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Posted by PeterFlorczak on October 15, 2020

Pipe creek, TX
2020-10-15

Why have we come home so early? Circumstances just all led this way.
First, as I already said it was hot-hot during the day. The flies, of which there were thousands had now begun to bite.

Kim reading her book in-between bug bites.

All of that we could have put up with, because the mornings and the evenings were glorious, but then as we sat hot and sweaty staring out at the mountains, three cars pulled up in the campsite directly across the way and out popped some very young ladies. Immediately, in unison, they all put on their pointy witches hats. Because of the dry conditions, open fires were not allowed. They must have done their homework, because one of them pulled out a huge propane tank and a portable fireplace. We had begun to expect a pretty rowdy night, and we were mow debating on how to best handle it. Kim suggested that she had brought along her earplugs, and I always had my music player. That’s when 4 cars full of teenagers pulled into the campsite right next to us. “Oh, oh!”, Kim said, and just like that we knew that this trip was indeed done! We packed up and began our 5 hour trip to San Angelo and then 3 hours to home.

And there is Kim again on one of our many walks.

It was a wonderful trip filled with photos and paintings, walks and bike rides. Hey, I need to finish up blogging my life’s story anyway.

There were beautiful views everywhere you looked

2020-10-07 Palo Duro Canyon

Posted by PeterFlorczak on October 9, 2020

So after a couple of days of camping at the bottom of the second largest canyon in North America there are a couple of things that I now know.

It can be terrifically cold in the morning, and it can be blazingly hot in the afternoon. Get your exercise, be it walk, hike or bike ride, in in the morning, and either try to rest in the afternoon, or just take a long air conditioned ride. Another good thing to do is spend a good amount of time at the visitor center. There there are bad movies of the exploits of our ancestors to watch to maybe kill an hour or so. Smart, huh?
But seriously, it is a magical place with beauty every where you look. Wildlife just comes right up to you making it pretty easy to get a good photo of them

Kim and I took a walk to the Lighthouse. Probably the most famous of all walks here. It’s about a6 mile round trip. Not too bad in the morning, but the afternoon heat can make it a lot more challenging.

And of course the dark night sky always makes for some spectacular photography.

It’s a real nice treat to be here.

On Our Way to Palo Duro Canyon

Posted by PeterFlorczak on October 5, 2020

San Angelo State Park

2020-10-04

We have started the 9 hour drive to Palo Duro Canyon State Park in northern Texas by stopping at a famous Texas stop sign.

Sharing a socially distanced, but well deserved Blizzard.

We stopped after 4 hours of driving to camp at San Angelo State Park. Not too much to see here but a great place to stretch our legs and have a healthy non-Covid campfire.