Desert Roads
Category: Nevada
Stay Single?
I pass this sign occasionally and have photographed it before but my Nikon wanted another photo. This sign kinda grinds my gears since I’m three-times divorced and will remain single until the day I kick the bucket. It’s cheaper in terms of both money and one’s sanity! A girlfriend? I’ve been all by myself for five years now… It’s a peaceful life.
Anyway, I was driving to near the south end of the valley for some Ham Radio parts for my truck radio. It’s only in the low 90s today but we have a very high wind warning until 8PM this eve and man is that wind howling now!
The Stratosphere Tower is a long way away…
Landscape and Sky
Snowy Foothills
These photos are from last winter, and today promises 97 degrees. Gladly, the snow rarely makes it into the valley!
A Beautiful Day
This hot afternoon I took a short ride and captured this one scene with a 6000-foot mountain in the distance and several Mexican Fan Palms. The current temp is 100F. Mojave Desert love! 🌴🔥🌵🌞
The Colourful City
More beautiful albeit a bit fuzzy skies over my adopted city. 🌴🌵🌞🔥
A Glow Over The Vegas Strip
This photo was taken from several miles west of the Vegas Strip, I’ve given the sky a cool-looking glow, I hope!
Beautiful Mountain Views
While uploading some photos to my cloud account, I found about a half dozen photos that were accidentally dropped into one of my Video folders, oops. Here are two of them. The photo without light poles actually had poles but I removed them, looks much better now.
Westbound Cheyenne Road
After buzzing around the city for half of this day hunting for work, I headed home after stopping for a bite to eat. I like this view looking west from atop the bridge over the ninety-five freeway. The foothills look nice under a very bright and sunny sky today with 106 degrees in the forecast. Stay cool out there, people!
A Hazy Las Vegas Strip
I took a short ride around the area this morning and stopped a couple times to inquire about job opportunities. These photos of the Strip aren’t very good but they give you an idea of what it looks like from several miles northwest. There were far fewer people at the park too thanks to the 100+ degree heat today.
Vegas Heat
Las Vegas Valley has a high heat warning until late Friday night. I’m used to it, it seems that most people here are but it still kicks your bum anyway. Just carry plenty of water with you, and seek shelter from the direct sunshine when possible. If air conditioning systems had never been invented, there would be far less population here. I hope that this summer will not see a sustained high temperature like this for weeks on end like last summer. 🔥🌴🌞🌵
Sleepy Las Vegas?
Nah, my adopted city never sleeps, period!
Somewhere In The Mojave Desert
Over Lake Mead
Nearing Las Vegas and home the other day I snapped these with the iPhone. Next time I need to get the Nikon out of the suitcase for the flight. Looking closely, you can see the ‘bathtub ring’ left on the canyon walls as the lake level has fallen for many years now. Lake Mead hasn’t been at full pond since the 1980s, it’s very sad!
Note – this post was uploaded in 2019 so I’m drawing from the blog’s archive here.
The 100s Are Back
Yep, the Vegas summer heat is back, hot as ever. The low 100s will be here all week. The official temperature is actually 102 so my gauge is a bit off. Come feel the heat with me! 😂🌴🔥🌵
