At Palo Duro we met a dog named Lucille.  She seem nice at first,but then she got annoying.  Lucielle spilled coffee all over my parents. She nipped at me and scratched me it was really annoying.  Sometimes I think she’s not that annoying but then Just so you don’t feel that way she does something annoying. I like Lucille but she can be annoying.  

By,Zoe

We got there and there was a dog sitting smack in the middle of the road!  What is that dumb dog thinking?  Then right when I opened the door Lucky ran out.  Luckily he went to the other dog.  We got set up then we went to see the Grand Canyon of Texas.  As we were walking out we saw a fantastic amount of lightning. It was pretty awesome.  We saw the canyon o and did I mention that the dog whose name was Lucillle was following us? Finally we went to the RV and layed down in my parents bed we were playing on our I pads when my mom asked us to go look at the lightning.  It was pretty awsome!  Then the storm came to us.  We went back to our I pads.  Then I turned music on as high as it could go.  Then we went to bed.   I woke up next morning stuck between the ladder and wall.  Then I went into the kitchen and had some chocolate rice crispes.  After that I went outside and guess who was waiting…Lucillle!  O also that dog spilled coffee, pooped right next to the rug mat thing,  and it scratched my mom.  Then we all took some peaceful time in the hammock.  Then it took a minute but we went to where we got geared up for zip lining.  Zoe had to go to the bathroom  right before we left.  The ride to zip lining was so much fun.  The bridge was by far the scariest part with the wind.  First mom and Logan, then Zoe, Me, Dad.  It was so awsome we begged to go again.  We did we went again and I went no handed!  Then we were forced to go back dang.  Me and my dad played ping pong.  Finally we went to the RV and Lucille was under the RV.  In the end I kept Lucille back then caught up to the RV.

By, Zach

P.S. Did I mention the smells like a cow took a dump right next to you!  I almost pucked it was so bad in THE RV!!!!!  

Today we went ziplining across the Grand Canyon of Texas. It was awesome. When we were getting ready My mom said she wasn’t going because she was gonna take pictures but actually  she was really nervous to go.  In the end she went tandem with my brother.  We needed harness’s and helmets.My dad put his harness on wrong then on again correctly.To get to the zip line we rode up in a trolley like thing pulled by a jeep.  When we walked to the platform the bridge was shaky and it was a bit scary. We were hooked to the bridge which made me feel a little better.  When it was my turn they hooked me to the zip line and by now I was pretty nervous,but when I went it was awesome! I didn’t let go.  Then we went again and it was awesome.  That time I let go.  I wanted to go again, but my parents did not let me.  Someone else went upside down down the zip line. When when the helper came down she spun around and around.  We went down on the trolley looking thing to the front to take off our gear.

  
By,Zoe

My family went ziplining and my mom was scared at first. we met a nise dog   It’sname was Lucille it was a nise dog but In the morning it managed to spill both my mom and my dad’s coffee on them it was crazy it Olso scratcht my mom enthen poped rite next to the carpet next it lade doun on the carpet after it did that it lade in my mom’s chair.  My mom and Zoe built a hammock.  It took them 2 or 3 times to figure out how to get it correct.  First my sister laid in it.  Then I laid in it.  While I was laying in the hammock my mom was laying down on the rug with her eyes closed and then Lucille came and licked my mom’s face.  And then my brother got into the hammock.  When he had 5 seconds left he got off and gave my mom his time.  After we all took turns in the hammock we went siplining.  First I went with my mom, then Zoe went, then Zach went.  At last my dad went, but he probably went the fastest.  It was so fun we all wanted to do it again.  So we all did it again but that time I went alone.  It was better when I went alone because I didn’t have to sit in my moms lap.the scariest part about zip lining is when you are going up the bridge because at Palo Duro Canyon the bridge was really wiggly to get up,and the wind was blowing pretty hard.  Ziplining was the best because it was over a canyon!

By: Logan 

This damn beagle!!  Both Jason and I have had coffee spilled on us because of the dogs antics😁.  

   
 And it popped right by our rug!

Our dog is stinky and wet and now we are in the RV looking out at this…

 We are still laughing (kind of).

She is sitting by our door crying now!!

She has graduated to this…

 
I wish I was kidding 😜 

 

Survived last night!  😳. Here are a free pics of our “site.”

   

While we are sitting outside waiting for our coffee to brew we got a visitor…

   Now she’s starting to get on my nerves!

After much deliberating we decided to leave Oklahoma City today so we could come to Amarillo and zip-line and ride horses tomorrow. (The zip line was not for me, btw). We had an RV park in Amarillo planned, but it wasn’t till tomorrow because we thought we were in Oklahoma City for 2 days.   (Good God!!  The wind is so crazy I’m having a tough time writing clearly 😁😁😁😁). Anyway, we found Palo Duro Canyon and Jason couldn’t pass up a zip line!  I found a happy little trail ride for the family and our Oasis RV park was too far away.  Lucky us! The zip line place has an RV park attached!  Reviews were crummy but there were only a few and the complaints were silly.  We decided it would be perfect for us.  Only 1/2 mike from the horse place and AT the zip line place!  The drive in was relatively uneventful.  We stopped at Walmart to get a new coffee maker which led to being hungry and deciding to eat at a restaurant near there. We found a Mexican place that looked good and off we went!  (In the wrong direction.  A few times.  Yelp was not cooperating!). Through a miracle – I mean my excellent navigation- we made it!   They said it was right next to the giant cowboy.  We found him!  

 

Dinner was good and safe for Zach 😁. Always a big worry at a new place!  Then we were off to “the Grand Canyon of Texas!”  When we pulled in Jason said something along the lines of “seriously??  This is where we are staying??”    I reminded him of all of the reasons we chose this place (HIS ZIP LINE being #1!). And we went to check in.  We will get pics tomorrow.  Tonight we just wanted to get parked because it was getting dark.  The guy told us to pick any spot with a red box, but to make sure we tested water and electric before we set up completely.  If they didn’t work we should just move to another space.  We had many options since the only other RV here is his!  First spot had the fuse sitting on top of the red box so we knew we needed to move on.  Once we got into the space me, the kids, and Lucky walked out the path to the edge of the canyon while J checked all of the amenities.  Did I mention we had the equivalent of the Gornikees in dog version here?  The owner’s beagle was all over us.  Zach had to hold it while we parked because it kept running at us! 

   

And when we got to the edge of the canyon that dog ran up the ramp!  The kids were terrified she was going to fall off into the canyon.  She finally followed us back.  RV was set when we got back and there was an amazing lightning show happening over the canyon (on the other side).  We brought kids up and watched together out the front window and all was lovely until the wind came our way and started shaking the RV and making crazy noises. We sent kids to play on their screens while I prayed silently then called the owner of the RV park to make sure we shouldn’t move.  He said we were ok, but we realized that one of the crazy noises was coming from the big slide so we brought it in. Life is much more peaceful now!  I looked at the weather map and Amarillo is red tomorrow.  I think we are going to have to leave without the horseback ride ever happening.  Whatever.  I’m fine with it as long as we aren’t shaking like a leaf in the next storm!

I few days ago we met some really nice kids. Their names were Destiny (she was seven), and Logan (not my brother Logan a different one) he was 11.  This was at Onondaga Cave State Park.  Destiny was amazing at monkey bars.  She could do them backwards!  They were going to be there for 12 days.  They are camping for the whole summer!  Her mom is a school teacher and her dad is a truck driver.  They were sleeping in 2 tents.  We went on a hike in the water with them.

By, Zoe

We went to twin fountains RV Park and played puttputt in the rain.  We also 

  played ping pong.  Me and Zach played putt putt with a tennis ball and lacrosse sticks.  We watched the Great Outdoors.  It should have been rated PG13 or R, but it was rated PG.  It was pretty funny.  We stopped at Flying J and I got sour patch kids.  Zach did also.  At flying J I washed the front window and got all of the bugs off.  The next morning I ate more of my sour patch kids and then 15 min later I threw up.  All it was was sour patch kids and water.  Moral of the story:  Never eat sour patch kids before 12:00.  The soil was red in Oklahoma City.  At first I thought it was sand!  Then my sister told me it was soil.  Iron in the soil makes it red.

By: Logan

We were at twin fountains resort yesterday and this morning.  We thought they would have the pool and hot tub ready but no.  When we got there it was raining.  There was a putt putt course and of course I did the best.  They also had a parrot that said hello to me and my mom.  There was ping pong, pool, and rug checkers.  My mom beat me in ping pong 21-12.  Then in the morning I played golf with a lax stick and tennis ball Logan lost.  I got to push the button to make the slide come in!

By, Zach