Valley of Fire

First stop on the the trip and only an hour from Vegas was Valley of Fire state park. A beautiful park which was the filming location for many movies including Star Trek Generations. The Valley of Fire was the desert planet where Kirk meets his end. Luckily for us we did not encounter any perilous metal bridges.

Valley of Fire aptly named; but in October this warning is a little overkill
Fire wave
Jonathan for scale
A local resident
Through the petrified dunes
A well camouflaged mountain goat
A small canyon
The road through the park
In the middle of the valley a rock wall remains from the set of 1966’s The Professionals
The wall from The Professionals from behind
A grasshopper
A dragon fly

May the Fourth

May the Forth be with you!

Today is May the Fourth the semi-offical Star Wars day, simply for the pun. This is a special May 4th for me because I am also now two weeks past my last vaccination, and by CDC guidelines can consider myself amoungst the vaccinated! I brought out a few extra Star Wars trinkets to adorn my Zoom background to celebrate.