PaPalo Duro lo Duro Canyon in Texas...Who Knew?

Amarillo Texas surprised us in the form of Palo
Duro Canyon State Park's beauty. It's huge beautiful! Never have a seen a sign for 10% grade...and lived to tell about it! It is the second largest canyon in the United States...and you know number one! the second largest...in Amarillo Texas, really!

Palo Duro canyon is about 120 miles long and 20 miles wide and is up to 800 feet deep. I didn't see them all, but the information said there are four geologic layers to be seen when descending 500 feet to the floor of the canyon. I couldn't look till we stopped! Heights, much height.  

Here are pictures we took, and some I grabbed from the web, because the place was just too good for you to miss!  You can see the geologic layers! 

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