Day: July 14, 2021

14 July 2021

Jo loses things.  Like room key cards.  She lost the key cards for her room at the Hampton Inn in Weatherford.  She learned her lesson.  So yesterday, she lost my key cards for the Garden Inn in Amarillo.  She denies it.  I know the truth.  We had returned from dinner where she left one key card in her room and gave me one to keep in case she lost hers.  

When we returned from dinner, I suggested we view the photos I took of Palo Duro Canyon in my room on my laptop instead of the phone.  I placed my envelope with 2 key cards by the TV with her’s on top.  

After viewing the photos, she gets up and says she is going to remember her key cards this time and grabs mine as she walks out the door.  I didn’t realize they were not hers until this morning when I was going down to get breakfast.  She denies it all.  Now you know the truth.

Both of us were feeling a little under the weather this morning.  We got a slow start.  However, I-40 into New Mexico was not crowded and we made good time – even better with the change from Central to Mountain time.  

We decided we wanted to stop for lunch before getting to Patrick and Sara’s so as not to inconvenience them.  She said on her trip before they ate at a great place in Edgewood called Mary Lou’s.  I asked Siri about it and no Mary Lou’s.  Never mind, she’d recognize it when she saw it.  Nada.  

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We turned around and I used my GPS/Siri to show restaurants in the area.  Katrinah’s popped up and we headed there.  When we arrived, she said “Yes, this is it!”  We pulled into “Katrinah’s except it was East Mountain Grill.  To be fair, it is called Katriniah’s by the locals but labeled as East Mountain Grill on the sign out front and on the menus.

Patrick and Sara welcomed us with open arms.  Patrick gave me the grand tour of the place.  This is a beautiful cabin.  It has three bedrooms, three baths, a great room and kitchen and it’s all set on the side of a mountain.  

Before we left Katrinah’s we asked if they needed anything and we brought them a couple of Rueben’s with jalapeño poppers.  We sat around talking while they ate. Jo blaming me and me blaming Jo. All great fun.

We’ll unload the jeep sometime today and we plan to hike to the top of the “Knock” tomorrow on Jo’s birthday. 

Awake at 5:30 am and apparently Jo wasn’t too far behind because she texted me around 7 am to see if I wanted to go down for breakfast. Strange that this hotel is probably more expensive than any I have stayed this trip and probably more expensive than we will stay on the rest of the trip but they had one of the weaker breakfasts. In any case, we were on the road to Palo Duro Canyon State Park or, translated, hard wood.

On my two cross country trips over the past few years, I had people tell me this is a must see. I learned from them about the size of the canyon and heard that you can drive through the canyon from the canyon bed. It is really true.

After a brief stop at the visitors center (worth the stop) we did begin a 10% down grade onto the canyon floor. We were low enough there were several areas with flash flood warnings posted along with depth gauges so you could see how high the water was over the road bed.

By the way, the news about crowded parks is tree. As we paid our fee for entrance ($8/person) we were greeted with a sign that said all camping facilities were already reserved or occupied.

Jo and I decided we would do a drive through of the canyon and then if we saw any trails we wanted to hike, we would do that on the return through the canyon. We also agreed we would pull off if we saw anything interesting.

Our first pull of was Goodnight Peak Scenic Loop, a 0.4 mile trail. It provided a good panoramic vista of the canyon.

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From there we drove the length of the canyon which then loops back to the jump off point to Lighthouse Trail and Capitol Peak Trail. The trailhead at Lighthouse had a sign that said “Danger!” “Heat Warning.” “Hikers need to carry a minimum of 1 gallon of water.” “Don’t attempt the trail if you have any health issues.” The trail is a 2.8 mile trail out and and back for a total of 5.6 miles. We didn’t have any health issues and we had the water but we decided to not try this during the heat of the day.

We opted for the Capitol Peak Trail which is a 3.5 mile loop, mostly used for biking. There is also a switch back for a shorter loop and that ran about 2.1 miles. That’s the trail we chose and it was around 11 am when we set off. That meant we would be on the trail from 11am until around 2 pm. The temperature was around 90°F. We had plenty of water and food and there was a delightful breeze. The trail is rated Easy/Difficult – a strange rating. It turned out to be an easy trail other than the heat.

We finished up around 3 pm and then headed to the trading post to relax a little in the air conditioned space. This is a beautiful trail and I suspect all of the trails are equally nice. Our mileage with the shorter loop was around 2.1 miles. Pretty good for two old people!

Regretfully, we never made it to the Pioneer Nature Trail, noted for the abundance of Texas Horn Frogs – really a lizard, not a frog or toad. I had to get that in the blog to continue my toad/frog/lizard theme.

Tomorrow we head to see Patrick and Sara at their cabin outside of Albuquerque. We have four nights there to drive Patrick and Sara nuts and to do a little hiking.

Stay tuned!