Hiking
For many years we attended conventions in Las Vegas. Jodie's friend, Maggie, from Macalester College days invited the two of us to go hiking with her and her husband. That year, Maggie and Mike opened up a new world to us--one that led us to purchase Hilton Grand Vacations time shares so that we could spend more time hiking.
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While we love staying at the condo right behind the Flamingo on The Strip, we love to get out and enjoy all the other interesting spots in and around Las Vegas.
We have hiked in Nevada, Arizona, California and Utah.
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On the left is a view of Red Rock which is right in Las Vegas. It is a wonderful spot with so many hikes that we keep going back there each year. On the right is a view of the Colorado River across Hoover Dam in Arizona. We have completed this hike several times trying to find some hot springs located there. We have never found them and the hike to reach them is quite challenging. Perhaps one of these years . . . This is a gorgeous hike--unfortunately, it is all downhill to the river and then uphill to the parking area!
Maggie and Mike take days off from work while we are there; they plan the most outstanding hiking trips--usually in very remote and unique areas.
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Left: At Valley of Fire with Maggie in 2004. Right: At Keyhole Canyon with Maggie and Mike in 2005
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Left: Lee, Warren, Sharon, Jodie, Sandy, Homer and Gayle hiking near Cima, California. Right: one of the amazing views on that hike.
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Left: 2004 on the north side of Lake Mead with Gayle and Homer from Seattle. Right: 2005 near Oatman, Arizona with Homer and Gayle.
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Warren and Lee and the two of us enjoy a rest at Bowl of Fire near Lake Mead in 2004. On the right is a view from that area in 2005 with the flowers just getting ready to bloom.
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On the left is a hike we took near Mesquite, Nevada. It was a gorgeous hike on the desert floor on a perfectly clear day. On the right is a view from the top of a hike we took at Zion in Utah.
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This is the view from our condo in Las Vegas at the Hilton Grand Vacations Club at the Flamingo. All of this keeps us going back there each winter!
