07-20-2016

The Lighter Side

Less Desert – More Flowers

As you get a little more into the upper canyons outside of Vegas, such as Bryce or Zion, you get to see more green. Going through Dixie National Forest you get an amazing view of the canyon in the middle of this forest during sunset. This was a perfect little spot for some nice photos. Its fun to have the temperatures drop while you’re in an area that can reach the 100’s easily. Now the other softer side of this area beside the high heat levels is the flower scenery. Though, everything out here is still a bit thorny or prickly, the blooms were a beauty for the eyes compared to all the sand, desert and dryness. I love my macro lens just for these special occasions.

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07-19-2016

Viva Vegas

Just Another Valley

Unless you love to gamble, have money to blow on shows or just live for large crowds of people in the neon lights…it is just another city in a valley. This time around, we got to venture a bit more and taste the actual vegas life. We were treated to the Las Vegas show at the Saxe and walked the freemont experience. Just like most of the places I have ventured, it is difficult to get a good photo. I feel I was able to get better images last time around but the whole point of this is to continuously show off different photos of each area…so here you go!

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07-18-2016

Hell on Earth

Death Valley

I wanted to get the race track rocks, but they were too far north from my venture that I planned. The plus side, I got my sand dunes! Im happy I was only passing through because it was HOT. Surprisingly busy as well as hot -who knew other lumps of people would want to come to hell on earth. You can see why it was named this because I am sure nothing survives here well. Though the valley next to it is Las Vegas which can get just as hot but it is much much much more lively.
Back to the valley of death – I wish I had been here after the rainfall so I could see for myself the life of flowers bloom throughout the valley.
You’d be surprised where you can find beauty ; for me, it is sand dunes. Not sure why…

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07-17-2016

On to Death Valley

Pass through Trona

So here is another angle of the Pinnacles from a distance. Please forgive that I did not get the greatest photos of some of these locations. It was amazing to see these large rock formations in the distance but it was not easy to photograph. Another thing about distance is that you get to travel from valley to valley going over huge mountains. When you get through the valley that the town of Trona is in, you find yourself at the top of a large look out facing into the beginning of Death Valley. There really isn’t much to look at and no photograph can really showcase the depth of vast world you see in person.
I tried though, hope it somehow gives the feeling of being on top of the world in one of the hottest locations we have in the US.

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07-16-2016

Trona Pinnacles

High Pointed Piece of Rock

So this was not one of my favorites unfortunately but I will share the tale.
The pinnacles themselves were pretty fantastic. I would have gotten closer to see the true stature but the road was unbearable. The road wouldn’t be bad for any vehicle that isn’t low profile. I was sure the rocks were going to rip through my tires, the underneath of my car was going to be irreparable. So I traveled down the road with no back tracking. This national landmark is a site but you will definitely want a larger car, lots of water and make sure you let people know because there is no cell service until you get into death valley (at least for me).


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