Red Rock Children's Hiking Trail
Today we went to Red Rock Canyon to try out the children's hiking trail. It's called Lost Creek, and you can get a map at the visitor's center before you proceed through the 13-mile loop just to make sure you know where you are going. (The entrance fee to the canyon is $7 per car.) The visitor's center has a live desert iguana and various other displays as well as a gift shop. They call it a "children's trail", but in my mind childhood spans 0-18 years, so let me tell you what the reality is. Ages 3 and up can make it pretty well, though they will still need a little help climbing over some of the rockier parts. The trail starts out as a gravel path and then comes to a fork in the road. You take the right fork, and then it become rocks and steps that you have to climb up and over. Not too difficult, but definitely a little bit of a challenge. Since I brought my 18 month old as well as my very cautious 3 year old I soon discovered that making i...