So the other day we were at Red Rock Canyon.It was neat.In fact the next day some climber had to be rescued when he was stuck in mid air during his climb/descent.You can climb there but you need a permit.We decided to take a drive to the Valley of Fire a couple of days ago.This was even more spectacular than the canyon was.The very scenic road wound thru some of the most gorgeous formations of bright red rocks that went on for several miles via a loop road.I've included a few pix here, but they don't really capture driving thru the "valley" formed by the firey red rock hills.Daisy got in a picture to contrast the red to her coat.It was a long day but we enjoyed it.What is getting old out west is the dust.It's everywhere.And the dryness.Having humidity numbers in the single digits are common.We'll be happy when we are east of the mississippi!My Toyota is contrasting the large rocks in another photo.Tacoma will be at one hundred thousand miles in a few weeks.We'll have to celebrate with a margarita!
On Sunday, Lindy went to a brunch with a group from the park.She had a great meal and good time.Daisy and I stayed home (slept in!).Yesterday, we went to a Sportsman &
RV show at the Vegas Covention Center.Good news is that we got in free with our military ID's.
I was glad to not have to ask for a seniors discount.We ended up spending a lot on a complete set of titanium cook ware.So I guess we made up the free entry.You may be wondering why we haven't posted any pictures of downtown Vegas.Well the two or three times we were there, I didn't have my camera and we felt if you watch the opening shots of CSI (In Vegas), you'll see it all better than my shots would show.
We are now spending our last weekend at Nellis quietly.Lindy is enjoying the heck out of her new Kindle2 book device thing.She's had it only two weeks and has already read six novels!For avid book readers, like Lindy, this thing is a godsend.It's about as big as a large paperback and only a quarter inch thick.It will download a full book in less than one minute!So no more carrying a load of hardbacks with us, or looking for them, and paying a small fortune to buy them.The Kindle downloads for just $9.95.An amazing invention.Check it out at Amazon.Com.The warm eighty degree weather is to break by tomorrow and stay in the seventies.However, the wind is going to gust to forty plus also.Our next stop for those interested, is this wednesday to Lake Havasu City, Az.We'll spend a few days there sightseeing.They have the London Bridge there. If you remember, they purchased it from England years ago.It was dismantled, shipped, and re-assembled in Lake Havasu.From there we will begin our slow eastbound trek to the eastcoast and tentatively plan a mid-april arrival in NJ.We'll try to get out a blog as often as feasible on the road eastbound and are looking forward to seeing our friends in Jersey soon.Spring is here, enjoy longer days, shorter nights & warmer weather.For now.................From The Road,...............................over & out

Hi everyone!I'm getting to write a little to give dad a break.Yesterday the folks took me for a drive to Red Rock Canyon.They are a 25 mile drive west of the city of Las Vegas.
They are as high as 4700 feet above sea level.We got in free using the golden age card we now have for national parks.There was a 13 mile scenic drive road thru the hills and rock formations.We stopped about ten times for pictures.The rocks are red from having very high
levels of iron bearing minerals deposited over 600 million years ago when the formations were below sea level.About 180 million years ago, a giant sand dune formed over what would become the western US.Winds formed the lines in the sands, and over time the sand compressed into stone.After telling you that, isn't it a shame I will never see college!Anyway I had a good time and gave up a lot of afternoon nap time to make this pilgrimage but it was worth it.I actually met another long hair Dacshund named Izzy.We talked a few minutes about our quest for food and techniques to use on our owners ( push-overs in my case).Dad got a picture of me in the car window.And sort of like Alfred Hitchcock always having a cameo in his movies, well it is my blog.So, we are going to the Valley of Fire tomorrow to see,
you guesssed it ....more rocks.I'll be wearing my asbestos harnesses I'm sure and just in case I'll bring a fire bottle.I half expect to see Godzilla around some of these prehistoric looking areas.If we get some good pictures, I'll have them on the blog.Right now I need to go to the couch and catch up on some of my lost nap time...............................Daisy