Red Rock

When living in the desert, one would think that national parks are merely dusty trails. However, this is not the case and in a recent blog posting I had seen that Stephanie had taken her family's annual photograph whilst on a visit to the Red Rock Canyon. As this is a place of rare beauty in the desert, we made the 45 minute drive there just before lunch so as to enjoy the best part of the day outdoors.


Our first stop was at the "Red Rock" and, as you can see from the image above, this is a most interesting feature against the grey backdrop of all the other rock formations in this part of the mountain range. After a little walk down then a climb back up we were back in the car and on our way with the temperature rising by the second. However, when we reached the picnic area there was a rather cold breeze coming down from the mountains. Immediately following lunch we proceeded with our adventures for the day by taking a childrens trail called "Lost Creek" which took us up into the mountain to a waterfall. With this being Presidents Day every man and his dog, literally, wife and children were on this particular trail! We managed to evade falling into the many small streams and soaking ourselves and after a short while found ourselves turning round and heading back to the car with two, tired boys. All hail George Washington!