Light/Breezes

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SUNRISE AT DEATH VALLEY-Photo by Tom Cochrun

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

DO THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS PLACE ON THE STRIP

ENTER ONLY IF
YOU WANT TO SEE ANOTHER SIDE OF VEGAS
BEAUTIFUL RED ROCKS
    Less than an hour west and north of the strip is a world
apart from the Vegas that comes to mind.  Magnificent mountains, light and the interplay of both.  To take you "close to the action" there is a loop drive and a dozen options for hiking, walking and climbing.

     The only special effects here are provided time and nature.  These old Yucca heads look like old shrunken heads indeed.

     As one in our party noted, they look like old spirits.







     This trail takes you over and through slanting rocks.
     Look carefully in the frame below.  How'd you like that view?


On the mid horizon line and you can
see the beginnings of the Vegas most people think of.
See you down the trail.
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5 comments:

  1. stephen HayesMarch 28, 2012 at 8:22 AM

    This looks like the land that time forgot, a place to hunt for Dead Sea Scrolls. And those really do look like shrunken heads. Wow!

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  2. CatalystMarch 28, 2012 at 8:35 AM

    Nice photos of a place few Vegas visitors know exists.

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  3. buffalostevecMarch 28, 2012 at 1:27 PM

    Beautiful photos! I'll have to visit one of these days. My wife went to UNLV undergrad and knows them well.

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  4. John GezeliusMarch 28, 2012 at 2:50 PM

    This is the part of Nevada that folks never see. It can be quite beautiful. The USAF has a number of facilities out there and it was always a treat to go out there and visit - the drive was often quite pretty indeed. And once I was out there alone for a few days for an exercise and it was a joy to just sit there and watch the desert crawl by while waiting to be rescued. And it is a land of such contrasts: Desert near Las Vegas, pine trees at Tahoe and sheep herders in Fallon.

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  5. Tom CochrunMarch 28, 2012 at 5:20 PM

    John I love your description of just watching the desert Crawl by!

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