A Little More Exploring

Finally after several weeks of not getting out and exploring more of the Las Vegas valley (except for a trip to Mesa, AZ and back) we had time to get out today and explore a Jeep road we saw on another outing.  It took us into and area called Cottonwood Valley, part of the historic Old Spanish Trail.  I don't know why it is called Cottonwood Valley because we saw no Cottonwood but we did find a nice Jeep road and some solitude until we got to the end of the road after a couple of miles.  There we found six or eight other cars parked because about a  mile up a hiking trail there was a shear faced rock formation that is popular with the local rock climbers.  There is some serious rock climbing there.  We took several pictures of the area but somehow managed to not take a picture of that formation.  Oh well, a good excuse to go back with our good camera and lenses.  This valley leads to the Red Rock Canyon and in some of the pictures you can see parts of the Red Rock National Recreation Area in the background.