We took a quick overnight trip to one of my favorite places in the Texas Panhandle - Caprock Canyons State Park near Quitaque, TX. It's a beautiful place, right on the edge of the Caprock and full of Canyons - as you might have guessed from the name!
One of my favorite parts is the fact that it is the home of one of the Texas State Bison Herds. The American Buffalo is one of my all time favorite animals and you can see them in the "wild" here at Caprock Canyons. They have recently added an interpretive center with a full-body mount of a buffalo and Avery was very impressed.
We decided to camp at the Little Red sites. They were atop the South Prong of the Little Red River. They were nice, secluded spots with a shelter and picnic table. Avery had the time of her life - as can be seen here "helping" to set up the tent. We actually picked a horrible evening to camp. Friday night the wind blew and blew hard as a Norther' crashed in. Every time you'd nod off, the tent would be whacked with a huge gust and feel like it was going to go sailing off into the nearby river. We had fun, anyway.
Whoa. The green wrinkly man popped in from the darkness...
One of the best parts was cooking out. There is a burn ban in effect, so we couldn't have the traditional campfire, but it was fun trying to come up with supper (Frito Pie) and breakfast (biscuits, sausage and eggs) over a gas burner in the WIND.
Saturday morning was actually gorgeous and we took about a 3 mile hike into the canyon. We traveled along the Canyon Loop Trail because it is wide and relatively easy - very important when you are pushing a 4 year old in a buggy. I was glad I went to the trouble to fix the 3 flats on her buggy - it made the hike really fun for her and I didn't have to carry her on my back the whole way!
We would love to explore some other parks in the area and would always love to have camping guests along! If you are interested, let us know and let's plan some quick weekend trips over the summer. There are lots of places within about a 2 hour drive so its easy to go after work on Friday and be back for church on Sunday - or stay all weekend!
3 comments:
This is one of your Uncle Bobby's favorite spots in the Panhandle. Sometime we will have to get together and hike at the Canyons. The church met here for their "family day" this year. I think even Jake had fun. :)
You can guess how many weekends of camping you need to reserve for me :) Let me know when you're planning to hike from the parking lot to the Holiday Inn room......
Looks like some good memories were made!
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