December 24 - The journey Home (took until early December 25)

We left the hotel and took a drive out to Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area (frequently called Red Rock Park which is incorrect).  

This is an area designated in 1967 as a conservation area by the Bureau of Land Management and then given national status in 1990 by Congress. 

The image (from the internet) is a sandstone outcropping where part of the stone had iron that was oxidized (the dark area). The area also has petroglyphs and other features (which we did not see). 

We then went to the Las Vegas airport. Darth Vader (second image) and some short imperial storm troopers were dressed in their Christmas clothes.

The plane stopped at the Denver airport and we changed planes. I got to speaking with a woman from Bozeman, Montana. I asked her if the people there referred to themselves as Bozeites. She said they call themselves Bozemonites and the area  the Boze Zone (which is probably better than the term I used). 

The planes were on time but with the long flights and time changes and the long walk from the gate to the shuttle area, it was 1 am or so on Dec 25 when we got home.

 

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