Southern Utah '06
Final Day - Drove down to Nevada and spent until mid-afternoon hiking around a fantastical Valley of Fire SP, drove the length of Lake Meade to the Hoover Dam, and then spent a nice evening in Vegas astounded by the excess and waste. I admit I had a great time, but did the Colorado really have to be dammed so that a well lit purple Bellagio could display giant beautiful fountains synchronized to music in the middle of the desert? A sign at Hoover Dam read, "They died to make the desert bloom". Um, not sure I can think of any sillier reason to die.
Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada
The Arrowhead trail
Continuing the drive
Old CCC built lodging
Mouse's Tank trail
lots of petroglyphs
Back on the scenic drive into the heart of the park
Valley of outrageous pastel colors - you've
really got to drive and hike this to believe it!
The White Domes trail (best of the 4 I did)
A short slot
Back on the scenic drive
psychedelic! I swear, my camera was not smoking anything
Fire Valley overlook trail
Fire Valley I suppose
Lake Meade, Hoover damn, and the tamed river
Ooh, I like the bathtub ring, supposing
Lk Powell looks similar