Red Rock Canyon at last

Day 22    April 27, 2015

Over view of Red Rock Canyon

Red Rock Canyon at last.  For over 20 years Jan has wanted to see this canyon.  We were in Las Vegas 21 years ago for a meeting and at that time Jan and I had scheduled to see this canyon.  Jan got sick, thus keeping us from going to the canyon.  We have kidded about this for years and today we got to go.   We weren’t disappointed at all after all these years. 

Red Rock wall

When we arrived we checked in with the visitor’s center to find out about their hiking trails.  After choosing one we headed that way.  We tend to choose moderate difficulty trails for our new hiking adventures.  That is what we understood this one to be.  Well, it was a little more than that.  Climbing about 900’ wasn’t the issue as much as the footing nor was the 6.5 miles. 

The trail was mostly large loose rocks, making it rather precarious in footing and unstable for push off.  Still we “got ur done”.  Lots of others on the trail and some really interesting folks.  I had some great conversations. 

We had seen that there were wild horses and burros to look for.  We really looked hard but, not sightings.  Then on the road as we were leaving, BURROS!  One even thought that he would see if we would feed him.  That would be a NO, NO!