So we did the Dam tour on Wedsnesday (yes, I must say Dam at every opportunity available...it is an elementary school thing...LOL). "The kids need to get on the Dam bus, stay in line on the Dam tour, and maybe they can buy a Dam souvenir at the end".....Get it??? ;-D
So here are some Dam pictures....Inside the dam, where they turn water power into electricity!!!
This one is looking through a hole on the side of the dam, from the inside. Rebecca says Chevy Chase looked out the same hole in a Vacation movie 20 years ago....very scary, for me...
Ryan on the top, my Mom keeping a hold on him so he doesn't accidentally get swept over, me cowering near the street....LOL...
The bridge that had to be built after 9/11....since it was determined that Hoover Dam might be a good spot for some terrorist action. And the traffic going over the Dam was getting a little backed up...with security check points, and tourists, etc. You can actually walk along the side of the bridge, all the way up there, if you'd like....when you drive over it, thought, you don't even know you are on the bridge (Thank God!)...the barriers on the side are so high that you can't see over, or out of your driving lane....
Anyhow, if you make it to Las Vegas, I definitely recommend the Dam tour...go early, though, as tourists start to arrive in the late morning....;-D
Wow, that is dam impressive!! We are planning to go to Las Vegas next year so will definitely go to the dam tour. I hate heights though, but I know my hubby would love this.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great tour, but not for me - far too high!
ReplyDeleteLovely blog, and gorgeous quilts, hope you don't mind me linking your blog on my page ? I need to find my way back..........
ReplyDeleteI was at that dam last summer, it's breathtaking and scary high. The bridge wasn't open yet, and I was greatful for that, since I'm afraid of heights.................have a great day
This past summer I went on the Hoover Dam tour as well. It was pretty spectacular. I even walked down the dark tunnel so that I could stick my camera out the vent hole to snap a picture. Later at the very end of the tour I looked down to see where that vent hole was ... way, way, waaaay down low. Amazing! Then we continued on our way to Vegas and saw the Liberace Museum before it closed, but that's another story. :-)
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