Southern Nevada
04.06.2012 – 04.11.2012
Delta Airlines
Red Rock Casino, Resort, and Spa & The Signature at MGM Grand
The deserts of Nevada are anything but dull. While the bright lights of Las Vegas casinos draw millions of visitors each year, lesser known are the colorful Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire State Park. For our birthdays in 2012, we flew out to the Silver State to indulge ourselves in Las Vegas’ culinary scene, try our luck in gambling, and discover Nevada’s awe-inspiring natural landscape. And of course Nanette agreed to visit Hoover Dam for the third time so that her structural engineer husband can finally see this mammoth of a construction for himself. Combined with the perfect spring weather, we could not have asked for a better birthday trip.
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Casino
Spring Mountain Ranch
Lake Mead
Valley of Fire
Wynn & Encore
Blue Diamond
Valley of Fire
Red Rock Canyon
Hoover Dam
Valley of Fire
New York-New York
The Venetian
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon
Hoover Dam
Spring Mountain Ranch
Spring Mountain Ranch
Bonnie Springs Ranch
The Cosmopolitan
Bally’s & Paris
Petroglyphs (Valley of Fire)
Lake Mead
Valley of Fire
Valley of Fire
Spring Mountain Ranch
MGM Grand
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam
Red Rock Canyon
Handprints Red Rock Canyon
Spring Mountain Ranch
Sunset in Las Vegas
Lake Mead
Valley of Fire
Caesars Palace
Hungry burro
Burro encounter
Paris
Arizona time
Red Rock Canyon
Las Vegas
Lake Mead
Valley of Fire
The Venetian
Las Vegas
Valley of Fire
Bonnie Springs Ranch
Spring Mountain Ranch
Spring Mountain Ranch
Bellagio
The Venetian
MGM Grand
Lake Mead
Valley of Fire
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam
Valley of Fire
Las Vegas Boulevard
Hello, there!
Valley of Fire
Valley of Fire
Red Rock Canyon
Valley of Fire
Lonely road
Spring Mountain Ranch
The Venetian
New York New York
Bonnie Springs Ranch
Hoover Dam
Valley of Fire
Other blog posts I have written on Nevada:
Wonderful pictures, thank you! Finally someone who posts pictures with a decent size! My wife and I travel to Vegas and surrounding areas a couple times a year and I love the scenery! We’re from Michigan, I used to live in San Diego. Have you ever driven from Vegas to LA? It’s about a 6 hour drive but the change in landscape is incredible! One trip we made it to Rachel, NV and area 51. We’ve been to Hoover Dam and the West Rim of the Grand Canyon with the skywalk, beautiful. This trip 3 days in Cali, Santa Monica…maybe a trip to the Sequoias. Then while in Vegas, we’re off to Oatman, AZ and the donkeys! Thanks again for the beautiful photos! With your permission I’d like to use some of those for my desktop wallpaper.
Posted by Joel Howard | April 12, 2014, 12:17 amHi Joel, thanks for the message. I’ve been on a road trip from Vegas to LA probably about ten years ago. I really enjoyed the scenery of the Mojave Desert. You’re welcome to use our pictures for your desktop wallpaper.
Posted by fallequinox2006 | April 12, 2014, 3:06 am