Friday, October 16, 2020

Exploring Valley of the Fire State Park

Atlatl Campground, Valley of the Fire State Park, NV






Josh and Marlina showed up around midnight last night. Despite their late night arrival, we still managed to get in a full day exploration of the park.  There are so many cool geological features to see here. 

This picture was taken at the last hike of the day, at the Fire Wave.  Don’t know if you can see us, but we are near the top of this rock.  Such a fun hike to get to this point.




















My favorite hike of the day was the Fire Wave.  There was no clearly defined trail and we wandered over the rocks. The different colors and swirly patterns were impressively unique. 


















This morning we checked at Atlatl rock and got a close up look of some of the many petroglyphs in the park.  
















We started the day with a bike ride thru parts of the park. This led us to some hikes thru awesome canyons and rock formations.  And yes, we saw some more big horn sheep. 



















Yes, there was a lot of rock climbing and exploring.  
p.s. - where is Ned hiding?? 















 Picnic in-between the many hikes.  

















Some of the other hikes we did were to Mouse’s Tank and Rainbow’s End.  It was a challenge at times to hike thru so much sand, but so rewarding to see all the different rock formations and petroglyphs.  

Doesn’t this one rock look like the Starship Enterprise? 













Time for burgers and margaritas at the campsite!  








 















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