47.06 Nevada: Boulder City: Black Mountain one morning. 47.07 Red Mountain, the next. Including previous visits to Lake Mead, the Magnificent, setting the scene.
From Red Mountain, Las Vegas awakes. Las Vegas, much earlier in the morning, sun highlights Red Rock Canyon. From Hamblin Peak, Lake Mead extends. Thankfully, there are many fascinating inhabitants in our world. The drawback is that during a life, one fails to meet even a fraction of them. Each country has its own flavor, its culture which manifests itself in the people—even those that deny it. With so much acrimony existing within the United States, it’s especially refreshing to come across people, both on the trails and in small towns, who enlighten, entertain and reveal the depths of the positive side of humanity. As an aside, whereas we are deeply saddened by the hatred, intolerance and nastiness abounding, we don’t think that will change until we change ourselves. It seems so easy and typical to believe one is correct and almost perfect in one’s thinking and views and therefore, every contrary opinion is that of a moron or someone to frown- and look down- upon. Many pe...