Macabre Mercantile Returns to the Grand Canyon
by Mercy Macabre on Sep.27, 2019, under News
We just can’t get enough of the Grand Canyon. The Macabre staff returned to the south rim of the canyon this past week for a few days of camping and sightseeing.
It was just as beautiful as we remembered from our last trip and we had a few new surprises.
Media Minion discovered a short trail down to a rock outcrop below the rim to take some wonderful shots. Somehow he managed to not take a long dive to the bottom of the canyon – the trail was rather craggy, steep and covered in loose gravel so it was a bit treacherous.
Our Dark Mistress actually did battle with her fear of heights and approached a rim overlook. She got within 10 feet of the rim which is amazing for someone with a phobia of heights.
Our Hellhound Kali got up an close and personal view of a bull elk who walked right through our camp, luckily she was so perplexed by what this huge creature was that she stayed still and silent. The video at the end of the pictures captures him wandering through.
In fact, we had an entire family of elk wandering around us every day. We saw a bull and 3 full-grown females along with 2 very young ones. It was amazing watching them wander by, often as close as 10-20 feet from where we stood. At one point another younger male came wandering over and after a lot of trumpeting the older, larger bull chased him around the campground and off into the distance. It was like being in a Disney nature video.
We even caught one of the babies getting a quick lunch from mom.
At some point we want to visit the North Rim, but with winter coming it’s about to close for the season so probably next year.
Oh, the reason there’s a picture of food and some people included is that we were having lunch of some sushi and suddenly realized that a busload of Japanese tourists were offloading behind us. It made us giggle because, well, we’re four years old mentally sometimes.
Here are a few pictures we shot and a video of the bull elk. Enjoy.
As always, you can click on the image for a larger version. The panorama shot was left full size and is well worth popping open.
Bull Elk wandering through our campsite
Macabre Mercantile vs Lake Mojave – and Aliens
by Mercy Macabre on Sep.19, 2019, under News
OK, we’re not Storming Area 51 because we plan to have our store open this weekend but we did take a quick trip south of Las Vegas to Lake Mojave.
Its the more southern part of the Lake Mead Recreation Area near Searchlight, NV.
Along the way, Media Minion had to pull over to take a shot of ‘his stretch of highway’. It’s a whole 1/10 mile stretch dedicated to Cold War Veterans. After all, he thinks he defeated communism single-handed so it’s HIS highway. It’s part of a stretch of the Veterans Memorial Highway with stretches dedicated to just about every war for the last 100 years.
After leaving the road in Searchlight, we drove 14 miles through the desert to the lake. Wow, what a beautiful place. It’s a small facility but unlike many of the Lake Mead proper sites which are basically falling apart because the lake retreated from their shores, this facility is still thriving.
There’s a lovely little campground with a beach a short distance away. There’s a nice motel but at $140 a night we think we’ll come back to camp instead. The marina has a store and a cafe and the lake itself is BEAUTIFUL.
We just hung around for a while drinking in the surroundings and then headed back home but on the way, we took a quick detour into Boulder City to see The Flying Saucer, a store we somehow never spotted before on our visits. Made new friends there as we browsed their alien-themed store. Kind of cool and we carry some of the same alien products as them – lucky we’re many miles apart so we don’t compete.
On the road north, we did see the most amazing sight. A pickup was gaining on us and there were strange shapes visible on the roof. It wasn’t until it passed that we realized the shapes were half a dozen tall green alien mannequins in the bed of the truck. We assume he’s off to #stormArea51. We laughed ourselves silly but weren’t able to get a picture as he was racing by at about 90 and we couldn’t get our camera out fast enough.
A nice fun outing overall.
We’re Changing Our Store Hours
by Mercy Macabre on Sep.17, 2019, under News
Macabre Mercantile is changing its store hours.
Due to varied circumstances, we are going to shift to a weekend-only schedule for the foreseeable future.
We’ll only be open 2 days a week but it will be an awesome 2 days of wickedly decadent shopping.
We’re ceasing weekday operations today, September 17 and will reopen on Saturday, September 21 and 22 for the weekend.
We’re sorry for any inconvenience but we feel this schedule better fits the area our store is in and our own responsibilities.
Of course, the online store is open 24/7 at http://macabremercantile.com
We will be open every weekend unless we’re at a local festival but we’ll make announcements at that time so you know where to find us.
We look forward to seeing you this weekend and every weekend in fabulous Las Vegas, NV.
Get ready for Halloween
by Mercy Macabre on Sep.05, 2019, under News
Greetings ghasts, ghouls and wickedly decadent people,
It’s me, Mercy Macabre with a special treat to get you ready for my favorite holiday – Halloween.
From now, through October 31, 2019, you can save 15% when you shop at Macabre Mercantile’s Las Vegas store!
This special discount is just for those of you reading this blog. There’s a coupon below.
First step – click on the coupon below and then print it out
Second step – come visit our store at:
2020 S. Maryland Pkwy #16 Las Vegas, NV 89109
Final, and most important step – find something decadent to buy and save money.
This coupon is only good if brought to our physical store location – it’s not an online offer.
So come on in and save some cash on wonderfully macabre merchandise to enhance your gothic lifestyle.
Valley of Fire and Lake Mead
by Mercy Macabre on Aug.25, 2019, under News
The Macabre staff went on another excursion near Las Vegas. This time we visited the Valley of Fire state park and Lake Mead. We actually visit Lake Mead quite often as there is just so much to see and with an annual pass it’s an easy destination.
We saw lots of interesting rock formations, found 4,000 year old native petroglyphs at the top of a very tall rock which Media Minion only discovered because he decided to see what was at the top of the staircase which was built against the boulder – the sign at the bottom was unreadable due to sun and sand erosion.
We made friends with desert chipmunks who were very daring and came right up to us several times. We also stumbled across a spring in the middle of one of the parks with rushing water and a natural pool. It was very high in mineral content and had quite the rotten egg stink but it was really neat to see. Of course, if you notice the signs, you don’t want to go swimming or else you’ll get a potentially fatal amoeba infection. We also came across a memorial marker with the saddest story on it.
The desert is HOT during the day but it’s not bad at night for camping.
Here’s a small swath of pictures – we took a lot more but this selection should give you an idea of what the area looked like. We left the pictures of the petroglyphs full size so click on them to see the detail of these incredible rock carvings from 4,000 years ago.
There are also a couple of videos we took of critters, petroglyphs, and the spring.
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