June 30, 2011

On the side of a building in Ely Nevada

365/99 Saturday April 11, 2009

Clark County Fair, Logandale Nevada

A Rainbow of Chickies

Ok your eyes do not deceive you! These chicks have actually been colored! If you click on the photos to enlarge you'll really get a better view. They said that as soon as the egg cracks food coloring is put in and the result are these little tuffs of down in assorted colors.

Once the baby down feathers drop out they'll look just like their cousins once again. I had never seen this done before, and since Easter is tomorrow it looked like a moving Easter basket!

365/98 Friday April 10, 2009

Clark County Nevada Fair at Logandale

It was a kick to watch the little piggies. A baby was given to someone to hold and started squealing up a storm. That woke all the little guys up and they headed to momma for lunch

There's always one, this little guy kept looking around like 'where did everyone go?

Finally he found his spot as well, he's the one with his little face upturned.

365/82 Wednesday March 25, 2009

Redstone, Lake Mead National Recreation Area

We have passed this Trail head several times, the first time I thought it was the Valley of Fire Park. This time we stopped, it has trails which lead back into the desert but the view from the parking lot gives you a great look at the changing scenery.

Several miles further northwest will be the Valley of Fire Park where the red rock formations expound on these smaller ones here. It's just awe inspiring to see the desert explode with these rocks. The flowers show the contrast, dry, compacted red dust and blooms of spring. Mother Nature is really something isn't she?

365/81 Tuesday March 24, 2009

Hover Dam - Nevada to Arizona

Notice the water level here, the white shows where Lake Mead was at one time.
You wonder if we will ever see it back to this height?

I wanted to give you some perspective here. Look to the top left where I've highlighted the new support arch being built. This is to be the new by-pass for visitors who want to avoid the horrendous lines of lookers to see the Hoover Dam up close and personal. Can you imagine working at that height? We watched the workers (looking like little ants) climb and crawl all over these supports for the new bridge.We went at what was probably the best time, with the least amount of traffic and still crawled for the last 3 miles. Leaving we passed stopped cars for a good 4-5 miles. And for me, a Pacific Northwesterner, I had a hard time seeing what all the too doo is about. The dams across the Columbia River far exceed Hoover Dam, but the Columbia doesn't have the close proximity to Las Vegas that Hoover does, I'm sure that explains a lot. We were more than disappointed at the tourist atmosphere, everything had a price, even the Visitor's Center, sad, in my view Exhibits and Visitors Centers should be free, I guess this will help pay for the new by-pass.

365/80 Monday March 23, 2009

Venetian Hotel and Casino Las Vegas
Amazingly beautiful.

I am always so amazed as we crest the hill and get our first glimpse of Vegas as we come from the North on the Interstate. It is truly like a mirage, an Oasis of concrete and neon in the midst of the desert. The Venetian I think is our favorite place to stay, the staff goes out of their way to make you feel special and treat you as such. Now if they could only figure out how to make me win! Looking out our hotel room window I spotted the gondola just about to go under the bridge, and directly across from us was the new construction on yet another building to add to the many at the Venetian, I would guess another tower but I'm not sure. I just wouldn't want to be the men on these cranes, on this day the winds were strong and I'm sure the sway from their vantage point is way too much for my stomach!

365/32 Monday February 2-2009

365/32 Monday February 2-2009 - Flags waving in Mesquite Nevada.

There's just something about a flag waving full out in the wind. These have been waving a lot as you can tell by the rips and tears, which I think just add more character.