{"id":179,"date":"2007-05-02T12:28:20","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T16:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/archives\/179"},"modified":"2014-09-24T06:08:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T10:08:44","slug":"las-vegas-valley-of-fire-o-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/las-vegas-valley-of-fire-o-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas, Valley of Fire, O (day 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/images\/Valley of Fire1.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Valley of Fire1s.JPG\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\"><\/a>Around 9am, we packed a picnic lunch and headed out to <a href=\"http:\/\/parks.nv.gov\/vf.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Valley of Fire<\/a>, which is less than an hour&#8217;s drive from Vegas. Just before the entrance to the park, we came upon a car parked haphazardly in the middle of the road. I admit that for a second I thought it might be some sort of a scam, but in fact the couple had spotted several bighorn sheep. We watched these rare creatures for a while before continuing into the park.<br \/><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/images\/Valley of Fire2.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Valley of Fire2s.JPG\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\"><\/a>I was amazed at how diverse the rock formations were. I kept thinking that at some point it would be tedious driving mile after mile through rocks, but in fact they were always different &#8211; strange shapes, shifting colors&#8230; it was fascinating.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/Valley of Fire3.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/Valley of Fire3s.JPG\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\"><\/a>And the petroglyphs are just so weird and cute and interesting. 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