It has been very warm, so I wanted to get to Valley of Fire State Park early enough to finish a hike before the heat of the day. I got there at 7:15 and the entry booth wasn’t open yet, so I did the iron ranger thing, paying five extra dollars because I didn’t have exact change. No big deal. The visitor center was also not open yet, so I would need to wait until I left to get a commemorative sticker for my wall.
There weren’t more than a handful of other visitors at that hour, with only two other vehicles at the Fire Wave trailhead when I got there. That’s nice. The hike was enjoyable.
As I sat at the end of the trail, enjoying the view, other hikers started showing up. I started wondering why most of them were families with school aged kids. It’s Tuesday. Didn’t they have school? And didn’t at least one of the parents need to be at work? Did they work night shifts? Or was there some holiday I didn’t know about? Oh well.
It was warm enough to induce sweat by the time I got back to the Rolling Steel Tent. And the parking lots and pullouts along the road back to the visitor center were full. Time to go. I got a sticker then headed back to camp, where a slight breeze kept the heat at bay.
Spring break vacation.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense, but I figured it would coincide with Easter. Oh well.
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