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Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon.
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon - My low gas warning was flashing when I got this shot....
Boulder City Nevada. This city was born due to the need to house the workers on the Boulder Dam - the "Hoover Dam." The city certainly has a quaint look of yester year.
More of Boulder City.
Boulder City.
This was taken from inside of the Hoover Dam. This is one of the old diversion tunnels. The water in the pipe feeds the turbines, for the alternators. The water was passing by at 80,000 gallons per second - believe me, you could feel the power.
Turbines/alternators for the Hoover Dam.
From the top of the Hoover Dam. The construction is for a highway bypass, a security outcome from 9/11.
As you can see, Lake Mead is quite low.
Beehives at the "Valley of Fire." These are remains of sand dunes that turned to sandstone, then carved by wind.
More of the Valley Of Fire.
Valley Of Fire - looks like a bird skull.
Valley Of Fire.
Valley Of Fire
Valley Of Fire - Lizard.
Valley Of Fire.
Valley Of Fire.
Mojave National Preserve - Jashua Trees.
Mojave National Preserve. The road is definitely longer than it looks!
Mojave National Preserve - Kelso depot. Kelso was a Union Pacific Depot that was at the bottom of a 10 mile long 6%? grade. The grade is so steep that in the steam days, a "helper engine" was needed to get trains up the hill. Kelso had a source of water for the engines. This depot housed rail workers, and was the center of the community. It was built in 1905, used till the 1960's, and refurbished in 1992. Diesel changed all that. It is now a national park station. The "lunch room" is not in use - it was for the workers. You can have a seat at the counter, though.
Kelso Post Office - Obviously not used fo rmany decades. It is probably a storage building now.
That little line acorss the picture is the road I drove in on. I was the only one here.
...until the three french dudes showed up. They are just beyond my right elbow shadow. It took them 15 - 20 minutes to reach me from there....
These dunes are some of the few that "boom." They make a low moaning noise that is the result of the friction of the moving sand. They were booming when I took this photo. Awesome.....
From the top of the sand dunes at Kelso, CA. I was standing on top of a 700ft dune, and was the only person for as far as the eye could see.
New Vegas meets old Vegas. The Frontier was torn down in November 2007, to make way for a Palace Casino (the same group that owns the palace hotel in NYC.). The Frontier was the site of Elvis Presley's first Las Vegas show in 1956. Many people were sad to see it go.
