The Green Rover 's scrap book of pictures taken along the way

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In the four corners area September 2008. These pictures are from a 27 day trip of which I was accompanied by Linus Tremaine & Nikkie for 2 weeks.
I wrote a journal for this trip but there are a lot of pictures that didn't fit into the journal, several of which are being posted here.

Below are pictures taken in Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park in September 2008

Note: except for the picture below, this series of pictures are close ups of rocks in the park.  If you find rock closeups boring you might consider just moving ahead a couple of web pages.

Since the temperate in The Vally of Fire were well over 100 degrees F and my Dormobile was suffering from vapor lock issues on this trip we toured the valley in Linus's Land Rover Dormobile.

Sometimes you run across a grouping of small pockets clustered on a vertical wall, usually protected from the rain

I think this arch is part of what is called elephant rock.  many of the red rocks standing alone in the valley floor can have shapes that suggest animals or objects to the human mind.  When we were driving in, I saw a rock in my headlights that looked like a giant bunny rabbit.  If you are overnighting in the park I suggest s night tour just to see what forms your headlamps catch.

Here the cliff erosion is showing the edges of many thin strata. Elsewhere the strata appear thicker and are at different angles. The Valley is in a fault rift zone that has rearranged the sand stone strata and over the centuries, heat, cold, rain and wind have eroded the cliffs and rocks into a fantastic display that we can see today.  For those who like to look at the small details, everywhere you look there are fascinating shapes in the rocks.

Notice the upper strata is at a different angle than the lower strata.  Likely the upper strata is from a projecting point that broke off long ago and fell on top of the lower stone.  Then they have sense weathered together.

Everywhere you look in the cliffs and rocks you see small arches and caves

Whenever you glance into a little cave you never know what you are going to see

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