Well! Sunset Park is a large park in Las Vegas, not far from where I live. Like so many other places, it has many different trails. Today I walked around the lake. Just once. Very small hike but good enough for me, for now.
I started at the south end of the lake, near the parking lot, right about at the play area. Headed east, then north, and continued around the lake. I stopped to spin Pokestops (there are a LOT of them in this park), which accounts for the uneven pace. I was also walking with daughter Elaine, and was not paying attention to whether we stopped or not to discuss something.
As I have been to this park many times and because I was walking with someone else, I forgot to take photos to demonstrate what it's like. However, you can get a little bit of an idea:
I took this photo some months ago, playing with my photo sphere. You can see the upside down lake in the sphere, get some feel for the place.
We saw this heron in the tree, keeping an eye on the lake. Herons sometimes make meals of baby ducks, among other things, and there are lots of ducks (and geese) here. No babies right now, however. But still, lots of food choices for an enterprising heron.
A small sample of the duck population. It's a pretty happy and active bunch, in spite of the fact that people unknowingly feed them bread at times. I hope the majority of their diet comes from elsewhere, like in that water there. Love those redheads.
The path around the lake is pretty flat. It is a very busy place. I expect to take some of the other paths here on future walks.
Sunset Park, Las Vegas. Total distance: 0.83 mile Elevation gain: three feet.
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