Nevada
Nevada has a way of surprising you.
You expect the neon. The casinos. The strip of Las Vegas visible from space. And yes, all of that is real — loud and relentless and unlike anywhere else on earth.
But drive an hour in any direction and the silence hits you like a wall. Ancient red rock. Dry lake beds that stretch to the horizon. Formations that look like they belong on another planet entirely — because geologically, they almost do.
We came for a Christmas road trip with our dog Jack. We ended up somewhere that felt less like Nevada and more like the edge of the known world. The Valley of Fire will do that to you.
This is our collection of Nevada — the highways, the desert, and everything the postcards don't show.
Nevada, Arizona
Martian Vacation: A Road Trip Told by Jack the Dog
The ground was red. Not orange-at-sunset red. Not dusty-road red. Deep, ancient red — the color of something that has been burning for a million years. I was fairly certain we had driven to Mars.