Mt Charleston

Sunday we planned to do the Angel Peak Loop at Mt Charleston, Amy and Nicky joined us. We came down Kyle Canyon Rd. and turned off on what we believed to be the way, but we went wrong somewhere. We ended up in a heavily treed wash area. The Suburban was too large to continue. The truck suffered some carnage from hugging trees too tightly. We dented the driver side passenger door, broke a taillight and drivers rearview mirror.






We stopped and had a picnic. Then, decided it was best not to continue on trail we haven't done before, with Nicky onboard. We got out of that squirrely area just fine, no reason to risk it. So, we headed back to paved road and headed up Mt. Charleston. We parked at the Trail Canyon trailhead and decided to try a short hike.










We didn't go too far, before we turned around and headed back to the car. I'd love to go back and actually hike the trail, I must convince Frank to give it a try.

After hanging around Mt Charleston, we continued on to Lee Canyon.




and we wound around to the Desert View trailhead at 8200 ft. There you can see NV Test Site, and Area 51. Also, coral and other sealife fossils have been found so it is believed that it was once underwater.
















Miles and Miles away... During A-bomb testing people would come here to watch. Today you can see maneuvers performed by from Nellis AFB.



From there we headed home. It was a long day and we were ready to swim. There's nothing like groovin' to dirty 80's on the way home. Nicky thought it was great! Everyone dance!

We had a great day even if we didn't do the Angel Peak Loop as planned. That'll leave us another adventure for next time.