"So easy a caveman could do it..."

I recently discovered a prehistoric cave painting while hiking through Red Rock Canyon.  It appears as if prehistoric man was attempting to express the emotion, "love."

Obviously this is not true.  Well maybe half of it is and you can figure out which half.  It made me think of my husband and I thought I would share it here.  I love you honey.

Just to be safe, I want to make sure that you know this is OBVIOUSLY a joke. I support the military 150%.  But just in case someone stumbles across this who doesn't know me, I want to make that clear.  This was an advertisement that the Navy made to poke fun at the Army.  I got a good chuckle since everyone knows the greatest branch of our military is the United States Air Force.  Yes, I might be a little biased since I am married to an amazing USAF Captain.

"Excuse me while I kiss the sky"

Funky art that I photographed at the Red Rock Canyon visitor's center.

More pictures of Red Rock Canyon.  You can actually see the stripe of red rocks in this photograph that gives the canyon it's name.  The red rock layers are known as keystone thrusts and were formed over millions of years.  250 million years ago the earth's crust started to rise due to the shifting of tectonic plates.  This caused the water that was present at the time to be forced out and left behind salt and gypsum.  This caused some of the rocks in the former sea bed to oxidize and form the red and orange layers of rock that you see today.

Recent Photographs

  

Lions, Tigers, and Armadillos? Oh my!

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (whew!!!  That's a mouthful!) is about 17 miles from the Las Vegas strip.  It's absolutely breathtaking and you wouldn't believe that you are still in Las Vegas.  Red Rock Canyon has numerous hiking trails and if you don't want to get out of your car because it's 120 degrees outside, you don't have to!  You can drive the 13 mile loop that goes through the entire conservation area.  All of the trails are marked and rated by degree of difficulty so you don't get in over your head.  I've done some light hiking there and really enjoyed it.  Enjoy the pictures that I took a few days ago when I was there hiking and check out their website.  Definitely a MUST if you are in Las Vegas, especially if you have lost all of your money playing poker.