Black Friday

We have never buckled under to "Black Friday" in our house. We find Friday morning a great day to stay away from stores, shops, and other commercial public places. This year, however, we thought we might do something just a little different - after all Krissie & David were visiting and we wanted them to have a Las Vegas experience.

So, with that in mind, we made some decisions. While the rest of you were standing in line, pushing and shoving to get those "bargains" we were sound asleep - at least until about 5:30 am. We roused everyone from bed, bundled up and headed out for "Black Friday!"

We didn't go far, but we don't have to to have our kind of "Las Vegas" experience. We drove out to Red Rock Conservation area and watched the sun rise. In this case it's more of a sun drop since the sun hits the tops of the mountains and works its way down. It is a beautiful site. While it was a little cool for Las Vegas, watching the sun come down the mountain was worth the wait - we all thought so!

This is JoAnn's personal favorite. Those are the Spring Mountains in the background.

We watched the sun come down the mountain and it was a beautiful vista. We weren't alone, but that was fine. We like watching the sun set at the beach, but this is just as awesome. It's a renewal.

Following our sunrise watch we drove about 4 miles down the road to a little area called Calico Basin, named for the rocks that look like a calico material. It is one of our favorite areas to visit. It has a small spring and meadow and is so peaceful and beautiful - especially at 6:45 in the morning. I took the following photos while we were there. There are more photos on my flickr account.

I had fun playing with this one and focusing on colors
as opposed to people. The women were horrified I took
the photo, but as a Grandpa I can get away with it.

David and I came into the meadow from a hill above it. I'd never done that before
and the colors and the light were awesome. We were the only ones there!

It's hard to find the fall colors in this photo, but the colors are about as good
as they get anywhere in southern Nevada right here.