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Las Vegas Bucket List: 110+ Amazing Ways To Eat, Stay, And Play

One place I have very little desire to return to is Las Vegas. BUT after making this list, I wouldn’t mind going back! There are so many cool and weird things to do in Vegas that aren’t gambling that I had no idea existed. Well, turns out I have my own little Las Vegas bucket list now. But this is the major Las Vegas bucket … Continue reading Las Vegas Bucket List: 110+ Amazing Ways To Eat, Stay, And Play

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8 Reasons You Need To Visit Great Basin National Park Next

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I LOVE Great Basin National Park and that is no secret around here. I’ve wanted to do some posts like this for a while because I love the one I did for Black Canyon of the Gunnison so today I’m going to share 8 reasons to visit Great Basin National Park next.

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Great Basin National Park: Nevada’s Alpine Paradise

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As you know, last year in June I went to Great Basin National Park in Nevada and fell in love.  Obviously, that meant we had to go back again this summer. 

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Bristlecones And Alpine Lakes In The Nevada Desert

This June we decided to go to Nevada.  But, where in Nevada?  Not Vegas, we knew that.  Maybe Great Basin National Park.  How far is that?  It’s only six hours?  And we have three days off this week?  Ok, Great Basin it is.  A few pictures of alpine lakes and word of some of the oldest living life forms on Earth had me convinced.  Didn’t take much.

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Seven Magic Mountains: The Coolest Outdoor Art In Las Vegas

When I flew home for a few days this summer out of Vegas there was one thing I knew I needed to in the short time I was there, and it technically isn’t even in what everyone thinks of as Vegas, the strip.

I had to see the Seven Magic Mountains, just a short drive from the strip.  The piece was done by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone.  There are seven fluorescent rock towers arranged out in the middle of the desert.  Two of the things I love.  Art and the desert.

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Vegas Through VSCO

This was my first time actually experiencing Las Vegas.  I flew out of it to go home the month before, but I didn’t do anything there.  This time was different.

I met up with a few friends from home for a birthday.  I was only there for a couple days.  The first was spent drinking, like you do in Vegas, wandering around Ceasars, and more drinking because, like I said, Vegas.

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Hike To The Fire Wave And Pastel Canyon In Valley of Fire State Park

The two things I wanted to see in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada on our way to Vegas were the Fire Wave and Pastel Canyon.  The Fire Wave is rumored to be super cool, almost rivaling, and not to be confused with, The Wave in Arizona.  More on that later.  And Pastel Canyon is supposed to look a little bit like Easter threw up all over it.  It’s safe to say my expectations were high after taking a gander at good old Google images.

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Finding Petroglyphs in Valley of Fire State Park

After reading about Valley of Fire on Alex in Wanderland and knowing I was going to Vegas in September, I figured why not make a stop there since I’ll be in the area.  I wasn’t really sure what to expect, well hot, but that’s about it.  I knew about the Fire Wave, which is supposed to be TOTALLY WICKED, and Pastel Canyon, which looks SUPER COOL on Google, and that was it.

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