We took the Jeep today and went off-roading across the Newberry Mountains in southern Nevada!

About seven miles west of Laughlin, Nevada is the entrance to Christmas Tree Pass. The 12-mile graded, dirt road of the pass, winds up and through a ruggedly beautiful canyon rich with flora and fauna.

The scenery is breathtakingly beautiful. The rock formations rise majestically into the blue sky, forming shapes which, with a little imagination, can look like animals or Disney characters!

We park the Jeep, and conscious that the snake population will be out sunning themselves on the rocks, we leave Miss Poppy in the comfort of the car while Mike and I head into the wilderness chasing Cacti, a favourite plant species of ours.

The canyon is part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and the dirt road ends south of a tiny town called Searchlight, Nevada.

Mike and I with prickly Peter!

The magnificent scenery of Christmas Tree Pass.

Miss Poppy: comfortable and safe in the Jeep while Mike and I explore our surroundings!