Days 1 & 2 - Valley of Fire

Days 1 & 2 - Valley of Fire

It was hot and dry with a scorching southerly wind whipping up dust and pollen. We wanted an easy first day and settled on our favorite state park, Valley of Fire, ~60 miles northeast of Las Vegas. We avoided the interstate and took the scenic route through Lake Las Vegas and along Northshore Road.

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A Dozen Ways to Love Mother Earth All Year Long

A Dozen Ways to Love Mother Earth All Year Long

Loving Mother Earth is easy to talk about, but more difficult to do. I think most people, and that includes us, want to reduce pollution, insure clean water, reuse, re-purpose and recycle, use less energy, etc. … all the key components of making Earth a better place for us and our progeny to live. We want to do it until… well, until it’s inconvenient or it costs more or it interferes with our plans. Then we kind of conveniently forget all about it. So as another Earth Day rolls around, I thought I’d reflect on maybe trying a little bit harder in the future.

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