November 17

Here are a few more pictures from our Oklahoma City weekend.

We had a really fun dinner Sunday evening. Sonnya took us and her good friends, Cheryl and Frank, to their local Mexican restaurant. Sonnya and her kids go to this restaurant often so we were treated like VIPs— special sauce for our chips, large margaritas, sopapillas for dessert, and mango tequila shooters on the way out.

Jasper checking out Sonnya’s 3 week old grandson.

This morning we left Oklahoma City and drove I 40 through the Texas panhandle to Palo Duro Canyon State Park south of Amarillo.

There was nothing real special about the drive. Thankfully, we had downloaded a CJ Box book, and listen to that.

Palo Duro Canyon is beautiful. Many of the park structures were built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It is like camping at the bottom of a smaller Grand Canyon. Look at how pretty it is. We took a hike before dinner.

A large cave in the canyon wall
Inside the cave
View from the cave across the canyon floor

We had stopped at the visitor center on our way in and learned that Isabel Robinson came to the West Texas State Teachers College in 1927. She became head of the art department and in 1936 created the Palo Duro School of Art. The school flourished in the canyon from 1936 to 1941. Students stayed in tent cottages on the Mesa.

Cooking dinner.

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