{"id":234,"date":"2014-04-15T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T12:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/?p=234"},"modified":"2014-04-13T15:46:52","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T20:46:52","slug":"caprock-canyons-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/?p=234","title":{"rendered":"Caprock Canyons State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick trip over to Caprock Canyons State Park. I haven&#8217;t been since it was newly established.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.tpwd.state.tx.us\/state-parks\/caprock-canyons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tpwd.state.tx.us\/state-parks\/caprock-canyons\">https:\/\/www.tpwd.state.tx.us\/state-parks\/caprock-canyons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2223.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-247\" alt=\"IMG_2223\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2223-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2223-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2223-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2223-624x350.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caprock Canyons is home to the official Texas Bison Herd.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2227.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-236\" alt=\"IMG_2227\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2227-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2227-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2227-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2227-624x350.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2229.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-237\" alt=\"IMG_2229\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2229-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2229-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2229-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2229-624x350.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2238.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-238\" alt=\"IMG_2238\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2238-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2238-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2238-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2238-624x350.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_239\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2242.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-239\" alt=\"IMG_2242\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2242-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2242-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2242-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2242-624x350.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just like cattle, bison follow the vehicle they recognize.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_248\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CAM00459.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-248\" alt=\"Path to Amphitheater\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CAM00459-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CAM00459-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CAM00459-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CAM00459-624x467.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Path to Amphitheater<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2271.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-242\" alt=\"IMG_2271\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2271-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2271-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2271-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2271-624x350.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2254.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-240\" alt=\"IMG_2254\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2254-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2254-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2254-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2254-624x350.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2263.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-241\" alt=\"IMG_2263\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2263-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2263-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2263-1024x575.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_2263-624x350.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CAM00492.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-255\" alt=\"CAM00492\" src=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CAM00492-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CAM00492-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CAM00492-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/CAM00492-624x467.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a cold, windy day so we didn&#8217;t do any hiking but plan to return to take advantage of the many hiking trails.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a trailway associated with the park, which extends 60 miles from South Plains to Estelline. On the way home, we stopped at the Monk&#8217;s Crossing trailhead. Appx. 4.5 miles west from the parking lot is an abandoned railroad tunnel, Clarity Tunnel. A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats inhabit the tunnel April &#8211; October. We are considering a return trip later in the year to see the bats exit the tunnel at dusk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick trip over to Caprock Canyons State Park. I haven&#8217;t been since it was newly established. https:\/\/www.tpwd.state.tx.us\/state-parks\/caprock-canyons Caprock Canyons is home to the official Texas Bison Herd. It was a cold, windy day so we didn&#8217;t do any hiking but plan to return to take advantage of the many hiking trails. There is also a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2nerdstravel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}