Today, Saturday, Sept. 29, I had a great time exploring Amarillo with Mark.  After an amazingly delicious breakfast at the famously local Ye Ol' Pancake Station, we went downtown to the where US Route 66 went through town.  It is now home to numerous antique shops and cafes.  It was fun to peruse one particular shop called "the Nat" or Amarillo Natatorium.  It was originally built as an indoor pool in 1922.  The pool was covered with a dance floor in 1926 and this place became a social center along Route 66 in its day.
 

 

 

 "The Nat"








After eating a simply delicious burger lunch at Blue Sky, Mark, his son-in-law Lee, and I went out to Palo Duro canyon.  It's funny how you expect to see something in the terrain that indicates a canyon is coming up, but in this very flat land, you just come upon a big hole in the ground.  And what an amazing and awesome hole in the ground it was.  These pictures do not begin to portray the grandeur of this place!  I was in awe of the vistas from the rim and down in the canyon.  Such a magnificent work of art!

 

 

 

 

 

"What a wildly wonderful world, God!  You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations."  Psalm 104:24 (The Message)