We awoke in brilliant, hot sunshine this morning. I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised since our RV park is located in Overton, a broiling enclave about 60 miles from Las Vegas. Happily, Overton is also only about 10 miles from Valley of Fire State Park which is a colorful break from the otherwise gray-appearing desert surrounding it.
Due to some interesting geologic action in the last couple million years, Valley of Fire is an expanse of pastel-colored gigantic rock formations. The predominant color is brick red but large sections of beige, white, yellow and purple are spread around. It is gorgeous here.
We did not expect to see any large mammals in this section of desert but were happily surprised with multiple sightings of desert Bighorn sheep. We were able to pretty easily spot more than two dozen of these normally reclusive critters in the fabulous park landscape. Most were grazing but we also spotted some massive males calmly resting in the holes and shaded sections of the park. The males are big hombres – I would guess they weigh in excess of 200 pounds.
It was 108 degrees when we got back to our trailer. I’m glad we don’t live around here although the scenery is pretty nice.
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