Hoover Dam Boulder City

It's cliche, but you can't help but say it once you see this monster of a dam. Damn. Looking over the edge of the wall, I started getting dizzy and began to imagine what it would be like to fall/slide down....

Great engineering feat, to say the least, as I cannot possibly begin to imagine the planning that must have gone into building this …

Day 10 began very early because I had to make the 4.5 hour drive from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas to catch my flight home.Along the way I came across the junction to historic Route 66. I also made a quick stop to take some pictures of the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. I got my passport …

We zijn vanuit LV op weg gegaan naar de Hoover Dam, met een behoorlijke hoge temperatuur..

Het gekke is dat wij de Hoover Dam in werkelijkheid minder indrukwekkend vonden dan nu op de foto's…maar wel de moeite waard!

Daarna doorgereden naar de Grand Canyon en op zoek naar een hotel..We hebben wel wat hotels moeten proberen&# …

Dag 10 Las Vegas-Hoover dam door mensen gemaakte wonderen.




Vandaag heeft Danny me laten uitslapen tot 10.00uur, omdat ik me niet zo lekker voelde. Ik heb een koudje gevat in het vliegtuig denk ik van de airco. Daarna hebben we ons eerst aangekleed en zijn we samen gaan ontbijten. Daarna hebben we ons klaar …

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Sara and Milton arrived in Vegas last night; we took them on a quick tour, then for cocktails at Mandarin Bar, fantastic views of the strip. Picked up the Harleys this morning, rode down the strip, then to Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon - 305 miles. Including a trip down Route 66 …

New Years Day So nice to get up and not be hung over on New Years Day. Plan today was to visit the Casino's in Vegas and see all there is to see. We started at the New York New York. A roller coaster goes through the hotel. I (Ailish) loved how it had little streets with all food places that is kinda like New York. It also had an Irish pub called …

Every year my younger brother and I go on a trip together; this time is precious as it allows us to reconnect while sharing our love of travel. This year we decided to center our travels on places that were monumental in the life of Elvis Presley. Elvis and his wonderful musical legacy are very important to us and we've both been fans for over 40 …

This I think was our most testing bus ride to date, 15 hours, a change at 4am and about 4 crazy people actually on the bus that were clearly on some sort of drugs..! Luckily they did shut up for a while so we could rest. Having spent a lot of time on buses and in bus stations that are open 24 hours we've come across a LOT of America's forgotten …

Running out of time to do everything, we decided to go separate ways today. The girls caught a shuttle from MGM to the small town of Primm about 40 miles from Vegas and almost at the Nevada / California border. They went there for the discount factory outlet and bought heaps of clothes. Mitch and I drove to Hoover Dam which is about 25 miles from …

... glad it hadn't been a major disaster in the middle of nowhere!   After that we headed up the road intending to get to Hoover Dam which was not very far at all.  We decided to stop at Lake Mead which is a huge recreation park with many places ...

... ; After 10 miles we were yet again feeling the heat and needed a Maccy-D stop to cool down.  We then continued towards Boulder City with a head wind and slight incline which made the going slow. Boulder City turned out to be a very pleasant ...

... situation. This side trip cost us about an hour a half and we decided to take our hot bodies to my brother Bob's home in Boulder City. The ride out of Kingman to Boulder City on Highway 93 was so hot in the blazing sun. I think the temperatures were in ...

We stopped for about 30 minutes which was enough time for me get some amazing ...

... Dam so it really isn't very old. There are so many places called 'city' even though they only have a populations of a few hundred. Boulder city has a few thousand residents but is still tiny. We went for a drive around the city and found some really nice ...

Well staying in Las Vegas was one thing on Kelsey's list of things she wanted to do last year, but didn't. Seeing Hoover Dam was another thing. Fortunately, we made it 2-for-2 in just our first two days on tour! We weren't satisfied with just driving ...

... ’s largest dam.  We decided not to take and actual tour inside the dam due to the price. Instead we went to the Hoover Dam Museum, which was pretty interesting. By afternoon, it was really hot, and crowded, so it was a good thing that we had ...

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Bonjour tout le monde, Le barrage Hoover, il doit son nom au 31ième président des États-Unis. Il fut construit dans les années 1930. Il fournit en électricité les villes environnentes donc Las Vegas. Durant sa construction, il y a eu 111 ouvriers ...

... helicopter rides. Only $29! How could we say no?? Neither Caro nor I had ever ridden on a helicopter, so it was definitely money well spent. We flew over picturesque Lake Mead in Boulder City, NV and the Hoover Dam. Our pictures barely do it ...