Red Rock Canyon

March 10/2015 Weather 78 sunny, low 56.  Another beautiful day.  Riding to Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area today.

driving towards Red Rock Canyon

Red Rock National Conservation Area showcases the side walls of rock formations up to 3000 feet high.   This area is about 15 miles to the west of downtown and has a 13 mile scenic loop that takes you up close to the canyons and hiking areas.   Again today we used our National Park Pass to take the drive. There are several spots where we saw rock climbers traversing the faces of the rocks.  One area is named Calico Hills - the rocks have a mottled appearance,  making them very unusual looking.

Calico Hills

Rosey inspecting the rocks at Calico Hills

With spring coming to the desert the Joshua Trees are starting to bloom here, we saw them in Southern California but not yet in bloom, so that was really cool!  The Aztec Sandstone are rusty red and some layers are soft yellow.   

Joshua Tree in bloom

We found several other bikers out for a ride today too,,, one fellow mentioned that on the weekend the 13 mile loop can be bumper to bumper so mid week is a perfect time to enjoy less crowds.  Good timing!

motorcyles out for a ride - ours on the left