The temperatures are still above 110 during the days so we're lucky that John's high school friend, Brett lives in Las Vegas. We went over to Brett's house and we got to catch up a little on old times. We went out to lunch and were joined by Brett's family, including h
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is mom. After luch, we went back to Brett's house and spent a couple of hours in the pool (along with our Lab, Holly and Brett's Lab, Ridgely). It was pretty entertaining with four adults, four kids, two retrievers, and two other dogs circling the pool constantly. After we spent a couple of hours cooling off in the pool, we drove out to Red Rock Canyon for a driving tour of the amazing landscape. Apparently the whole area started out as some of the biggest sand dunes the world has ever seen, but then the whole area became calcified and hardened into rock. The colors and stratification were georgeous and we'd have loved to be there for more sunsets and sunrises. As the sun moved, everythin
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g kept changing and we could have spent days looking around and walking on the short hikes through the park. Of course, it was about 114 degrees, so went didn't spend too much time out of the car. We hope to come back some time during the winter months. When the sun finished setting we went to the Visitors' Center because the Las Vegas Astronomy Club had set up an open house. Brett is a member and helped us with a running narrative on the equipment. There were about 25 telescopes of all types and some were huge! We got to see the moon (up very close), clear views of Saturn and its rin
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gs (along with two clearly visible moons), and a number of other stars, nebulae, etc. It was really fun and educational for the guys! By the time we finished, it was a little too late to hit the Vegas strip, so we went back to the trailer and got some sorely needed sleep. Tomorrow, we go back for more swimming and go see Las Vegas. Jake is dying to find out if he fits the size requirement to ride the "Insanity" ride on the top of the Stratosphere. Needless to say, no one else in the family is interested in hanging in empty space over 900 feet above the Vegas Strip!
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is mom. After luch, we went back to Brett's house and spent a couple of hours in the pool (along with our Lab, Holly and Brett's Lab, Ridgely). It was pretty entertaining with four adults, four kids, two retrievers, and two other dogs circling the pool constantly. After we spent a couple of hours cooling off in the pool, we drove out to Red Rock Canyon for a driving tour of the amazing landscape. Apparently the whole area started out as some of the biggest sand dunes the world has ever seen, but then the whole area became calcified and hardened into rock. The colors and stratification were georgeous and we'd have loved to be there for more sunsets and sunrises. As the sun moved, everythin.JPG)
g kept changing and we could have spent days looking around and walking on the short hikes through the park. Of course, it was about 114 degrees, so went didn't spend too much time out of the car. We hope to come back some time during the winter months. When the sun finished setting we went to the Visitors' Center because the Las Vegas Astronomy Club had set up an open house. Brett is a member and helped us with a running narrative on the equipment. There were about 25 telescopes of all types and some were huge! We got to see the moon (up very close), clear views of Saturn and its rin.JPG)
gs (along with two clearly visible moons), and a number of other stars, nebulae, etc. It was really fun and educational for the guys! By the time we finished, it was a little too late to hit the Vegas strip, so we went back to the trailer and got some sorely needed sleep. Tomorrow, we go back for more swimming and go see Las Vegas. Jake is dying to find out if he fits the size requirement to ride the "Insanity" ride on the top of the Stratosphere. Needless to say, no one else in the family is interested in hanging in empty space over 900 feet above the Vegas Strip!
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