Lubbock TX to Palo Duro State Park TX

Noisy thunderstorms overnight, rainy and quite windy too. We left about 9:30, stopping in to an RV dealer on the way out of town. This place had a Hi-Lo trailer we might have been interested in, but it had been sold the previous week. More money than we wanted to pay anyway. $20k for a 2006 22T.
So we just carried on north through light rain, on I27, stopping at a crossroads café for a late breakfast/early lunch, and a Walmart visit.

Dark clouds ahead before we reached the turnoff for the Palo Duro state park, where we plan to spend a few days. Then it rained, then poured for a while. However we went ahead and checked in for a night, and the rain stopped while we set up. Thanks to some ½ price camping coupons, our fee was just $18. It would have been $28, as camping is $20 and we also have to pay the daily use fee of $4 per person. Quite expensive compared to NM. We signed up for 2 more nights later, as we had found the other 3 discount coupons we had. We gave Curt one of the coupons, and he signed up for one other night.

We drove the park road, checking out hiking trails etc. Everything is dripping wet though. Some water over the road in places. About 4:30 it started raining even harder. Little did we know this was a sign of things to come!

The rain really brought out the Palo Duro reds

Imagine spending the winter in this dugout

Palo Duro visitors center

Water over the interior Palo Duro road