Red Rock Canyon

Yesterday we visited both Spring Mountain ranch STATE park ($9.00 entrance fee) and Red Rock Canyon FEDERAL park (free entrance with our senior pass).  By the time we hit Red Rock canyon, there was a line of cars to enter and there were long lines of cars driving through the park.  Not exactly my cup of tea!  I preferred the quiet Spring Mountain ranch park this trip.  I've always liked Red Rock canyon, but after the state park, it was...well..disappointing!  I didn't take many photos.  I just wasn't into it.  I would highly recommend you do the scenic drive, but also stop and go through the state park, which is just down the road.  I think you'll see from my photos that I wasn't that inspired by Red Rock canyon this visit.  If you want to read about the Spring Mountain ranch and see the photos I took there, please read the previous two posts.

 I took this while waiting to enter the park.  I was bored.

 Probably as close to a mountain lion as I'll ever be...this stuffed one is inside the visitor center.

 While hubby was taking photos of the rocks, I looked the other direction.

 Red rocks...

 More red rocks...

Leaving Red Rock Canyon.  I probably would have enjoyed it more if we hadn't already visited Valley of Fire and the Spring Mountain Ranch state park.  To just drive around a scenic road and to be plagued by too many tourists just wasn't for me.  There were traffic jams all along the scenic road.  I don't remember that from our previous visits.