Update!

Lets bring you up to speed on our trip. Currently we are back in Texas in a big hole in the ground called Palo Duro Canyon. We have been hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing and nature watching. Lovin' every second of our time in the hole. Yesterday, we celebrated Reta's birthday by biking and hiking to a stone structure called "Lighthouse". It was about a 6 mile bike ride with another 2 miles of climbing this cliff, straight up. I have tons of pictures to download from my camera still so the next time we come out of the hole I will upload the blog with them.

As for our trip to Oklahoma we arrived to Oklahoma City with beautiful views of cliffs along the highway.

Here is a picture of the skyline of downtown Oklahoma City.

Once we set up camp we turned on the local channels to see if there was going to be a storm that night because the sky looked pretty dark. Those type of clouds that are dark and almost green in color. As soon as the TV was on we saw these radar pictures of a huge storm heading our way.

I took this picture from the TV because I have never seen something like it. As we waited and watched the pictures on the TV we were ready to run to the storm shelter in the campground. With our personal documents in hand,laptops and a couple of personal items, we were ready. I woke up around 2 in the morning to the RV shaking with the strong winds. Rain was coming down sideways and in droves. I flipped on the TV to find out that the worst part of the storm was north of us. Only about 40 miles.

The next day the news reported that a tornado had hit this small town north of us and completely destroyed it. WOW! That was a little too close. After touring around the city we decided to change our plans of going further north and instead head west. That brings us to where we are today. Still trying to stay away from those nasty looking clouds.

I have some more pictures of Oklahoma City but will download them later.
We are sitting in The Big Texan Restaurant after eating lunch and decided to use their Wi-Fi to update the blog. This is home to the 72 oz steak. There were two guys eating this huge hunk that hung over the plate it was served on. They had one hour to eat this 4 1/2 lb of meat along with a dinner salad, baked potato, three shrimp and dinner roll. If they succeeded it would all be free. If not, cough up $72 for your moment stuffing your stomach. Believe it or not, one guy did it. The other put his head down and asked for a "to-go" container.

We are undecided as to which direction to go from here. Either Santa Fe, NM or Albuquerque, NM. Anyone have any thoughts? We were thinking of Carlsbad Caverns but there aren't any good campgrounds around it. All the reviews were very scary so that's why we are leaning towards those two places.

We hope to come out of the canyon to check emails one more time before we leave and update the blog with more pictures.
Thanks for the comments you all have been leaving. We are kept entertained by them.

Two things before I leave you. 1) It was Reta's BIG birthday yesterday. She is into her next decade. and 2) She was inspired to write a blog. Check it out. It's right after this post. I think my days of writing may be over. She is pretty good!