Day Five in Las Vegas we rose early to head to Hoover Dam for the day! We were both excited about the tour and it didn't disappoint! Hoover Dam was built back during the great depression. We took a 45 min. bus tour to get to the dam and heard all kinds of history along the way. Hoover dam currently provides power and electricity to primarily California, as well as Arizona and Nevada.
Amazing view of Lake Mead.
Down in Hoover Dam.
The powerful engines that make the dam work. They were HUGE.
Matt enjoyed seeing all this since he works on plane engines every day.
View of the dam on the Nevada side. Notice the "bathtub ring" on the left side of the pic right above the dam. Lake Meade is at it's 3rd lowest level to date.
Matt & I in front of the dam.
A view down below. That's alot of concrete!
More views down below
Check out all those wires and cables.
The bridge in the upper left hand corner is the new suspension bridge that will be part of the new interstate connecting Nevada and Arizona. The new interstate will make is possible for big trucks to cross near the dam. Since 9/11 no big 10 wheeler trucks are allowed to cross the dam, plus busses with anything in their bays. Right now trucks must travel 45 min out of their way instead of going across the dam. With the new bridge and interstate it will improve transportation greatly!
These round concrete things are collecting the water from lake meade to produce energy.
These were a little special treat we saw near the dam. They were so cute!
Beautiful view of lake meade.
Matt & I in front of Lake Meade.
Downtown on Freemont Street. Check out the OLD Golden Nugget.
The famous cowboy neon sign.
Unfortunately we didn't get to see Freemont Street at night and see the canopy show but it was still neat to see.
Had to visit Hard Rock and get t-shirts, a must for a Deepe vacation!
The Forum Fountains in front of Caesar's Palace.
Bally's and the Paris at night.
The spectacular Bellagio hotel and fountain show! It was my absolute favorite "attraction" in Vegas. They were absolutely AMAZING! They run every 15 min from 8pm - Midnight. This night I made Matt watch 3 different fountain shows! Simply Amazing!!!
View of Caesar's Palace at night.
View of Paris and Planet Hollywood at night.
Ceiling in the lobby of the Bellagio! Beautiful blown glass.
A miniature version of the Bellagio and it's world famous fountain! I want this!
Fountains in front of the Paris.
Beautiful view of the strip at night. This was my favorite time to see the strip! Plus it was much much cooler.
View across from the Bellagio.
2 comments:
Those fountains alway remind me of Ocean's Eleven where they stood there after stealing all the money from the casino? Ever since that movie, I really want to see those fountains. You should have videotaped them!
Looks like a fun trip!
We did video tape it and it's awesome but the file is too large to post! You will just have to see it the next time you see me! Maybe we should put it on utube and link it!
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