Leaving las vegas

Not depressing like the movie of the same name. Not depressing at all.

It was a very good conference. It was a good chance to visit with Ken Roth. We stayed at the Bellagio, and I love our fountain view and the conference facilities at the Bellagio. But as good as it was there, it was soo good to get back to our own house.

Drove from Las Vegas to Kanab, Utah, a good staging point to bird Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park for the elusive juniper titmouse….. A five state day. Drove north on I-15, tanked up at Mesquite and headed up the Virgin River Gorge to Saint George, hung a right to Hurricane, dropped down through Brother Bill’s favorite place, Colorado City, then Pipe Spring National Monument, back up into Utah to an RV Park in Kanab. Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Arizona, Utah. Not a particularly birdy place, Coral Pink Sand Dunes. Listed a dozen birds, but nothing unusual, and no juniper titmouse. Oh well, there are titmice in Colorado too, we hear. Maybe southwestern Colorado outside Cortez….