Sue and Rick joined us in Las Vegas during the week

We became Crime Scene Investigators at "CSI, the Experience" at MGM

MGM has one of the many wedding chapels in Las Vegas

Greeted by a golden lion at the entrance of MGM

Show of acrobatics from Kenya at Circus Circus Casino

Northeast of LV is the colorful state park of red sandstone formations

Complex uplifting and faulting of region created present landscape

Formations in shape of beehives at the entrance

Unusual sandstone formation weathered by forces of wind and water

Don examines the crevices in prehistoric rocks

Visitor Center had wonderful displays of flora, fauna, and animals in park

Topography map at entrance of the Visitor Center

Basket Maker people and later the Anasazi Pueblo farmers lived here

Span of occupation dates from 300 BC to 1150 AD

Don stands at Mouse's Tank, a natural basin in the rock where water collects after rainfalls, sometimes remaining for months

Near the Seven Sisters, fascinating red rock formations

Prehistoric petroglyphs are evident on the walls of many surfaces

Look for the atlatl, a notchedstick used to throw primitive spears

Colorful green shrubbery line the red rock formations

Exiting the Valley of brilliant contrasting colors