More from Las Vegas!

I took Colin to Red Rock Canyon. This is a hikers and climbers paradise and for those who don't feel like a hike you can bike or take your car on the scenic loop. This is what I would recommend especially if you are coming in hot weather. You can see I am really suffering with all of this bad weather.






We went to the Wetlands Nature Preserve today. It was beautiful and they have a nice paved path all the way around the preserve. We saw a lot of creatures, but I was too slow or they were too fast to capture a picture. I saw a roadrunner, which I haven't seen in Las Vegas for many years. We used to see them quite often. Mucht of Las Vegas is built on wetlands, down the street from my parents used to to be wetlands--swampy area with reeds and that is where we would see the roadrunners.



This is the Las Vegas Wash and the park is working on planting vegetation (reeds, grass...) so that soil will stay and not move. In 1984, during the bad flash flood, 4.25 million cubic feet of sediment went into Lake Mead! That is the amount of concrete it took to build Hoover Dam.




Unfortunately, there was a fire in the Wetlands Park just yesterday. The fire was contained in part from the concrete walking paths. They believe it may have been a human cause.




Picture of the reeds! They are beautiful.




This a fairly new community-Lake Las Vegas built on Lake Mead. The lake is one of the largest man made lakes and they flooded a town to create the lake. Scuba divers come from all over the world to go down and see it! I would say not a bad place to live. You have the lake and the mountains and the houses in this area are beautiful. Not a bad place at all.



You can see a little part of the golf course with houses in the background.



Notice that this is a floating ice skating rink on the water! After February 15th it goes back to being a stage for special events. There is a shopping village, Montelago Casino and the Lake Las Vegas Ritz Carleton.



This is one of my favorite shopping spots! If you can't find me, head out to the The District at Green Valley Ranch. I love it here! It's more of a local spot. You, generally, don't see a lot of tourists. There are beautiful condos above the stores. It's a very relaxing place.



There is also the BEST BBQ restaurant, Lucille's Smokehouse BBQ. I love it and my girlfriend and I always have to eat there every time I am in town. Treat yourself to The District next time you are in Las Vegas!



All of these places I have written about are only 20-30 minutes from the Las Vegas strip. There really is a lot more to Las Vegas than Las Vegas Boulevard. See something new next time you are here!