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More of the 7 Wonders: Hobbit Narrows and Rainbow Road
North Las Vegas Travelog #11
Valley of Fire State Park - Sun, 19 Feb 2023, 1pm
The 7 Wonders Loop at Valley of Fire state park is definitely... wondrous. There are brilliantly colored views in all directions at every step.
After we crossed the park road, marking about the halfway point of the loop, we passed through some narrows and some relatively open areas. The photo above shows one of the more open areas.... though you can see the trail leads back beneath some of the towering sandstone. The following video shows some of the narrows.
Among the slot canyons was one I dubbed Hobbit Narrows. I figure that's Wonder #5 out of 7. (Wonders #3-4 were the Mustard Cliffs and Roast Beef Narrows, in my previous blog in this series.) Wonder #6 is Bonus Narrows, also in the video included here.
Past these narrows the trail turned to go up a canyon. It was up, up, up to the end. Like, seriously, I did not feel like we'd descended that far. But obviously we did!
By this point in the trek we were starting to flag. We were tired not just from the physical exertion but— dare I say— from too much beauty. It's like we were drunk on beauty and no longer able to appreciate it as much. Even as we were feeling jaded on all the beauty we found the Rainbow Road, which I dubbed Wonder #7 of 7:
The colors are just so brilliant out here. Red, orange, yellow, white, even shades of green.
Through this last leg of the trip we did our best not simply to put one foot in front of the other to get back to the trailhead. Stopping occasionally for the amazing views helped. But even the amazing was becoming ordinary. Hey, I could live like this!
In beauty I walk.
Valley of Fire State Park - Sun, 19 Feb 2023, 1pm
The 7 Wonders Loop at Valley of Fire state park is definitely... wondrous. There are brilliantly colored views in all directions at every step.
After we crossed the park road, marking about the halfway point of the loop, we passed through some narrows and some relatively open areas. The photo above shows one of the more open areas.... though you can see the trail leads back beneath some of the towering sandstone. The following video shows some of the narrows.
Among the slot canyons was one I dubbed Hobbit Narrows. I figure that's Wonder #5 out of 7. (Wonders #3-4 were the Mustard Cliffs and Roast Beef Narrows, in my previous blog in this series.) Wonder #6 is Bonus Narrows, also in the video included here.
Past these narrows the trail turned to go up a canyon. It was up, up, up to the end. Like, seriously, I did not feel like we'd descended that far. But obviously we did!
By this point in the trek we were starting to flag. We were tired not just from the physical exertion but— dare I say— from too much beauty. It's like we were drunk on beauty and no longer able to appreciate it as much. Even as we were feeling jaded on all the beauty we found the Rainbow Road, which I dubbed Wonder #7 of 7:
The colors are just so brilliant out here. Red, orange, yellow, white, even shades of green.
Through this last leg of the trip we did our best not simply to put one foot in front of the other to get back to the trailhead. Stopping occasionally for the amazing views helped. But even the amazing was becoming ordinary. Hey, I could live like this!
In beauty I walk.