The last time I was here, in February, it snowed in Red Rock Canyon, so that my climbing trip was cut short. This time around I wake up Friday morning after arriving the previous night, look out the window and see a downpour! On top of that it was freezing cold...not the best perspectives for the race on Sunday.
After spending most, actually all of Friday, in the hotel (earning $10 for a survey of NBC trailers, and $125 in dining coupons for listening to a timeshare sales guy for an hour) Lesley and I headed out for a hike to Red Rock Canyon on Saturday.
The weather was gorgeous, pretty windy, but sunny. We did the Calico Tank trail. A moderate out-and-back trail of approximately 2.5 miles. It was just the right distance to get our legs moving, but not tiring us out before the half marathon the next day.
The path led from the parking lot through a wash to a narrow canyon. We followed the canyon to a pool of pretty fridgid looking water. Continuing past the pool we reached a nice vista point overlooking the plains all the way back to the Strip. It's quite amazing how remote the canyon feels although Las Vegas is a mere 30 minutes away.The goodie package for suffering through the timeshare sales pitch also included tickets to the Shark Reef Aquarium at the Mandalay Bay hotel. Seeing all those fish, turtles, corrals, etc. made me want to go diving again... I haven't been since the Advanced Open Water certification class last winter...Need to go! Anyone up for it?
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