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rabbitcruiser · 26 days

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Texas was readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction on March 30, 1870.

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evolutionarydesigns · 7 months

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Hiking the Cave Trail at Palo Duro Canyon State Park

The Cave Trail at Palo Duron Canyon State Park isn’t an official trail but a bunch of unmarked trails created by visitors to find the best way to get to the cave. Depending on which trail you take it’s about .9 miles there and back. If you do not stop to explore/photograph the cave area it should take you about 20 minutes to complete. How to Get To The Cave Trailhead There is not a sign or an…

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footloose-travel · 2 years

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On The Move Again

We left Casa Grande the first week in April with our first stop in Show Low after a very serpentine drive that helped sustain my white knuckles and higher blood pressure. Many think Arizona is just one big flat desert, but it’s really quite mountainous. John loved it of course and I’m most thankful he does the driving. We’ve been to Show Low before and I still get a kick out of the name that was established a hundred and fifty years ago predicted on a card hand. From there we traveled to Grant, NM where it was quite windy but the campground was somewhat protected so we didn’t get the brunt of it. We encountered even more wind as we moved through Santa Rosa to Amarillo, TX. When we arrived in Amarillo and learned it was supposed to be even windier the next day (28 gusting to 38) we quickly decided to head out to the Palo Duro Canyon State Park. It is the 2nd largest canyon in the US and has quite a history, mainly known for pushing the American Indians out of the Texas Panhandle and making way for the reigning cattle ranch era. We also watched an historical documentary in the visitor center that left me feeling ashamed and sad about the way the Indians were treated and massacred. A horrible stain on our history. We were glad we went when we did because the next day was so windy the trailer rocked and we could barely hear each other speak. The gusts were up to 45mph and John kept saying something about how it makes the best stories. In Wichita Falls, TX we stopped at the River Bend Nature Center where we walked along the marked trails and gardens, then enjoyed the butterfly house and chatting with one of the guides about the spiders, snakes and other creatures they housed. All of the reptiles were donations, mainly due to people not wanting them anymore, or found in nature with some sort of handicap. Once in Dallas area we met up with John’s niece and her son for a surprise session in the Wind Tunnel. They both did great and the photos will show how they enjoyed it. We then met up with her older son who unfortunately missed the Wind Tunnel due to a basketball game he was playing in. He was torn about missing the Tunnel but scored 20 points in the game, so that helped. The following day we spent just with Maria at Skydive Spaceland in Dallas so she could see John skydiving and get a feel for the drop zone and learn more about the sport. It was cloudy early in the day but cleared up nicely so John got 3 jumps in, and Maria and I bonded over great conversation. It was the best of all worlds for us to watch John doing one of his favorite things while enjoying each other’s company. We had a one night stand in Texarkana, then spent 3 nights in Hot Springs, AR where it rained pretty much every day, with one day getting over an inch of rain. We had stayed there before, its a nice campground and we found ways to amuse ourselves. On to Tennessee where we plan to spend some more time and slow down a bit. First was Memphis and we definitely felt like we were in a different culture as well as time in history. It kind of reminded me a little of Fremont Street in Vegas with the noise and alcohol emphasis, mixed with a variety of clubs lining the street like New Orleans, with an old Bluesy Southern charm of years past. The buildings and signage are old, some dating back over a hundred years, but somehow it all works. Unfortunately it was mentioned to us it can get dangerous at night, so we went during the day. I never felt unsafe and found it fun, especially listening to all the great music. We were told the next day there were fights the previous night, and once again our timing was spot on. I’ve also never seen as many big bodied, tightly clothed people in one place during the day, not even in Las Vegas, so there was that as well. Stay tuned for more of TN. For all the photos see John and Charlotte’s flickr sites. Just click on either of our names.

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humongouscasheaglebagel · 6 months

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Palo Duro Canyon is the second largest canyon in the US

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pronghorn-ranger · 1 year

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The Lighthouse, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas Panhandle

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If you ever go to the Palo Duro and want to see the Lighthouse, I definitely recommend skipping the Lighthouse trail and instead starting at the GSL trail and hiking that to the junction of the LT closer to the lighthouse itself. The trail is a bit longer, but there's way fewer people and the canyon geology is much cooler!

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macaquekiddo · 4 hours

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Attempt at making a mood board but only with photos I took! It's my first try so it's not my best since I don't know what I'm really doing lol.

#moodboard #nature #photography #Palo Duro Canyon #The other photos are from a state park that I forgot the name of #This definitely doesn't look good #I tried okay #canyon #flowers #butterfly

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melmac78 · 4 days

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@katblu42 wrote: “I know practically nothing about Texas, other than it is big, and in the South of the USA. It seems to be portrayed as having fairly warm weather . . . but as large as it is, does it have regions of varying weather patterns? And in a similar vein, are there various areas of diverse vegetation/fauna?”

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In short, yes. I live in West Texas and mom in Southeast (about 500 or so miles apart), and we can have essentially two seasons. It can rain there and be bone dry here, and sometimes in the winter she asks me the temp so she can prepare the next day.

And it’s no exaggeration some parts of the state you can experience at least 3 seasons in the same day. I’m personally lucky in that I seem to have adapted to this particularly go here, which it’s frequent 2 seasons a day right now, but I get funny looks being in short sleeves in cooler weather because of it.

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Vegetation/fauna is definitely diverse. If I travel from home to Mom’s, in that 8 hour drive I go from:

• a flat area where most trees that aren’t mesquite were planted by settlers (you can tell where a house is/was based on clusters of trees), that grows cotton and feed if they aren’t an oil town

• area with mesas and wind turbines after leaving the Caprock, another ironically heavier oil area. The turbines are increasing to the point I joke they’re “Don Quixote’s nightmare.

• areas with thicker areas of trees that are shorter, oddly at times more prickly pear cactus, and bigger cities,

(This varies if I take the longer route - uncommon but I will in December to run a different St. Jude race - through Boerne/San Antonio where you go through the mesas and rolling plains again in the middle of the state, and unfortunately experience 40 mins. of cell phone dead zone. It’s bad to the point it’s LEGAL to go 80 mph to get through it)

• heavily wooded area and gentle hills.

And then if we go to Galveston or Corpus Christi there’s some marshy areas and then the coast.

The marshiest area is around La Porte I think, which is where the battle of San Jacinto was and the Texas fighters used this to an advantage.

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Wildlife varies. I see more wild turkey and pheasant here than east coast. I’ve seen a few roadrunners but they seem more prevalent in the Palo Duro Canyon.

Prairie dogs are far more common in west Texas. Amarillo’s minor league team’s mascot is Sodpoodles (a nickname) and Lubbock has one park dedicated to the black tail prairie dogs.

Anyone watching them I’d say don’t walk close: their town system underground makes it dangerous to walk lest you fall through a hole.

I definitely see more deer near moms along with raccoons. Skunks more often here: in the summer I must walk the cemetery in full daylight, not dusk as they seem to like living there more. (Just clarifying for folks: where I am the cemetery is the safest place to walk due to bad traffic and has a very high visibility).

Snakes are definitely a big issue all around. For the poisonous ones, West Texas more rattlers and coral while East copperheads and water moccasins (though up here we’ll see some copperheads).

Coast we see a lot of sea turtles nest there, particularly Kemp Ridley. There’s a lot of hatching ceremonies in the year where the state protects the turtles until they waddle into the Gulf to give them a fighting chance to survive.

I’m sure there’s even more than this, but it’s more of I’ve experienced here

Thanks for the ask.

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mattelier · 2 years

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early morning, palo duro canyon state park, canyon, texas. pentax me super, cinestill 50d, hand-held, no filter.

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connieroschlauball · 1 year

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Palo Duro State Park, it’s the second largest canyon in the USA. Inspiration ❤️ . . . #abstractpainting #springtime #sunset #fineart #naturepainting # #artistlife #painting #artlovers #paintingfromtheheart #artoftheday #makeart #arts #artistic #artlandscape #color #nature #painting #artpractice #dallas #spontaneous #natureart #beautyinnature #dreampainting #interiordesign #artforthesoul #memorypainting #abstractart #contemporarylandscapepainting #aesthetic #connieroschlauball (at Palo Duro Canyon State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrygIuiOtyP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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rabbitcruiser · 6 months

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Apple Day

Apple Day is mainly celebrated in the United Kingdom, where it was started. Common Ground, a group dedicated to building strong communities, strengthening local distinctiveness, and connecting people with nature and each other, held the first Apple Day in 1990, at Covent Garden in London, England. Their goal was to create an autumn holiday that would not only be celebrated in London, but also in other cities, villages, parishes, markets, and even orchards. They wanted to demonstrate the richness and diversity of apples, but also the diversity of landscape, ecology, and culture as a whole.

Many different activities have taken place on the day. First and foremost has been the buying, tasting, and eating of apples. Other activities have included juicing, pruning, grafting, and identifying apples, and games, songs, and poetry about apples. In England, many groups such as museums, shops, restaurants, horticultural societies, Wildlife Trusts, National Trust properties, and schools organize activities for the day. By the second year of Apple Day, there were over 60 events. There were over 300 events in 1997, and 600 by the new millennium. Not all "apple days" are held on October 21. Some groups hold these celebrations on other days of the month.

Through the day's success, it has not only demonstrated the importance of the apple but the importance of local celebrations as well. The day has germinated local pride and grown interest in local distinctiveness. Apple Day has also led to an interest in raising awareness for the origins of food and to encouraging healthy eating.

The apple tree is a deciduous tree from the rose family and is cultivated around the world as a fruit tree. It originated in Central Asia; its ancestor is the malus sieversii, which still grows today. Apple trees grew for thousands of years in Asia, as well as in Europe—the starting place of Apple Day—before being brought to North America by European colonists in the seventeenth century. They are possibly the oldest tree to have been cultivated. The only apples native to North America are crab apples. Reverend William Braxton of Boston planted the first apple orchard on the North American continent in 1625. Apples were cultivated on colonial farms and spread along Native American trade routes. Johnny Appleseed introduced apple trees to the western frontier. Today apple trees are prominent in Eastern Washington, where apples are their leading product, and more apples are grown there than any other state.

If grown by seed in the wild, an apple tree can tower up to 30 feet, but they are generally 6-15 feet in height when cultivated. The height of the cultivars depends on how they were grafted onto rootstocks. There are over 7,500 cultivars of apples, which are grown for various purposes such as eating raw, cooking, and cider making. Apple tree flowers blossom in the spring, and the leaves bud at this time as well. Flowers cluster in groups of four to six and the center flower is called the "king bloom." It opens first and can grow into larger fruit than the other flowers. The fruit is ready to pick by late summer or fall.

How to Observe Apple Day

The best way to celebrate the day may be to attend an Apple Day event, most of which take place in England. You could visit Covent Garden in London, where the first Apple Day was held. One of the other best ways to celebrate the day may be to try as many different varieties of fresh apples as you can find, identifying them, and noting the differences and qualities each has.

Besides eating fresh apples, you could celebrate by eating apples in some of their many other forms as well. Have some cider or apple juice; treat your sweet tooth to apple dumplings, apple pie, apple cake, or a caramel apple; and find a use for apple cider vinegar. There are so many ways you could enjoy apples. Not only could you eat them, but you could plant an apple tree. Plant a cutting, or get a tree from a nursery.

As the heart of the day is about finding ways to connect with others and nature in your own community, the day can even be celebrated without apples. You could spend the day at any sort of community event, or by doing something to improve the place you call home. You could support small local businesses, join the committee for an annual festival, or work with others to clean up parks and waterfronts.

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evolutionarydesigns · 2 years

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Random Picture of the Week #197: Star Gazing in the Texas Panhandle

This week’s random image is from our Texas Panhandle trip we took back in July 2022. The trip was a lot of fun, we were able to catch up with old friends, and I could visit a few abandoned places that have been on my list for a few years. I named this image Star Gazing in the Texas Panhandle. Star Gazing in the Texas Panhandle My wife and several of her high school friends decided to celebrate…

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hepmanscactusblog · 4 months

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Harp of the winds -the Palo Duro hardwoods- Palo Duro Canyon State Park near Canyon and Amarillo.

Danke, Katch!

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kingcountry · 1 year

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In beauty, culture and commerce, Amarillo, the largest city in the Texas Panhandle, represents the best of the state. The peaks and valleys of nearby Palo Duro Canyon State Park are typical of the magnificent vistas the region has to offer. Its trails invite hikers and mountain bikers to challenge themselves, while also attracting history buffs who wish to learn about buffalo hunters, Spanish explorers and native tribes.

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vanlifebydesign · 1 year

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The Palo Duro Canyon State Park is Remarkable

Palo Duro Canyon State Park is a natural wonder that every outdoor adventure seeker should visit. Located in the Texas panhandle, the park is home to the second-largest canyon in the United States. The rocky gorge stretches over 120 miles in length and up to 20 miles in width. Picture of the canyon taken from the Upper Comanche Trail With its stunning rock formations, wildlife, and diverse…

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