More rocks and dirt! Will it never end?
One of the best stops along the Northshore Road in Lake Mead NRA is a simple picnic area located in the midst of a spectacular group of Aztec sandstone formations. Scattered over several hundred acres, these formations rival the appeal of many state parks, and they draw the attention of anyone traveling this road. Crowds would be even larger except there is virtually no publicity about this location, other than a brief description buried within the Lake Mead brochures.
These formations, some more than 100 feet high, contain mostly deep red stone, but the sunlight changes its color to tan, brown or gold, depending on angle and intensity. The intricate shapes sculpted by wind and rain include alcoves, tunnels, caves, arches...you name it. Some resemble human or animal features, families play games naming some of them. Others look alarmingly like the inner ear canal, or a recent colonoscopy. I spent two hours walking among these intriguing formations, really not giving each the time warranted nor even coming close to visiting all of them.
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| Find the elephant. |
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| Genie from the bottle? |
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| Face watching the plane. |
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| How many arches? |
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| Speaking of arches. |
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| Steer skull? |
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| Sea shell. |
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| Giant tortoise? |
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| Lots of arches. |
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| Any ideas? |
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| I give up. |
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| Sheep head? |
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| I'm not very good at this. |
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| Baboon face? |
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| Face...man or monkey? |
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| Multiple arches |
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| Several faces |
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| Dog's face |
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| Wishbone |
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| I got nothing. |
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| Tracks in the sand. |
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| Palm tree |
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| The end...thank goodness. |
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During my time at the lake, we had one very special sunrise.
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