In early May of 2004 we went to Las Vegas. Several of the folks we knew had been talking about meeting and going caching. The day after the Warthog Down Cache we went to a place west of Vegas called
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
It was a very cool place. This was once again desert hiking just like the day before... except flatter! Once you got on some of the hills the views were once again spectacular. We ended up finding 14 caches total during this part of the trip. The image above is the view from the Visitor Center View geocache.
Click on any photo to see the larger image.
Our first view from our first cache.
Panning right, more of red rocks.
Lil Devil up on the rocks.
The rocks had the measles.
One view from a cache.
Another view panning right.
The trail head and the walk down
to the rocks and the wash.
Chris and Cher
hiking back to the trail head.
Closer view of the trail and the
rock scramble down to the wash.
View from the trail head 1.
View from the trail head 2.
View from the trail head 3.
The last of the red sandstone
at the north end of the park.
Panning right, the geology in the
area is absolutely amazing.
View from the trail head 4.
Click on the image to see a composite of the four views above, 2980 x 750 pixels, file size is 1.1 MB.
The sandstone changes to white
at the north part of the park.
Moving away from another cache
and the desert floor to the west.
An old scrub bush on the rocks.
Desert life is harsh.
Old quarry cuts.
Walking back from the quarry 1.
Walking back from the quarry 2.
This is a composite image of the two images above plus one more
image on the left looking to the north, 2126 x 700 pixels.
The file size on this large image is 489 kb.
Below is a composite image from the next area we went caching in.
It was to the west of the quarry in the Keystone Thrust area.
This image is looking southeast to southwest and is 749 kb.
From the same point we could
look to the far left to Red Rocks.
Moun10Bike and mtn-man.
Jon and me. What a day!
Cher, Jon and Chris.
Another old bush on the rocks.
Oasis in the desert.
Looking back to the mountains.
Wild burros.
Another wild burro.
We had a great time in the desert hiking out with friends. It was a new experience for a lot of us.
There is nothing like a good day in the woods. Ignore your cell phone and relax.
View from the trail head 4.
