We left Palo Duro Canyon State Park and were relieved when the Pathfinder managed to lug the Casita up the steep winding road out of the canyon. We drove 30 miles to Amarillo and checked into the Amarillo Ranch RV Park. We got all hooked up only to find that the electric hookup didn't work. We piggybacked onto an adjacent RV spot's power hookup while the electric repair man worked on ours. This is a nice place - it has an indoor swimming pool. We drove out to Lake Meredith National Recreation area and found that the lake was all but dry. We also went to the nearby Alibates Flint Quarry National Monument. This is where Indians for thousands of years mined flint deposits in the dolomite limestone to use in trade as raw materials for arrowheads and cutting tools. Almost no one visits this place and the ranger there must be as lonely as the Maytag repair man. The nearby Bates Canyon boat ramp on Lake Meredith leads only to woods.
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