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Mindful exploring, through the eyes of a viking daughter.
Valley Of Fire State Park
We got our nature fix in Valley Of Fire State Park last weekend. It was my second visit, and my daughter’s first visit. She was amazed, and I totally understand why. Valley of Fire is a spiritual place, it feels like you are on another planet. Time stands still. You’re surrounded by infinity.
The sandstones formations takes all shapes you possibly can imagine, and some more. On top of that they come in all the colors of the rainbow.
The photo above is right in the beginning of White Dome Hike. Can you see the people coming down the trail? You feel very small and humble in this landscape.
Transformers was filmed here, along with many other famous movies like; Star Trek Generations, The Professionals, and Total Recall (and many more, including hundreds of car commercials.)
Part of the movie set of The Professionals with Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, and Claudia Cardinale, is still viewable for visitor that hike the White Dome’s. Seen at the right, bottom corner, of the photo above.
The park is filled with caves everywhere you look. It’s easy to assume that the first human inhabitants of the area was cave dwellers.
My German Shepherd enjoyed this visit a lot more than the first visit three months ago, as it was 50 degrees cooler than the last time!
It’s so exciting to explore the narrow canyons. Valley of Fire is 60 miles north-east of Las Vegas Strip, but as far away from the craziness of the city as you can get. A one hour drive and you’re HERE. It’s surreal.
We actually saw many horses, and some mules. (And yes, the first thing I did when I got back home was to look at horse ads..) I so want to ride here one day. I’ll add that to my bucket list. I actually stopped a cowboy that was walking next to his horse, and asked him if he arranged rides in the park. It looked like he was leading a group of riders. Unfortunately he didn’t, I would of signed up for a ride in a heart beat.
My daughter wanted to examine every rock. Literally. I’ll probably purchase a pass for the whole year. I can see us spending many days here; exploring, hiking, taking pictures, and enjoying nature together as a mama-daughter activity.
My daughter made up a gazillion stories about the rock formations we saw. Many of them including giant people that had a big fight there, and turned into rocks. Very intersting theories.
Most of the sandstone formations looks so soft and smooth. That’s the work of wind and water. There’s many theories about the interesting colors of some of the rocks. I tend to believe that the colors comes from the metals and minerals in the ground, that have surrounded the rocks, during periods of time when the area have been under water.
I’m going to end this (very long) post with a close-up of the “old woman”, in the White Dome Family.
You can see her, right?
If you stayed with me this far, THANK YOU! I enjoyed sharing my latest experience of Valley of Fire with you. Have an amazing week!
Love,
Ms Zen
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Valley of Fire is easily the most amazing place in Clark County-and one of Nevada’s top three: Cathedral Gorge and the Ruby Mountains are the other two. That is saying a lot, given the number of fascinating places in the Silver State.
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Yes, I agree! (I have property in the foothills of the Ruby mountains.)
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I love your photography in this post, MJ! Gorgeous. I hope you both have many wonderful hours together in this beautiful place. 😎
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Thank you so much John 🙏
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Such beauty! I love the colors of the rocks, such great photos. That would be AMAZING to trail ride there some day!! ❤️ I’m so glad it’s only an hour away, thank you for all your amazing photos, and sharing your adventures! 🤗❤️😊
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I’m so happy to share the experience with you my friend ❤️❤️❤️
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Beautiful place. Great shots of it. Love the close-up of her sitting in the curves. 😊
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It’s an amazing place! Thank you so much 🙏
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You’re welcome. 😊😊
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Wow!! One of these days!!……..
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YES!!
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Your theory is much more scientific, but a little less romantic than giant people 😉 It looks so gorgeous, I can understand why you’d want a year pass. I hope you do get to ride there.
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Yes, I guess so 😊 it’s a marvelous place. Thank you 🙏
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Incredible rock formations! It is great that this place is so close to the city, yet very far from the hustle-bustle. Beautiful spot!
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Yes! I’m thrilled to have it close by.
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You captured VOF beautifully of course, Maria! Looks like you all enjoyed it…a hottest time of year to visit. We were in awe of it’s immensity and even thought we recognized areas we’d seen in movies. We drove through a lot of it but hiked mostly in the white domes area, after stopping for a bit in the visitors center. My experience helped my satisfaction for missing Antelope canyon. I’ll be sharing my pics in my next post.
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Thank you Terri 🙏 I can’t wait to see your photos!
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Amazing colours nature never ceases to be amazing, I love that you are teaching your daughter to see nature at its best, I think it is a very rarely taught appreciation now a days.
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Nature is amazing. I’m amazed every time I’m out and about. Thank you 🙏
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Those formations were amazing! Enjoyed see your happy pictures of you and your daughter and your loving pup!
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Good to find you again, Ms Zen. 🙂 Or Maria! This was a spectacular outing.
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So nice seeing you here my friend!! I’m happy you enjoyed the adventure 😊🙏
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