We went to Vegas and didn’t really like it. There, I said it. So instead of stuffing our faces with casino buffet food, we hit the road looking for adventure, and found a true gem: Red Rock Canyon State Park. Only 20 miles from the Strip, this small park doesn’t need to get intimidated by its gigantic National Park neighbours, as it has more than its fair-share of epic desert landscapes and rock formations, with plenty of hikes and eye candy for an amateur photographer like me. Vegas was hot. Spending August in Southern California wasn’t the smartest choice, but it was the only one we had. So when we started our drive back to LA on our last day, we seriously debated taking the detour to visit the park. Should we? Shouldn’t we? If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you know that I would never let the opportunity to go off-route pass. I can almost taste the adventure when my fingers touch the weathered pages of our paper map, this time taking us to the desert once again. I couldn’t wait. The park was recommended to us by a Las Vegas couple we had met hiking a coastal path while in Oregon. They boasted about its […]
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