Red Rocks Adventure

Most people go to Las Vegas, Nevada to gamble away their hard-earned money at the casinos, but few ever venture off the strip to explore the Red Rocks Canyon located 15 miles from the city.  Too broke to travel abroad for Christmas this year, and too impatient to spend the holidays with family, my friends and I decided to spend our precious vacation climbing Red Rock's famous sandstone rocks. We encountered surprisingly warm sunny weather at the beginning of our trip, but a storm eventually moved its way in, bringing dramatic fiery sunsets.  With tripod in hand, I took multiple exposures for the sky and the land and rendered the images through an HDR program to create these "realistic" landscape images.  Why yes, the sunset colors are genuine, and I was lucky to have witnessed this rare occasion.

Okay, enough landscapes photos. 

I've mentioned rock climbing several times in my earlier posts,  but haven't yet posted any pictures.  So finally..... some climbing pics of my burly/badass friends Steve DeLuca, Thomas Gronkbukt, Skippy Gaunt, and Isabel Von Rittenberg at Stratocaster Wall in Red Rocks.  Facebook friends may have seen these already, so I apologize for the redundancy.

 By the way, have you met my husband, Aaron?  He's pretty dorky looking when he boulders/climbs, but I've always had a soft spot for dorks.