Posted on 17 May 2012.
People come from throughout the world to visit Black Canyon, the 12-mile gorge of the Colorado River running downstream from Hoover Dam to Willow Beach, Arizona. Yet even though it is practically in our backyards, many Southern Nevadans have not even heard of it, let alone cruised its waters.
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Posted on 03 May 2012.
With the temperatures warming up, it’s almost time to wrap up the spring hiking season in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. With that in mind, you might want to sneak in one more low-elevation trail before it becomes unbearably hot and unsafe to do so.
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Posted on 26 April 2012.
By Pedro F. Fonteboa
Boulder City Review
This is no event for wimps. Not on the menu where only barbecue will be served and certainly not on the military-style obstacle course.
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Posted on 19 April 2012.
Special to Boulder City Review
The city Parks and Recreation Department is offering a free one-day workshop for a new class, Mindful Yoga for Kids. The one-hour workshop will take place Saturday, April 28, starting at 9 a.m. at the ABC Park in classroom number two located at 801 Adams Blvd.
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Posted on 12 April 2012.
If spring stirs your blood with the lust for a real adventure, but you have limited time to seek one, you can nevertheless find a world-famous thrill so close that you can return home the same day. If there is a seasoned Western hiker who doesn’t aspire to visit Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park, [...]
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Posted on 05 April 2012.
It is that time of year again when resident rattlesnakes start appearing on our local hiking trails. They come out of hibernation to enjoy the 70-90 degree temperature range, just as many humans do.
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Posted on 15 March 2012.
In the waning weeks of winter, if you live in Southern Nevada you owe yourself a trip to Death Valley National Park, just over the mountains in California.
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Posted on 01 March 2012.
Could there be a more colorfully named site than Kodachrome Basin State Park?
As the name implies, this Utah reserve is a site for city-sore eyes, worth a trip in its own right, but also an excellent side trip if you’re headed up to Bryce Canyon or taking the celebrated drive along Scenic Byway 12.
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Posted on 23 February 2012.
My last class in February will be on how to grow lawns here in our climate. It will be at Plant World Nursery Sunday at noon. You can sign up by emailing me at Extremehort@aol.com
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Posted on 23 February 2012.
It is hard to wrap your head around Chloride. Around this old village in Northern Arizona, the last echo of a mining boom died long ago, yet it’s no ghost town, still boasting 250 residents.
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