Only 10 miles outside the Las Vegas city boundary is Red
Rock Canyon Park. You could be on another planet from fun city Vegas. We had
with us a family member, Stan, who had recently moved to Las Vegas. We started
our tour at the visitor centre, so what better place to kick off with our first
photo, of Stan and Jane against the backdrop of the mountains we are about to
drive through.
The visitor centre had loads of information about the park
and its geological origins. I can’t seem to relate to the timescale of when
different rocks were formed, so quickly lose the plot. 10 million years ago
feels the same in my head as 100 million years ago; it was all a long, long
time ago.
But the rocks themselves were beautiful. This is where we
stopped for lunch. One of the few advantages of driving a large motor home
around is that you travel fully provisioned so making food on the go is easy
provided you can park the juggernaut.
On another side of the parking spot we saw rock climbers,
another recreation provided by the park. Ralph and his friend were here a few
days ago doing this same thing. The climber is arrowed in the photo as he’s a
small dot, possibly frozen to the spot awaiting a helicopter rescue.
As the road turned away from the red rocks the views became
longer and the road gradually descended back to the visitor centre.
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