After a quick stop to stand on a corner in Winslow Arizona,

 we went to a state park with Indian ruins but all we found were some pottery shards and quicksand!

Another obligatory photo op presented itself at Cadillac ranch. 

The paint is so thick on these cars that you can’t even tell they are Cadillacs anymore!

Next, we had a couple of exciting days. We found another gem of a park, Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Texas. It has the second largest canyon in the United States (after the Grand Canyon). Unfortunately, since it was spring break in Texas, there were no campsites available. The park suggested a private RV park right outside the gate where we ended up staying. At 2 am we awoke to flashing lights and sirens. We looked out the window to see the park office on fire and flames shooting into the sky! The police were cruising the RV park lanes and at one point we heard a loudspeaker. We saw several cars and motorcycles leave but figured the authorities would let us know if they wanted us to evacuate. Denny got dressed and walked outside but said he didn’t see many people other than firemen even though many campers lights were on. When the building was nearly gone and the fire had died down, we went back to sleep expecting to lose our electric at any moment but we never did. Denny said he heard other people return at 5 am. When we got up we were talking to some neighbors and I asked if they had left and he told me there was a mandatory evacuation that they had announced on a loudspeaker. I can’t believe they didn’t go door to door! We may have been the only ones who didn’t hear it and stayed! The office was a total loss but thankfully no one was injured.

The following day we hiked to the bottom of the canyon and back up. Denny wouldn’t hike the Grand Canyon with me so I settled for second best😁 

And, we hiked to the “Big Cave”

 and to the "Cowboy Dugout".

Apparently, Denny is too tall to be a cowboy!

That night we moved on to Amarillo since our park was now closed!