I picked this up because of the "vistas' in the title and the lovely photos. It also was in the travel section. However, it has a heavy dose of geology throughout. There is enough history told that I enjoyed the book and I even learned a bit more about the geology of this beautiful canyon. I think that if I were to treat the book more as a field guide that i would enjoy it more.

If you are considering visiting the Palo Duro Canyon and are interested in learning more about it, I would highly recommend this book. If you are interested in the geology of Texas, I think you would like this book. ( )

Good book on the geology of the canyon. Plenty of mid-day photos to illustrate the geology in different parts of the canyon, but not really the artistic scenic level, just very good illustrative pictures.

There is some history and some archeology included as well. ( )