Hiking in Pine Creek Canyon

November 1, 2011

It was mom's birthday, and the one thing she wanted to do on her birthday is go for a hike.  I have never gone hiking in Red Rock Canyon, so that is where we went.  She chose one of her favorite hikes in that area, the Pine Creek Trail.  It was beautiful and so much fun!

 "Pine Creek Canyon offers some of the best of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area--beautiful and diverse plant communities nestled at the bottom of monolithic canyon walls.  The ponderosa pine forest at the mouth of the canyon is a remnant from the last Ice Age, but it survives here thanks to the cool air and water flowing down Pine Creek Canyon." Source

Just starting out.

I think I found Autumn in Nevada.  Who knew it existed!?  In Pine Creek Canyon, the leaves were changing colors.  It was lovely!

Mescolito (the large rock to the right of our pointing fingers)
We were pointing the way of our path.

Foundation from an old Homestead

Later on the trail there were lots of boulders and rocks to climb over, so we got to do a lot of rock scrambling, which I think is so much fun.

Mom's camera ran out of battery, so here are some pictures from other sources.  We'll have to go back again to capture more pictures from this beautiful hike!

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