Candy canes and Polka dots~I ♥ this hike

One of our favorite hikes while staying with our friends in Las Vegas is in Calico basin.

We just have to walk out the door..and go.

See Homey parked next to our friends home?

Left hand side of this photo…

We walk up the main road through the valley..

and toward the red rocks..

Then we walk in the red rocks..

A path of red..

A few polka dot rocks start to appear..

bright green and orange lichens cling to the red..

This part of the hike is a climb..

higher and higher..

We start getting views of Calico basin and the few homes that are here in the beautiful area.

I huff and I puff as we near the top of the hill..

I stop to get my breath and look back on this stunning landscape.

At the top we stop for a break..

We take in the scenery…

But..the hike is not over yet..

Its time to go over the other side of the rocky hill..

Into the land of Candy Cane

Striped rocks..

We walk over and through them..

Looking down I see Jeff and Mark ahead of us..

We follow them..

Scrambling through striped rock..

to the wash below..

Into the world of Polka dots and Candy Cane..

I Love this hike..

♥

Its a bit of bouldering and scrambling..

Up and down over these rocky areas..

A great work out for the upper and lower body..

And …

A wonderful refresher for the soul..

Its hard work and love in one delicious Candy cane polka dot package..

This wash is surrounded by hills and it dark and chilly….

We say hello as we pass this lovely lady in rock....

We come out of the narrows..and the area opens..

Views of Las Vegas..

I zoom in for this photo..

A most fabulous hike!

Our hike ends with the faint calls of this..

Phainopepla

and my heart is full…

♥ ♥ ♥