Today was an “in-between pickleball” day, so Don and I ventured off to Red Rock Canyon only about 18 miles SW of our hotel. It was a lovely day, about 80-85 degrees with a gentle wind. This is a small BLM facility located just off State Route 159. It was designated as Nevada’s first National Conservation Area in 1990. It includes a 13-mile scenic drive, more than 30 miles of hiking trails and is a world renown rock climbing area. In addition, Tortoise, wild horses, desert big horn sheep and burros roam here. Even though we kept our eyes “peeled” the only wildlife we saw were homo sapiens!!!
However the Visitor Center was world class as it combined indoor and outdoor exhibit areas with extravagantly creative, and unique artwork backdrops which visually enhanced and blended successfully with the environment, all of which made learning even more delightful. We’d both go again, just to re-explore the Visitor Center. Our summation: The Best of the Best, another Gem!!!
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Once again, the vivid contrast between green grass, red rocks
and blue sky was stunning. |
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| Not a bad sign either!!! |
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Never saw a "hairy" scorpion before - glad this one
wasn't moving anymore. |
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Each of four major exhibits representing Water, Earth, Air & Fire
were depicted in a similar manner. |
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| Each was unique and outrageous to say the least. |
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| Fire - what a view in the distance. |
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| And many display boards like this. |
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| The massive sandstone formations |
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| that were created 180 million years ago |
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were from the largest sand dune that ever existed
on earth. |
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Wouldn't you like to be the researcher
whose job it was to research this stuff? |
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| What else can I say... |
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| except they got the "scenic" right on this scenic drive!!! |
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