Mom & I covered a lot of ground today as we went from 4,177 feet above sea level at Red Rock Canyon to the deepest depths of Africa at the Elephant Bar in Green Valley. Taking advantage of a rare Tuesday off, we headed out to Red Rock to hear a very informative and humorous geology lecture by Red Rock volunteer Cactus Jack. He told us how the 600-million year old sea had gone from an ocean, to arid climate, to sand dunes to limestone & sandstone rock formations. We visited with Mojave Max and a few of his female friends and fellow desert tortoises. We proceeded on to Willow Springs where we hiked two trails. We saw ancient Indian pictographs and a beautiful waterfall cascading down hundreds of feet of solid rock.
The evening was just as enjoyable. We traveled to Rosa Maria Ward's lovely Green Valley home where we were greeted by Rosa Maria (or Tita), her son Tony and his fiance Tara. After some conversation and a garden tour we proceeded on to the Elephant Bar in The District, next to Green Valley Ranch. Fortunately for me there was a Veggie Burger on the menu, luckily for Tony & Tara they also had non-veggie burgers. Rosa Maria enjoyed Cajun Catfish while Mom feasted on a giant salad with skewered shrimp.
It was a lovely day filled with warmth. And the weather was nice too.
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