I have been instructed to wax poetic about the Delights and Wonders of the Last Twenty Years: ( because today is our 20th wedding anniversary! dw)
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered --" hmmm, that doesn't seem to fit the bill. --- "The stag at eve had drunk his fill --- " --- not relevant --- "Jack and Jill --- " also not relevant -- my crown is still intact and we are dandd not JandJ -- Oh well, waxing poetic isn't my strong suit.
We got an early start (for us) -- bathed, fed, packed and on the road by 9:15. Our first stop was Valley of Fire State Park. It far exceeded our expectations. State parks are always OK, but often just OK. The Valley of Fire was exceptional. A cornucopia of color: red, pink, orange, tan and mauve. Rocks large and small heavily pitted with solution holes. Slick rock slopes and zebra striped rocks. Well worth a side trip. While there we took a short hike down to the site of an old film set and back. The park would be worth a longer visit than we gave it.
After the park, we drove the Extraterrestrial Highway. Stopping at Rachel for a photo of the only surviving store (the Alien Cowpoke is closed ). We looked and looked but didn't see any extraterrestrials (although we did see two suspicious black cows).
Today's drive ended in Tonopah, NV at the Jim Butler Inn and Suites -- a small local motel. It's nice enough with the expected features and we like to buy local. Dinner at The Sidewinder, a new family-affair restaurant. We walked in and were greeted by the hostess --"Hi, may I seat you?" She's some one's pre-teen daughter and with her co-worker bus-boy -- some one's pre-teen son represent the youngest generation. Both cute and enthused (sorry about the "cute", young man, if you read this). dw had three very good fish tacos with sweet potato fries and avocado aioli sauce. I had a burger with fries -- both very good and made from scratch. They were a little too cool -- I think the kitchen needs to work on it's timing but I would recommend the place, a strong thumb's up. Tomorrow we'll go through Austin -- driving the road we meant to take going south and should end the day somewhere in southern Oregon. DA
Happy Anniversary to us. Twenty years and looking forward to the next twenty! Lovely sunny warm and windy day as we left Las Vegas. This may be the last sun we have in awhile judging from the newspaper weather reports of pretty much every place north of here. It's been lovely and the Valley of Fire was a pleasant final tourist site. The wildflowers were in bloom too. All in all a wonderful vacation. dw
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered --" hmmm, that doesn't seem to fit the bill. --- "The stag at eve had drunk his fill --- " --- not relevant --- "Jack and Jill --- " also not relevant -- my crown is still intact and we are dandd not JandJ -- Oh well, waxing poetic isn't my strong suit.
We got an early start (for us) -- bathed, fed, packed and on the road by 9:15. Our first stop was Valley of Fire State Park. It far exceeded our expectations. State parks are always OK, but often just OK. The Valley of Fire was exceptional. A cornucopia of color: red, pink, orange, tan and mauve. Rocks large and small heavily pitted with solution holes. Slick rock slopes and zebra striped rocks. Well worth a side trip. While there we took a short hike down to the site of an old film set and back. The park would be worth a longer visit than we gave it.
Today's drive ended in Tonopah, NV at the Jim Butler Inn and Suites -- a small local motel. It's nice enough with the expected features and we like to buy local. Dinner at The Sidewinder, a new family-affair restaurant. We walked in and were greeted by the hostess --"Hi, may I seat you?" She's some one's pre-teen daughter and with her co-worker bus-boy -- some one's pre-teen son represent the youngest generation. Both cute and enthused (sorry about the "cute", young man, if you read this). dw had three very good fish tacos with sweet potato fries and avocado aioli sauce. I had a burger with fries -- both very good and made from scratch. They were a little too cool -- I think the kitchen needs to work on it's timing but I would recommend the place, a strong thumb's up. Tomorrow we'll go through Austin -- driving the road we meant to take going south and should end the day somewhere in southern Oregon. DA
Happy Anniversary to us. Twenty years and looking forward to the next twenty! Lovely sunny warm and windy day as we left Las Vegas. This may be the last sun we have in awhile judging from the newspaper weather reports of pretty much every place north of here. It's been lovely and the Valley of Fire was a pleasant final tourist site. The wildflowers were in bloom too. All in all a wonderful vacation. dw
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