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On this
day we woke up at the crack of dawn to partake on of them "dam"
tours. The Hoover Dam that is. We decided to take
one of the buses that went out there and then straight back.
There are many of these tours available in Las Vegas.
Check with your hotel travel desk for the tour that fits your
schedule. We wanted a tour that left early in the morning,
so we would still have the afternoon back in Vegas.
We went on one of the Gray Line tours. There was enough
time to tour the dam and take pictures. |
Sunrise on November 21, 2007 from hotel room |
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A new highway being constructed close to the Dam which will
allow traffic to bypass going over the dam. |
A view of Lake Mead from the bus window. |
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Hoover
Dam
http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/
Once we got to Hoover Dam we
discovered that we had made a wise decision to take an early
morning tour. One word, traffic. Traffic was
just starting to build on the road that goes over the dam.
I can just imagine what it is like during the summer
vacation months. Until the highway pictured above is
finished, there will always be heavy traffic.
To enter the Hoover Dam museum and walk around, there is an
$8.00 fee. They now offer a Power Plant Tour for an
additional $3.00. We went on the Power Plant Tour that
would allow us enough time to get back to the bus. You
have not visited the Dam until you go on the Power Plant
Tour and view the huge turbines. Way cool!
Warning, this tour is not for those that are claustrophobic.
While on the tour you are given information about the power
plants operation after you descend 530 feet down an
elevator. |
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Inside the tunnels you have to walk
through
for the Power Plant Tour |
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Pipes that transport the water to the
dam's
hydroelectric generators |
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The museum they have
inside is very well done with interactive features. It
basically chronicles the building of the dam and the workers
involved with this massive undertaking. |
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grounds and visited the gift shop before it was time to jump
back on the bus. |
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The bus driver stopped at an overlook point
for Lake Mead where I got this shot |
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As we drove back into Las Vegas, I got this shot of the
famed Little Church of the West Wedding Chapel. And as
we dropped off passengers at the southern end of the strip,
I snapped a few more shots of the hotel we had visited
yesterday.
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New York New York Hotel |
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Little Church of the West Wedding Chapel |
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M&M Store |
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MGM Grand |
Back in the hotel, the Blue Men Group were
drumming up some business |
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freshening up at the hotel, we headed back out on the strip
towards Caesar Palace to visit the Forum Shops. |
Mirage Hotel
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FAO Schwartz Store |
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November 22, 2007
We left early in the morning on Thanksgiving Day. I
took a series of photographs from the airplane of Lake Mead
and the Grand Canyon. We eventually flew into a cold
front and that ended my picture taking.
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Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam |
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A blow up of the image on the left
showing Hoover Dam.
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The Grand Canyon |
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October 4,
2013 |
