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Since our guest room is a tent, and since Zion wasn’t to our taste anyway, we decamped for Valley of Fire, a strange collection of red rock piles an hour outside of Las Vegas. A few thousand feet lower Valley of Fire was warmer and, as it turned out, a whole lot more fun.</p> +<p>Valley of Fire is basically the largest playground we’ve been to. Wind and occasional water have combined forces with time to produce piles of red orange rock pocked with holes perfect for climbing. We found a great couple of sites tucked back in the rocks and made ourselves at home.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-22_082038_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_082038_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_082038_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_082038_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_082038_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-22_082038_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="cluster"> +<span class="row-2"> + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170921_142834_NKU2cDX.jpg" title="view larger image (photo by Corrinne Gilbertson)"> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170921_142834_NKU2cDX_pic66.jpg" alt="climbing, valley of fire photographed by Corrinne Gilbertson" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170921_142834_NKU2cDX.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170921_143040.jpg" title="view larger image (photo by Corrinne Gilbertson)"> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170921_143040_pic66.jpg" alt="climbing, valley of fire photographed by Corrinne Gilbertson" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170921_143040.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170924_154856.jpg" title="view larger image (photo by Corrinne Gilbertson)"> + <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170924_154856_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170924_154856_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170924_154856_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170924_154856_picwide-med.jpg" alt="hole in the rocks, valley of fire photographed by Corrinne Gilbertson" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170924_154856.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +<span class="row-2"> + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170921_141029.jpg" title="view larger image (photo by Corrinne Gilbertson)"> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170921_141029_pic66.jpg" alt="In the rocks, valley of fire photographed by Corrinne Gilbertson" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170921_141029.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + + + + <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170920_080918.jpg" title="view larger image (photo by Corrinne Gilbertson)"> + <img class="pic66 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/20170920_080918_pic66.jpg" alt="reading, valley of fire photographed by Corrinne Gilbertson" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/20170920_080918.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> + + +</span> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_141035_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_141035_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_141035_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_141035_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_141035_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="tent, Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_141035_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="If you plan to visit us, this is the guest house."> + </a> +<figcaption>If you plan to visit us, this is the guest house.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_133734_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_133734_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_133734_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_133734_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_133734_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="snack time photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_133734_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Snack time."> + </a> +<figcaption>Snack time.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_133621_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_133621_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_133621_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_133621_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_133621_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_133621_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>Valley of Fire is perhaps best known for something called the wave, or the wave or fire, something like that. It looks far better in postcards than it does in person, but the hike out to it was nice and in keeping with our running joke — we only hike in deserts.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-22_143258_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_143258_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_143258_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_143258_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_143258_valley-of-fire_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_143258_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_143258_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg" alt="The Wave, Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-22_143258_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-22_142539_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_142539_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_142539_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_142539_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-22_142539_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="The Wave, Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-22_142539_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>John is up on that rock trying to find the desert bighorn sheep we thought we’d seen. Eventually he did find them in the maze of rock, shrub and canyons. </p> +<p>The next day we saw them again right next to the road (naturally we saw them the day I decided, the 300mm zoom is too heavy, not bringing it). I’ve spent a lot of time in the desert and never caught much more than a glimpse of these creatures, which are far smaller and more secretive than their mountain cousins.</p> +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_142249_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_142249_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_142249_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_142249_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_142249_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Desert Big Horn Sheep, Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_142249_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Desert Big Horn Sheep are relatively rare and elusive, except apparently in Valley of Fire."> + </a> +<figcaption>Desert Big Horn Sheep are relatively rare and elusive, except apparently in Valley of Fire.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<p>A couple of days later we did another hike down a canyon filled with petroglyphs that eventually led to one of the most important things in the desert — a natural water tank. I had a renewed interest in petroglyphs thanks to a book I’d been reading which suggests they might be mnemonic devices used as part of what Australian Aborigine tribes call songlines and what Giordano Bruno famously called <em>Ars Memorative</em>.</p> +<p>If you don’t have writing to store data, your memory has to be much better. That’s why, for instance, many oral cultures can sing songs that race genealogical lines through centuries, sometimes millennia.</p> +<p>It’s not just oral cultures though, both the Greeks and Roman schools taught some forms of it. The most common techniques in western traditions is to memorize the insides of large buildings according to certain rules, dividing the space into specific loci or “places” and then using those as triggers for whatever information you want to remember. Then you take a mental tour of the place and recall whatever information you need. First nations tend to use outdoor spaces rather than indoor and may in fact be some of the driving force behind many of the roads that used to criss cross the Americas.</p> +<p>In the case of petroglyphs one theory is that they are markers of both the physical — water tank this way, ten people live down that canyon, and so on — and those directions or stories (or song, or dance) have another layer that encodes some very important knowledge that helps cultures survive in environments like this, for example, where the bighorn go to feed in the evenings. In other words, petroglyphs probably have several layers of function and meaning, most of which — without knowing the story or song — is gone forever. Whatever the case the canyon in Valley of Fire was filled with petroglyphs, far more than we’ve seen anywhere else.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_150035_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150035_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150035_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150035_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150035_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Petroglyphs, Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_150035_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_150142_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150142_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150142_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150142_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150142_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Petroglyphs, Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_150142_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_145702_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_145702_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_145702_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_145702_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_145702_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_145702_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_150015_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150015_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150015_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150015_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_150015_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Lizard, Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_150015_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_154156_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_154156_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_154156_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_154156_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_154156_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Petroglyphs, Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_154156_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<figure class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_160116_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_160116_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_160116_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_160116_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_160116_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Petroglyphs, Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_160116_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="When you get really close to petroglyphs they lose definition. Making these was probably much harder than we suspect."> + </a> +<figcaption>When you get really close to petroglyphs they lose definition. Making these was probably much harder than we suspect.</figcaption> +</figure> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_154500_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_154500_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_154500_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_154500_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_154500_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="textures, Valley of Fire photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_154500_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_155433_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_155433_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_155433_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_155433_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_155433_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Cholla cactus, Valley of Fire photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_155433_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<p>We also spent plenty of time just climbing and exploring the rocks around the campground. I’m pretty sure you could spend your entire life in this campground and not explore all the gulleys, holes and side canyons in these rocks. It really was a kind of wonderland for kids, young and older.</p> +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_185507_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_185507_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_185507_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_185507_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-23_185507_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="camp, valley of fire photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-23_185507_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-24_182448_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_182448_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_182448_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_182448_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_182448_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-24_182448_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-24_175457_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_175457_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_175457_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_175457_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_175457_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="None photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-24_175457_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + +<div class="picwide"> + <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-24_184213_valley-of-fire.jpg " title="view larger image"> + <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_184213_valley-of-fire_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_184213_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_184213_valley-of-fire_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2017/2017-09-24_184213_valley-of-fire_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Valley of Fire State Park photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2017/2017-09-24_184213_valley-of-fire.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > + </a> +</div> + </div> + + </article> + + + <div class="nav-wrapper"> + <nav id="page-navigation" class="page-border-top"> + <ul> + <li id="prev"><span class="bl">Previous:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/09/zion" rel="prev" title=" Zion">Zion</a> + </li> + <li id="next"><span class="bl">Next:</span> + <a href="/jrnl/2017/09/ghost-town" rel="next" title=" Ghost Town">Ghost Town</a> + </li> + </ul> + </nav> + </div> + + + + + + +<p class="comments--header">4 Comments</p> + + + + + + + <div class="comments--wrapper"> + + <div id="comment-2783" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Gwen" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Gwen</b></span> + <span class="when">October 16, 2017 at 8:14 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>Wow! This place looks amazing! Love all the pics of your cute little people in the holes in the rocks.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2784" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Drew" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Drew</b></span> + <span class="when">October 16, 2017 at 9:07 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>That last photo is so good. My only question is who hit the timer button and had to run to their spot?</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2785" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Mikeandpatsywall" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b>Mikeandpatsywall</b></span> + <span class="when">October 16, 2017 at 9:33 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>Love it❤️</p> + + </div> + </div> + + <div id="comment-2786" class="comment"> + <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> + <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> + </noscript> + <div class="comment--head"> + <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> + <span class="when">October 16, 2017 at 11:48 a.m.</span> + </div> + + <div class="comment--body"> + + <p>@Drew-</p> +<p>I have a timer app on my phone, but of course it didn’t work so Corrinne hit the button and ran.</p> + + </div> + </div> + + </div> + + +<div class="comment--form--wrapper comment-form-border"> + +<div class="comment--form--header"> + <p class="hed">Thoughts?</p> + <p class="subhed">Please leave a reply:</p> +</div> +<form action="/comments/post/" method="post" class="comment--form"> + +<input type="hidden" name="rder" value="" /> + + + <input type="hidden" name="content_type" value="jrnl.entry" id="id_content_type"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="object_pk" value="221" id="id_object_pk"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="timestamp" value="1596833383" id="id_timestamp"> + + + + <input type="hidden" name="security_hash" value="1c49f5a80cfc83ec069cd72bd7156892a5d9f471" id="id_security_hash"> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_name">Name:</label> + <input type="text" name="name" maxlength="50" required id="id_name"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_email">Email address:</label> + <input type="email" name="email" required id="id_email"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_url">URL:</label> + <input type="url" name="url" id="id_url"> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset > + <label for="id_comment">Comment:</label> + <div class="textarea-rounded"><textarea name="comment" cols="40" rows="10" maxlength="3000" required id="id_comment"> +</textarea></div> + </fieldset> + + + + <fieldset style="display:none;"> + <label for="id_honeypot">If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam:</label> + <input type="text" name="honeypot" id="id_honeypot"> + </fieldset> + + + <div class="submit"> + <input type="submit" name="post" class="submit-post btn" value="Post" /> + <input type="submit" name="preview" class="submit-preview btn" value="Preview" /> + </div> +</form> +<p style="font-size: 95%;"><strong>All comments are moderated</strong>, so you won’t see it right away. 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