Hoover Dam

As you have read in the last couple posts P and I, along with her husband M and my sister A, spent a long weekend in Vegas for the half marathon.  We stayed the extra days to see some sights and wander through town since three out of four of us had never been there. By far the most massive engineering marvel we witnessed was the Hoover Dam.  If they say a picture is worth a thousand words, actually seeing it for yourself would be worth multiples more.  It was a short trip from The Strip in a Pink Jeep, and it was well worth it. We got to relax and take in the high desert scenery on the way out there and back.  We were a little early for the Hoover Dam Tour to start, so our tour guide took us to the new bridge that overlooks the Dam and crosses the river first.  It was an amazing view from so high up.  The tour started with a video on the background and statistics of the construction of the Hoover Dam.  

We then boarded an elevator that took us down to the power plan area.  The scale and power generated was impressive. Then, they let us explore the surface of the dam and take pictures.  The Dam is built across the Colorado River, which divides Nevada and Arizona.  This was my first trip to either state, but the best part of walking across the Dam was the fact when we crossed borders we were in two different time zones (AZ does observe daylight savings time) at the same time.  


Going to see the Hoover Dam from Vegas was definitely worth the short trip! -A