Valley of Fire State Park

 Moapa Valley, NV

Not Watching the Super Bowl

Today we had a slow morning and then headed about an hour north to Valley of Fire State Park to avoid any Super Bowl festivities.  It's been on our list of places to visit for years now and we figured that it wouldn't be that crowded during the game and we were right.  I only heard one person mention the game and that was an employee working in the gift shop  It was nice being around people who chose nature over supporting the NFL.

The Visitor Center perfectly fits in with the red rocks of Valley of Fire

They were open but I wanted to make a, "Sorry Folks, Park's closed, The Owl out front should have told you!"

They had a theater showing videos from various state parks within the state.

The Visitor Center Store had the most Las Vegas / State Park shirt ever.

After the visitor center we did a short drive to the parking lot for the Rainbow Vista Trail hike which is a mile round trip.

It was a mile in loose sand so we got some good exercise

The red sand really made some of the plants look blue.

We saw a regular sized Big Horned Sheep that looked tiny.

We made it to the end and enjoyed the views.

You can see the train markers leading us off into the distance.

After our hike we drove to the end of the loop to see some of the other named rock features before heading home.

Donna took some really good drive shots.  It was a great drive and you should try to get out there next time you are in the area.

That's it for today.  If you missed, Pinball Tournament at the Pinball Hall of Fame, check it out, it was a fun tournament.