Hiking down a canyon
Valley of Fire
Nevada
April 24, 2009
With a few hours to spare before we caught our flight back to Calgary, we visited the Valley of Fire. There are no peaks here to climb but the sandstone landscape is fascinating. We only had time for a few short hikes, but the Valley of Fire deserves to be allotted much more time. |
Hiking down a canyon
Overlook
Heading to Mouse's Tank
Mouse's Tank: rain water collects in a small rock basin
Prehistoric petroglyph of a big horn sheep (mouse over to back up)
More petroglyphs
Clockwise from top left: chuckwalla, side-blotched, desert iguana and zebra-tailed lizards
(mouse over each to zoom in)
Elephant rock
Interesting rocks everywhere
Cabins built in 1935 (mouse over for a close-up)
Exploring the cliffs above the cabins
On a high point (mouse over)
Looking down at Dinah from my perch
View from my high point