Hoover Dam

In the midst of all the work it takes to move into and furnish a new RV we decided we needed to take a play day. So we made a day trip to Hoover Dam.

After a long drive over we turned in to the parking garage where we saw this statue.

Here’s the view from level three of the parking garage towards the new visitor center down the hill and across the street which made me wish we had my Segway with us. I made the walk down OK but had to take a break coming back up. I’m sure glad my cane has a seat on it so I could take that break. And I’m glad I didn’t have my Segway because the slopes coming out of the parking garage were intimidating to say the least.

Turning the other way you see the new bridge they are building that will route traffic away from the dam visitor traffic. When the new route is done, the old route will be closed on the Arizona side. You will still be able to drive across the dam from the Nevada side with a turn around on the Arizona side sending you right back across again. If you make it past the security checkpoint, that is. We saw a utility trailer turned back and were glad we were driving a rental car since RVs had much more detailed checks than we did.

And here’s the dam itself.

We both went down to the visitor center where we saw a film about the building of the dam. Then  I sat people watching and reading my book while Dave went on a tour. Here’s bunch of pictures he took on the tour.

And here’s a few of Lake Mead behind the dam.

As you can see, it was a good day to go play.

TTYL,

Linda