1272 - Dam, gone

We got to the other side of the dam and I took this shot before we went down into the dam.



This is inside one of the power houses. 8 generators.



Back up top and a look over the edge. The power house directly underneath is the one we were in.



Just a nice framed shot of the dam. If you click it you can see the cars winding their way down the hill. The speed limit on the dam is 15mph. The security check point is up the hill to the right.



Last shot of the hotel.



Flying home with the sun at our back. Just where I wanted it.




And wouldn't you know. Today is Friday the 13th, on a Monday. Double bummer (for some people).


 

1271 - Lake Mead

Here we are on the tour boat getting ready to leave the dock on Lake Mead looking at the private boats on the right.



Here's all the cars of the poor people affected by the economy. They're probably just sitting on their boats because they can't afford gas.



Here's looking left at the private boats.



Here's the first look at the top of Hoover Dam. Notice the water line (white rock). That's how far the water levels have dropped in the last 10 years. Too bad we couldn't divert some of the summer rains from the Midwest and East. I think we could fill the lake twice over.



A closer look at the top of the dam and the new bridge. The bridge is supposed to speed up traffic. Not because of the winding roads, but because homeland security checks cars and trucks going over the dam. It's like being at the airport.





Here's a look back across the lake.



Back at the dock, people feed fish that hang around. And the fish hang around.



Someone had just thrown in a handful of popcorn. The picture really doesn't capture the churning water as the fish fight for the food.



Just curious, how many people have done the Lake Mead thing already?

 

1270 - Cactus

We took a tour of Hoover Dam. But the first stop on the tour was at the Mars candy factory. No I didn't get any pictures of M&M's. But there was a cactus garden outside. What M&M's and cactus have to do with one another I don't know. But I took a bunch of cactus pictures. The cactus are from all over the US. Hopefully this doesn't take to long to download. You can click these pictures bigger.

1269 - The hotel

Here's a few pictures from our trip.

We stayed at the MGM.



Here's a look up to the 37th floor.



Here's a look down.



Here's a look out.



Look out farther to the mountains.



I'll get around to size reduction (4meg to 40K) on more pictures and load them on my alt site as soon as I can.