretty easy and not short on scenery. With the sun still barely up, the tarantulas hadn't all gone back to bed for the day, so we saw a few of them casually crossing the trail. Thankfully they weren't runners, and they didn't seem to notice or care about us, so they were entertaining to watch. Otherwise, the trail was 5.6 miles out and back, and took just long enough to run out of water but not die! Check it out:
But at least they had a snow cone stand back at the trail head!
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