Sunday, November 20, 2005
More Rocks!
November 19 to November 20
Saturday the 19 th. was a pretty quiet day — did a few errands, took Zaph to the dog park and worked on the computer. On Sunday we headed to the Valley of Fire — a state park about 50 miles north east of Vegas. As the name suggests this is a valley with lots of red rocks. Actually, the park is very nice with some outstanding rock structures and Indian Petroglyphs. Zaph and Splash had a great time climbing the rocks and hiking through the sand. This park had one of the most interesting campgrounds we have ever seen — the sites are tucked into the rocks and the picnic tables were under roofs to give you some shade from the sun. I bet it gets pretty hot in the summer! If we ever get back to this area I would like to stay in this park for a couple of nights. We decided to drive the scenic way back to Las Vegas so we drove the “Northshore Road”. This road went through Lake Mead National Park and we did get some great views of the lake. As the sun set shortly after we started the drive we didn’t stop at the lake.
Valley of Fire
more red rocks
and more red rocks
this is at the "Bee Hive"
I though we had left the arches in Utah, this one followed us
some of the many petroglyphs
Zaphod finds a nice spot
Saturday the 19 th. was a pretty quiet day — did a few errands, took Zaph to the dog park and worked on the computer. On Sunday we headed to the Valley of Fire — a state park about 50 miles north east of Vegas. As the name suggests this is a valley with lots of red rocks. Actually, the park is very nice with some outstanding rock structures and Indian Petroglyphs. Zaph and Splash had a great time climbing the rocks and hiking through the sand. This park had one of the most interesting campgrounds we have ever seen — the sites are tucked into the rocks and the picnic tables were under roofs to give you some shade from the sun. I bet it gets pretty hot in the summer! If we ever get back to this area I would like to stay in this park for a couple of nights. We decided to drive the scenic way back to Las Vegas so we drove the “Northshore Road”. This road went through Lake Mead National Park and we did get some great views of the lake. As the sun set shortly after we started the drive we didn’t stop at the lake.
Valley of Fire
more red rocks
and more red rocks
this is at the "Bee Hive"
I though we had left the arches in Utah, this one followed us
some of the many petroglyphs
Zaphod finds a nice spot
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