Fun in the sun

As my stint out west comes to a close, I've been taking advantage of the incredible scenery that Nevada has to offer. Just to make you city boys jealous, I decided to post some pictures I took at the Valley of Fire State Park. On the right is a natural stone arch that would be perfect as a football throwing target in a "switch" night activity.

Next up, we have the new Camp Nageela van, a gorgeous red 1926 convertable Ford Model-T (we don't only have red mountains, we have red cars to go along with them). In the background is the other new camp van, a white 1933 plymouth. Guess what! I've just been informed that the camp vans will be even better- instead of 1926 models, they'll be 1986 models! And they will have air conditioning a few days a week, and a roof on most of it!

Good news and bad news. The good news is camp is building more bunks and rooms. The bad news is they won't be ready yet this year, so this is the temporary waiters' bunk. At least it's shady. Cleanup might be a bit rough, but the good news is it may be easier to get them up in the morning, and the lizards and rattlesnakes around make really, really fun pets.

Speaking of the western mountain ranges, there's a really strange natural phenomenon called "Nevada's blue mountains." Apparently, these bizarre rock formations spent millions of years under water, where they were subject to incresed exposure to sodium bifloctunase and barcodium2. These chemicals, along with the enormous water pressure combined to make a strange stone substance that appears from a distance to be bright blue in color, and similar in many of its charachteristics to plastic. This particular landmass, commonly known as Wigenhedge Rock, after famous explorer and backgamon player Fredrick Wigenhedge has the distinct appearance of a piece of playground equipment with Tova Locker's face in middle.

Anyway city slickers... don't feel too bad. All these sights are a little less cool when it's 100 degrees out.