I had the opportunity to attend Photoshop World in Las Vegas last month. It was a great workshop and I encourage everyone to attend. There are dozens of workshops on shooting, lighting and of course using Photoshop. I've gone to these before and usually I go in the day before and leave the day after. This time I took time to spend an extra day roaming around Southern Nevada. My main objective was to spend some time at Valley of Fire State Park an hour's drive outside Las Vegas and then drive up to Rachel Nevada of Area 51 fame.
I got up at 4:30 am and made the hour long drive to the park and arrived just as the sun was rising. I was overwhelmed at how beautiful it is! Towering colums of stone, unique rock formations, ancient petroglyphs abound in the park. I hiked and photographed for 3 hours and had the time of my life! It's truely a one of a kind park and I hope to get back there soon.