Lehman Caves, Nevada

Lehman Caves is a beautiful marble cave ornately decorated with stalactites, stalagmites, helictites, flowstone, popcorn, and over 300 rare shield formations.

Shield formations

Shield formations

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Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Great Basin National Park is home to the only glacier in Nevada, and one of the southernmost glaciers in the United States. The Wheeler Peak Glacier sits at the base of Wheeler Peak, in a protected cirque around 11,500 feet in elevation. The glacier measures 300 feet long and 400 feet wide. Exact depth is unknown. The park is also notable for its groves of ancient bristlecone pines, the oldest known trees. The bristlecone pines are a small group of pine trees that are thought to reach an age far greater than that of any other single living organism known, up to nearly 5,000 years.
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If your feeling stressed out, just watch this short video and relax!

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Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

Valley of Fire State Park is Nevada's oldest state park. It covers an area of 34,880 acres and was dedicated in 1935. It derives its name from red sandstone formations, formed from great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs. These features, which are the centerpiece of the park's attractions, often appear to be on fire when reflecting the sun's rays.

Elephant Rock

Petroglyphs are present throughout the entire park, Mouse's Tank and Atlatl Rock are two areas in particular which have many petroglyphs while being relatively easily accessible.

Arch Rock

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Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada

We camped here at Lake for a few days while visiting the Hoover Dam and Las Vegas. Very nice area, the water is so clear here. Wish it was warmer so we could go swimming.

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Hoover Dam, Nevada

Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the Arizona and Nevada. When completed in 1936, it was both the world's largest hydroelectric power generating station and the world's largest concrete structure. It was surpassed in both these respects by the Grand Coulee Dam in 1945. It is currently the world's 38th-largest hydroelectric generating station

We took the dam tour which went into the power house. It was awesome to see these huge turbines working. At one point inside the dam your standing over one of the intake tubes, which moves water to the turbines at 100,000 gallons a second, the floor rumbles and vibrates from the pressure.

This is the new bridge being built to bypass the dam, your running out of time if you want to drive across it. You will still be able to park and walk out, just not drive.

The white line around the lake “bath tub ring” is how high the water gets. When the water levels go down the minerals from the water deposit in the surrounding walls.

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Las Vegas, Nevada

We ran into this ‘little’ oasis’s in the desert called Las Vegas! Dang.... This is one busy little street!

We hit the M&M store, never have we seen so many M&M’s!!

Elvis says hi Angela!

Anyone from our generation remembers being forced to watch Liberace as a kid, and here we are full circle.

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