Off Leash Adventures: The Valley Of Fire, Nevada

Driving the long 270 miles from home to The Valley of Fire, I was grateful to have the dogs in the back of the car for company, and especially happy to have them with me when filling up the car at a gas station on the outskirts of Vegas, when a guy approached me asking for money. Once he got close a big black and white head came out the car window towards him (no bark or growl, just a stare) this was enough to have him back away, keeping his distance from me. Good boy protecting his Mommy!
Then we were back on the road and following the signs to the park entrance, which we had agreed would be our meeting point. We paid the $20 entrance fee and parked the car for us all to get out and have a potty break, while waiting.

The park is Nevada's oldest State Park, covering over 46,000 acres. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago. These features, which are the centerpiece of the park's attractions, often appear to be on fire when reflecting the sun's rays

Now we had our party together we drove straight over to where the stripy rocks where that we had seen pictures of, as it was these photographs that had inspired us to visit.
So happy to see each other!
We had not seen each other for 2 years till this day.

Selfie took by Kara Murphy.

There was a small parking area, and a trail to follow.
As it was the desert I checked the sand temperature to make sure it wasn't going to be to hot for the dogs feet (If it was to hot it would burn their pads, so they both have hiking boots for these occasions).
We walked around the sand and stone for a while, taking in the views surrounding us.

Photo taken by Rich, Kara's boyfriend using her phone.

We walked over the stone to where the stripy rock formations where, these were by far my favorite!

It seemed like the park went on forever! And there were plenty of trails to follow, but as the hot sun above us started to raise the temperature, we headed back to the cars and A/C for the dogs to cool off.

We also had a long drive in to Utah to complete before we could camp that night, although we all said we'd be happy to come back on a cooler day to explore more.

We made it in to St George, Utah that evening to camp for the night before driving the last section in to Zion the following day. Both dogs slept all the way in to Utah, and were happy to snuggle up to me in the tent that night.

I think they enjoyed the days adventure as much as us humans had!

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