So January 2012 has been snowy and cold. Not our favorite! It managed to keep us in town several days longer than we had planned but we finally got out and are now enjoying the sunshine of Las Vegas.

Our first big outting was to the Railroad Trail to Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam. You can walk to the dam on the old RR trail through the tunnels built to get the trains to the dam. There are five tunnels and then a long walk to the parking garage and the dam beyond. Eight miles round trip! What were we thinking?? After walking all the way out there, we had to turn around before we could see the dam so we could get thru the gates before they were locked at dusk. By then I couldn't take any extra steps anyway. The first 30 minutes going back was very much uphill! And still an hour to go!

Obviously this picture was on the way to the dam!

Today we went to Red Rock National Park. We thought we'd check up on the Mountain goats we got close to last time. No sign of them. And it was NOT because planking scared them away.

We did make a new friend though! He would've happily crawled in the car with us.

I was just happy to lay down for a rest...I mean.... a picture.