McKittrick Canyon is a place that lies in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in the middle of nowhere, West Texas. Before I go into detail on this hike, I have a confession to make to all of you…I lived within a 40 minute drive to this hike – which is one of the top places to view fall colors in the whole state of Texas -for three years, and I never took advantage of it!!! Of course, I have the best of excuses, up to and including the fact that I DID drive allllll the way out to McKittrick Canyon at the height of the fall colors only to be turned away because…