The must go hiking destination only a few miles from the strip in Las Vegas is Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
An attractive outdoor exhibition area just opened:
One of the walks leads to an observation deck where visitors can study a giant map of the parks trails etched into the floor with photo panels on a railing of what they’ll see on the trails and beyond the panoramic view.
… outdoor exhibits that bring sturdy replicas of some of the park’s most fragile features to the foreground: things such as American Indian rock art panels, desert tortoises in their natural habitat, and a life-size cougar that lurks atop one of the shade walls.
It’s all designed so people can touch, feel, see and understand the national conservation area from the perspective of earth, water, fire and air. …
One exhibit has a desert tortoise. Visitors are taught what to do when this happens …
I carefully, slowly lifted the tortoise far off the highway in the direction I thought he was trying to go. … Unfortunately he seemed to be walking the yellow line when I found him.
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