Palo Duro Canyon

[sparker1]

I'm told this is the second largest canyon in the US, but most people have never heard of it. Not only is there good scenery, but wildlife and wildflowers are abundant.

[Leorooster]

Beautiful place and nice shots. Sorry for my limited geographic knowledge, but I've never heard of it, where is it?

[GTogs]

Nice captures of a beautiful scene! I'm with Leorooster, I've never heard of it! Where is it?

[ayotnoms]

Awesome colors Stan.
I hadn't heard of it either but a quick Google reveals that it's in Texas. It looks like an Arizona scene, but Texas? Who woulda thunk it? LOL

[Maureen Souza]

Gorgeous.... went there once when I was about 12 years old...... never forgot it.

[weemannie]

Beautiful images - thanks for sharing:)

[sparker1]

Thanks for the comments. As a couple people mentioned, Palo Duro Canyon is in the Texas Panhandle, not too far from Amarillo. It does look somewhat like Arizona canyons, but much more vegetation than Utah canyons.

[dontletitfoolyou]

I go down to PDC at least once or twice a month, considering I live 10 miles from there.

You realllly should go see Texas (a play in the canyon, http://www.texas-show.com) at least once in your lifetime.

[rgmcleod]

Beautiful place. I might suggest to tone down the saturation a little and try using a ND graded filter to darken the sky for the horizon shots. Good shots. That will have to be my next stop. Went to Big Bend and Davis Mtns. in Oct 2007

[Eagle Eye]

Really like the shots. I will be going in Summer. I also want to get back to the Alpine area. Funny thing is some people do not think there is any beauty in West Texas and yet I find stuff all the time. I work on the Rattlesnake Bomber Base and we have found some wonderful history out there. Keep up the good work.

[pixelhack]

I grew up about 25 miles from there. Another state park, Caprock Canyons State Park, in the Texas Panhandle is also very pretty. In a lot of ways, I like Caprock Canyons better than Palo Duro.

Nice pics! Makes me homesick.

[argyle]

I go down to PDC at least once or twice a month, considering I live 10 miles from there.

You realllly should go see Texas (a play in the canyon, http://www.texas-show.com) at least once in your lifetime.

I was there some time ago myself. Do they still have the train that runs through the park?

[Bill Boehme]

...... Went to Big Bend and Davis Mtns. in Oct 2007

Yes, I remember not seeing the pictures.;)

I have been to the Palo Duro Canyon a few times. Once was a camping trip in the middle of the summer ... not a good idea as it can be miserably hot all night in mid summer. The musical, "Texas" is worth seeing and the backdrop for the stage is impressive.

[sparker1]

Thanks. I just discovered this had been resurrected. In the first, I totally blew the sky, but would like to think it wouldn't happen today. As mentioned, the play "Texas" was great, and we also enjoyed Caprock Canyons SP.

[dlpasco]

I go down to PDC at least once or twice a month, considering I live 10 miles from there.

You realllly should go see Texas (a play in the canyon, http://www.texas-show.com) at least once in your lifetime.

That makes you a relatively close neighbor to my brother over in Clarendon.

OP: Nice shot!

[Reigh Higgins]

Lovely scene Stan.
Regards
Reigh

[SHOOT!]

This makes me want to search through some of my pictures of the canyon. I live in amarillo and my sister worked for the texas musical for a time.