This morning we said goodbye to Barry and headed a couple miles north to the Clark County Wetlands Park.  The visitor center was excellent, and our favorite part were the large animal figurines:

This snake has a cutaway showing his last meal:

These busts allowed the kids to see what it would be like looking through animal eyes:

We walked for a couple miles on the wetland’s trails and saw an amazing variety of wildlife:

According to a ranger we asked after our walk, this fellow has managed to avoid predation for about three months since his owners illegally released him:

This guy was resting among the rushes:

I was very excited to photograph for the first time a Black Capped Night Heron, something I’ve been wanting to do for years:

Raccoon tracks:

Belted Kingfisher:

After lunch in the parking lot, we drove to the Boulder Beach campground on the shore of Lake Mead to dump, fill, and shower, then drove on to Government Wash for some dispersed camping.  We pulled in after dark, but we can see that it’s a very large area and there are a number of RVs here.  We will no doubt do some scouting in the morning for our final site through the weekend.

  See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.