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| Ice Box Canyon in Red Rock. |
Red Rock Canyon is a natural beauty and fascinating geology. The visitor center
has excellent interpretive exhibits and learning experiences for kids. Desert
Tortoise Max is the mascot and you learn about his life and survival. You can
also take a guess at when he’ll come out of hibernation in the spring. Tortoises
are the armored tanks of the desert. What not to love about these critters.
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| Hiking up Ice Box Canyon. |
We hiked up Ice Box Canyon, a short 1.5 mile hike with some
easy boulder scrambling up to the base of a 150 ft. pour-off. A clear stream pools in the
canyon bottom, chuckling has it works its way through the boulders. A very pleasant hike.
There’s lots of biking and hiking to be done here the next time we pass
this way.
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| Beautiful pools. |
Thanks for following our adventures to Death Valley.
We'll see you down the road,
Jackie
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| A pool with a kiss of the sky. |
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| The pour-off at the head of the canyon. |
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| Thanks for joining us on our travels. |
Cool trip! Only now I may have to divert into Death Valley later this year when I’m coming down the Imperial Valley on SR99 from Sacramento. As a train nut it’s pretty much obligatory to visit Tehachapi Loop, and towns like Modesto, Fresno, Stockton and Bakersfield sing in the memories of my childhood, though I’ve never visited any of them before; but now y’all have added 8 or 10 more pointers on my ‘possibilities’ map and I’ll probably have to go check a least a few of them out.
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