My RRC Photo is in a Guide!

I have a Flickr account that I put some of my hiking trail pics on, specifically my Red Rock Canyon trail pics. There's not a lot there, just some of the highlights. Well, about a month ago I got an email from Schmap Guide editor indicating that one of my RRC photos was being considered for inclusion in the new Las Vegas activity guide! I thought, COOL! Now, I'm not a photographer by any means but I do try to follow basic composition guidelines just as when I'm putting a painting together.

Today I got the conformation email that the photo that was being considered has been accepted and is now a part of the 2009 Schmap Las Vegas guide, under outdoor activities, hiking. Now, I know it's not a big deal really, like the photo is in Time magazine or something, but I still think it's a nice little thing to have happened!

Schmap Guide has included a widget for me to put here so there's a direct link to that aspect of the guide. Take a look over on the side bar and check it out. My photo credit is labeled "hosslass".

Glad someone enjoys the photos of Red Rock Canyon too!!

New Trail Adventures

I was able to take a solo trip out west in January, back to Las Vegas. Besides some much needed r&r my main reason for going was to get back out on the Red Rock trails I love so much! So I planned for weeks before the trip which trail I was going to tackle. A big help for me was this fantastic Red Rock trail hiking site, www.birdandhike.com . Finally, my trip came and I headed out to Red Rock around 8:30 AM. Drove on the Scenic Drive about 7.5 miles to the Willow Springs Picnic area where one of the trailheads started. My trail quest for the day was the White Rock Hill Loop. While I saw the trailmarkers that said the trail was rated "difficult", esp. the direction I was starting. Of course, I thought, "well, how difficult could it be?". I finished the trail four and half hours later and six and half miles underfoot, I understood the "difficult" rating!!

But the views and the time out in the backcountry was so, so worth it!!! I am so hooked, I can hardly wait to get back to trek another trail. So now it's time to share all the pics I took. A lot of pics were taken during my rest periods, when my thighs were screaming that I would be in some serious trouble if I kept going without a break, mainly through the uphill portions! This trail was mostly either uphill or downhill, with a few flat areas just enough to give enough rest to keep going!

Pics are in the slideshow on the right side!