C'est si Bon!

Caryn and I had a wonderful trip last month. After visiting the Eiffle Tower and The Arc de Triomphe, we walked the Rue de Montmartre. Later, we walked the Grand Canal and dinned at the Piazza de San Marco while listening to accordion music.

How wonderful. How romantic. How Las Vegas...

Yep. It's all there, in all it's incredible tackiness. Caryn was there for a convention and I decided to join her for the following weekend. Las Vegas is the pits, but... there are two parks on the out skirts that were our focus, and they were magnificent.

Saturday we drove about 1 1/2 hours north to the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada's oldest park. We spent the day driving and walking through the some of the most beautiful high desert rock formations I've seen. Bright red sandstone, some covered with petroglyphs 1000's of years old.

Sunday, we drove about an hour west to the Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Center. More spectacular sandstone rock formations, snow covered canyon walls, and waterfalls from recent rains and snow melt.

As wonderful as these two parks are, the dramatic, and immediate contrast between what nature has created for our pleasure, and what man has created for someone's pleasure is almost depressing.

We flew home sunday evening, so it was a quick jaunt, but exhlarating all the same.

Hope all is well.