Valley of Fire

We are in Las Vegas for the weekend. This is not our first trip to this city. We are not staying on the strip this time, but are a LONG LV block away...maybe a half-mile. Our goal this trip was to geocache along the strip, which we did on Friday night. It was A LOT of walking. It also sprinkled off and on, so we did get a little wet, but accomplished our mission and found our way back to our hotel in the dark.

Saturday's plan was to drive northeast of Vegas to Valley of Fire State Park. Yes, there was geocaching, but also this was a sight-seeing adventure. It was well worth the drive. The colors of the red rocks were enhanced by the rain, and the wee bit of sunshine at the beginning of the driving tour.

the reason for the name

area called beehives

to show the size of some of the eroded areas

weathering on the sandstone

some color in the desert

Globe mallow

interesting weather-caused-feature on a sandstone beehive

petroglyphs in the valley

 

glad we could use the metal steps

the arch 

a wall of rain was moving in

variety of colors in the Valley of Fire

some vertical among the horizontal features

rainbow rock

didn't know the valley was so famous

differing colors in the same area

the pink strip caught my eye

red tipped white domed boulder

interesting layered boulder

Seven Sisters in front of us

a slot canyon

a turtle

another bunch of blooms

do you see the elephant?

Nevada state seal