It was easy to see how this state park got its name. The rocks were so red and it was 104 degrees! Mitch thought I was crazy but we did get out and did a few small hikes. Valley of the Fire State Park is Nevada’s first state park and was just North west of Lake Mead. We stopped at several trails to get out and do some exploring. First at seven sisters, where there were seven big towers of rocks. Then down at white domes and lastly on the petroglyphs hike. I commented to Mitch that it was interesting to see how much the petroglyphs differed from the ones at Dinosaur National in Utah/Colorado. Those were huge, like my entire arm span where these were the size of my hand...I’m assuming it’s just the difference between native tribes.
The highlight was seeing all the Big Horn Sheep. They told us on the Lake Mead cruise to look for them, and we definitely saw at least a dozen at Valley of Fire. We even witnessed two male rams head butting several times. It was amazing and I couldn’t wait to share the video with the girls. The sheep were definitely not worried about civilians hanging out. Everything about this Park was awesome. Nature is cool!
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