Ed's Travelogue Today: Lake Mead, Boulder City, Nevada, Hemenway Park and Bighorn Sheep - Again

One of our favorite get-the-heck-out-of-town getaways is Boulder City, approximately 30 miles from Vegas. There are several routes we can take to get there but one of our favorites is the road leading from North Las Vegas, into the Lake Mead National Recreation Area (which by the way was America's first National Recreation Area as designated by Congress in 1964) entrance and then the scenice drive into Boulder City. Bettina always brings the camera and she gets a ton of photos along the way and while the drive is rugged and beautiful, and seemingly remote, in reality there's quite a lot of vehicular traffic. We often like to stop at Hemenway Park where Big Horn Sheep like to hang out so Bettina ends up with a lot of good shots from them. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Here's Lake Las Vegas from the back side

The light colored bands you may see in the distant hills are the former water levels in Lake Mead. The drought which has hit the West during the past years has taken a toll of the water levels and some of the businesses that used to thrive along the lake front.

Hemenway Park, Boulder City flora and fauna