The Joe Wood Adventure Club

So, my friend Joe has decided that I'm the president of our "adventure club." After our excursion to the Mormon Fort, we decided to go see Spring Mountain Ranch this weekend. It's actually a really nice park with a ranch house from the 1930's (originally...) Over the years, several various people have owned an expanded the ranch. It's last owner was Howard Hughes (he basically owned half of Vegas at one point). The best part of the house was the secret passage that led from the master bedroom closet into another bedroom and bathroom. Apparently Vera Kraupp, a very famous person, owned the ranch. While she was there, a bunch of men came in and stole her 33 karat diamond (now belongs to Elizabeth Taylor) off her finger, tied her up, etc. So she built the hidden passage to have privacy and a get away. There are also some hiking trails around. Our club isn't that adventurous, so we stayed to the wheelchair accessible path! It was sure pretty, though.