In history, prior to Floyd Lamb State Park being established as a public park in 1964, it was known as a ranch for people to obtain an easy divorce. Last week I went to Floyd Lamb State Park to obtain an easy divorce from Stress. Nature led the ceremony.\n\n  Floyd Lamb State Park (now named Tule Springs at Floyd Lamb) is a go-to place to divorce stress. It is one of a handful of open spaces for outdoor recreationists to benefit from the Serotonin of the Las Vegas sun and to appreciate its open spaces. Contrary to what a few publications state about Floyd Lamb State Park being surrounded by development, it is a large open space with development on three of its four borders. To give a perspective of how large Floyd Lamb State Park is, it extends from Durango Drive to Jones Boulevard. The next time you sit at a long light at any surface street that intersects Durango Drive, visualize an open space that extends east to Jones Boulevard. If you drew a line north, that open space would be in the farthest reaches of the Las Vegas Valley.\n\n  The best way to describe Floyd Lamb State Park is as two sections divided by an invisible line. There is the Tule Springs section with grass and ponds under a canopy of mature trees. And there is the desert landscape section with open spaces and equestrian trails.\n\n  The Tule Springs section includes the historical restoration. It stands immediately past the Fee station, which is $6 for a motor vehicle. In this historical restoration peacocks in place of people dressed in historical costumes are the hosts. They are natural entertainers that in my opinion give some Vegas headliners a run for the money. Peacocks are everywhere. They are on top of buildings, foraging on the grass, hanging out in bushes, and relaxing. North of the historical restoration paved trails connect to ponds. Here a population of geese and every type of duck are the hosts. They share the same fish that people are trying to catch. It is nice to be able to relive the duck pond landscapes of Long Island. It gets even better when the peacocks and ducks interact.\n\n  In 2007, when the City of Las Vegas regained ownership of the park, it acquired a vast tract of open space to the east of the original Tule Springs section. Park lovers greatly benefited. The developed area of Floyd Lamb State Park expanded a great distance to the east. I appreciate when a park grows instead of it being truncated by additional tract homes. This is the desert landscape section. Here open space and horses rule. This is the place to ride a horse. There is a sundry of equestrian trails. At the transition area to the east of the Tule Springs section, there are horse stables. On my most recent visit, I shared the desert landscape section with several equestrian riders.\n\n  Spending time in this section of the park, open space tranquilizes the stress of daily life. Floyd Lamb State Park is in the northernmost part of the northwest Las Vegas Valley. It is where sprawl merges with the open space of the Sheep Range Mountains. The vistas of these mountains are mesmerizing. It is encouraging that levels of government agencies intend to keep the undeveloped land in the vicinity of Floyd Lamb State Park and Sheep Range Mountains pristine. Recently I read in The Review Journal of plans to turn this land into a National Park.\n\n   A minor complaint that Yelpers addressed is the poop from the geese. The reality is that there is also poop from the horses and canines. Where there are animals and nature there is poop. On the bright side graffiti is relatively nonexistent.\n\n   It turns out that my divorce from stress was short lived. By the time that I was on US-95, I had remarried Stress. I will remember this three-hour divorce through the memories and pictures that I took of Floyd Lamb State Park.