Top 10 Vegas Autumn Adventures

Awww, fall.  After those brutal 115 degree summer days, fall is heavenly.  What many people forget is that Vegas is the epicenter of the outdoor world with a wealth of great nearby destinations.  Fall is the perfect time to put the top down, let the breeze tangle your hair and have a great outdoor adventure.  Pick some vine-ripened fruit; gawk at the fall colors; wade in a stream; soak in the last sun of summer; enjoy a wine walk or an outdoor concert, or just wander without fears of dehydration.  Here are our favorite fall treats.  Did we miss something?

1) Pahrump Winery Annual Grape Stomp,

We’ve written about the winery before.  The grape stomp is a fun festival that combines food, fun, wine tastings, wine discounts, drawings,music and the chance to get your tootsies purple.  Sign up to stomp here.

Saturday, September 26 from noon – 6 p.m.

Pahrump Winery Annual Grape Stomp

3810 Winery Road

Pahrump, NV

775-751-7800 or 800-368-9463

2) Meet a couple of thousand new friends for the Las Vegas Wash Green-up.

The Coordination Committee expects more volunteers than spaces for volunteers, so sign up early, but only if your are relatively certain you can attend.

Wash Green-Up (map it)

Saturday, October 17

Three 2-hour shifts: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.; 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.; and 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

lunch at 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. for volunteers, only

Las Vegas Wash Coordination Committee signup

for more information call 822-8400

Directions to planting site will be sent after registration.

3)  Buy art, save primates at “MONKEY BIZ, – a Multimedia Event”

4) Harvest your own Pinon nuts

5) Celebrate National Yoga Month at BODIES…THE EXHIBITION WELLNESS SERIES

6) Watch a musical icon in concert

7) Catch a live Beatles Concert – or as close as you’ll ever come

8)  Indulge in a wine walk or a local lakeside staycation

9) Track your own favorite local band

10) Break the rules:  lift a glass and get ready to talk politics