Red Rock Canyon and Hoover Dam

During my trip last week to NAB, I took a day and went off to Red Rock Canyon. It is about a 45 min drive West from Vegas. I took a trail called Calico Tanks. It was about a 2 hour hike and it was awesome! The photos below show part of the trail I was on. You do 50% boulder/rock climbing and I dropped and broke my camera.


The trail is not long, but because of all the climbing it does take maybe 2 hours. I would not suggest this trail if you have any problems with your ankles or knees - there is a lot of climbing. If you ever go to Vegas, take a day and drive out to Red Rock Canyon and hike a trail. It will be one of your highlights! Make sure to wear good ankle supported shoes if you will be hiking a rocky trail!




There is also Petroglyphs (Native American carvings in rock)...

and Pictographs (Native American painting on rock)...



Before returning home, I did go to Hoover Dam and drove across, parked and walked across. It is a pretty impressive site and certainly will give you a new respect for engineering! Since my camera was broke I had to use my camera phone so the photos are not the best - but here goes!

NAB 2007

Wow. I am absolutely exhausted! I am sitting in McCarren Airport Las Vegas waiting for my Red Eye flight out after attending NAB (National Association of Broadcasters). This airport has free wifi so I figured I'd post some of my NAB picts. This was my first time attending, and it was just awesome! It's held at the Las Vegas Convention Center and it is massive, the Convention Center is 30.5 million square feet! 30.5 Million!!!


I got to go to some really good classes. I even got to attend a class with Walter Murch. He edited Cold Mountain - in which he received an academy award. He has also edited The English Patient, Ghost, Apocalypse Now, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Jarhead, and many others. Anyways, I had a blast! Here is just a couple of NAB snapshots I took!

Here is my latest prompter purchase! I couldn't go to NAB and not spend any money....


I also got to see my dad. He workes up in Williamsport, Pennsylvania for L3 Communications. I got to stay with him at The Paris, and we even caught a Blue Man Group Show - that was absolutely fantastic! I forgot my camera during the Blue Man Group, but here is the last of my shots. I did get to go to Red Rock Canyon and Hoover Dam today, I'll try to post those photos later this week. It will be good to be home!

New Hampshire - we broke for moose!

I finally saw my moose!!!!! Everytime I have driven through New England, I kept seeing "Brake for Moose" signs or "Moose next 8 miles" signs. Each time, the signs taunted me, they had me looking through the woods excited that I could see a moose. It never happened. But not on this trip! This trip, I told myself on one particular drive back to the hotel that this was the night I would see my moose. Not only did I see one, but 3!






This trip was a sort of a spur of the moment trip. Leila had spring break off from work and we were supposed to go camping. I got swamped with work so our camping plans got put on hold. So last minute, I went to www.site59.com to see where the cheapest flight from Tallahassee would take us for the weekend. It happened to be Manchester New Hampshire. Anyone that ever wants to book a last minute trip - and not really care where you go - site59 is awesome!








We decided to go skiing in the White Mountains and it was gorgeous! I snowboarded and spent most of my trip on my butt. Leila on the other hand skied, but she's a natural and did great! We went to Loon Mountain ski resort. I think the best part was the restaurant down the road called the "Common Man." Needless to say, we found our favorite restaurant in New Hampshire!



We also went shopping in a town called Conway. It is right near the Maine border. We took the
Kancamagus Scenic Byway to get to Conway and that is when we saw our moose - on the trip back around 5pm.





It was a short weekend trip, so that is about it! I hope you enjoyed the photos!