Red Rock National Conservation Area
 

Just to the west of Las Vegas. This first picture is of a normally dry wash on a rare, rainy day.
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Another image of what is usually a small, stagnant pool (with no waterfall to fill it).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ckrain021a.jpg

This one is me having a celebratory cigar at the top of a peak out there called Turtlehead. The hike begins in the valley below, and I'm easily the fattest person I've ever seen even attempt it, let alone complete it. And I did it 25% faster than the minimum time in the book. Please admire my self-designed t-shirt.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...lehead005a.jpg

CoachAlan.........you are The Man

but, no shots of you swimming in that nice refreshing pool?

Alas, I was hiking solo that day, so there was nobody to take such a picture. However, I did manage to set the camera on a rock and run over to be the subject of this picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ckrain018a.jpg