Valley Of Fire

 

One of the main reasons to come as far north as the Las Vegas area was to go to the Valley of Fire State Park. Valley of Fire was Nevada's very first state park. The park got his name because the red sandstone formations look like they are on fire when the sun's rays hit them.

Fun fact: Several movies have been made here, one of them was 'Star Trek Generations', filmed in 1994, which was the scene of James T. Kirk's death. Another movie is 'Viva Las Vegas' with Elvis Presley. Kirk and Presley, I guess you don't get any better creds than that.

Valley of Fire lived up to it's reputation. The rock formations were beautiful and the hiking was fun.

This was the view from my campsite about five miles away from Valley of Fire. 
I think it was my most favorite camping spot on this trip so far.

The first hike was called the White Dome Hike.  It was a loop hike so we didn't have to climb back up this way.  It was a lot of downhill in the beginning.

Going down

And down

And we have a slot!!

Just because we can't have enough Miko

And more Miko.  She is actually looking at the camera - how unusual.

The Fire Wave Hike was a fairly easy hike, relatively flat.  The rocks really gave the impression of a flowing river.

This couple was rather irritating. 
I sat down waiting for them to finish taking all of their selfies from every possible angle. 
 I think I sat there for about 15 minutes and I finally gave up and moved on.

Although I did manage to get this Lion King moment!!!

If you drop down behind this pretty rock and meander down a ways there is what they called The Pink Canyon.  It was another slot and the rocks really were pink.

Miko photobombing