Valley of Fire

Oh my gosh... talk about a beautiful place!   We drove through the same type of brown desert and hills with brush for many miles to get here.  Then suddenly we began to see bits of red in the rock in the distance.   Then ... an explosion of red and pinks and green hues!    Too many pictures here but this is only 1/2 what I took... every corner held something interesting in this tiny state park. 

The colors are suddenly amazing

Coming into the valley

Suddenly red is all you see

Rocks begin to take shapes

The green brush enhances the color

The stripes are fascinating

Then the tan reappears in areas

But red is present too - deeper tones here

The colors move into each other so quickly

The layers were gorgeous

Perspective of the size of these with the road in the front

The stripes again ... wow

Heading out of the canyon

Cabin built in 1930s

Wild Burros - there were wild horses as well

Back into the tans

February 2022