Since we started rolling on our latest local production, “The Natural Wonder of Texas: Palo Duro Canyon”, I have met many remarkable individuals who give their time and/or resources to make Palo Duro Canyon a better place.
Meet Susan Thompson.
Susan, along with the other members of the Panhandle Chapter of Texas Master Naturalists are volunteers who provide education, outreach and services to the benefit of the natural lands of our region. She showed us a beautiful setting for our interview, the wildlife blind at Palo Duro Canyon. It’s a quiet (except for the birds) little alcove a short walk from The Trading Post. It’s a place that is calming to the senses complete with a trickle of water from a nearby fountain. Susan talks about how the Master naturalists built that area of the canyon and how important it is to take care of our public lands, like those at Palo Duro Canyon.
The Natural Wonder of Texas: Palo Duro Canyon is set to air on KACV-TV in September. Stay indoors and celebrate the great outdoors with KACV-TV.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Full Moon Fever
The full moon, the ghost stories, the fireflies…that’s just a sample of what a Palo Duro Canyon State Park visitor will discover when they set out on a night hike along the Juniper trail.
As my transformation to granola girl continues, I along with Dale and Monty from KACV and Andy and Jude (my granola sons) documented the full moon hike that the staff of Palo Duro State Park provides during the summer months.
For our upcoming program, “The Natural Wonder of Texas: Palo Duro Canyon”, we captured Bernice Blesingame as she told 60 hikers about the “ghost horses” from the battle of Palo Duro Canyon. According to legend, campers can still hear the hooves and whineys of the Comanche horses that were shot by Col. Ranald Mackenzie and his men in 1874.
Maybe I will hear them too. I am going to spend the night in the canyon…in a tent, on the ground, no running water, no air conditioning. I’m still growing into my new “outdoor person” shoes, so I could use some advice on how to survive.
As my transformation to granola girl continues, I along with Dale and Monty from KACV and Andy and Jude (my granola sons) documented the full moon hike that the staff of Palo Duro State Park provides during the summer months.
For our upcoming program, “The Natural Wonder of Texas: Palo Duro Canyon”, we captured Bernice Blesingame as she told 60 hikers about the “ghost horses” from the battle of Palo Duro Canyon. According to legend, campers can still hear the hooves and whineys of the Comanche horses that were shot by Col. Ranald Mackenzie and his men in 1874.
Maybe I will hear them too. I am going to spend the night in the canyon…in a tent, on the ground, no running water, no air conditioning. I’m still growing into my new “outdoor person” shoes, so I could use some advice on how to survive.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
A Family Affair
One of the coolest things about working for a TV station is that everyone on staff can be a part of the production, especially when it’s a show about something so close and so beautiful.
As Dale, Buddy, Donna and I continue gathering information and shooting interviews and footage of Palo Duro Canyon, other KACV staffers are getting in on the action. They are talking about camping, hiking, horseback riding and going to see “Texas” again. The common break room fodder around here is “I need to go out there again…it has been too long”.
Beside the show itself, the KACV family is working together on a very special “thank you” gift for the fall membership drive. The production, “the Natural Wonder of Texas: Palo Duro Canyon is set to air in September so mark your calendar now.
As Dale, Buddy, Donna and I continue gathering information and shooting interviews and footage of Palo Duro Canyon, other KACV staffers are getting in on the action. They are talking about camping, hiking, horseback riding and going to see “Texas” again. The common break room fodder around here is “I need to go out there again…it has been too long”.
Beside the show itself, the KACV family is working together on a very special “thank you” gift for the fall membership drive. The production, “the Natural Wonder of Texas: Palo Duro Canyon is set to air in September so mark your calendar now.
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