I took advantage of my free day Monday to cruise the Lake Mead area and shoot some video. This short piece show some of the landscape along Lake Mead's Northshore Road. The oasis-like red rock sandstone formations that litter this area are pretty amazing. En route to this spot are areas of desert that would make you wonder if you were on Mars, with charcoal black rocks strewn about fields of bright orange-red sand. In fact it was those Mars rocks that jarred me into remembering I had a new video camera with me and, gee, perhaps I should try using it.
Last weekend some friends joined me hiking up Arrow Canyon, about 40 miles north of Las Vegas. After on-again-off-again weather we happened to pick the hottest day of the year so far to do it. Not so bad considering it's one of those hikes where you get a nice respite as the canyon narrows to a point where the ground and walls stay nice and cool from rarely, if ever, encountering the sun's rays.
