That's a longggggggggg way down!
We toured the Nevada turbine room via one of the four original tunnels built to divert the Colorado River so that the dam could be constructed.
Our damm dam visit was much more interesting that I would have imagined.
We walked back over the dam and checked the view from the lake side,
then visited the original 1930's visitor center that now contains a topographical model of the entire Colorado River watershed and demonstrates the controlled water usage.
The difference in the size of that building and the current visitor center is vast.
After we got into the truck, we decided to do the drive over the dam, just to claim bragging rights. We are such good tourists. If it is to be done, we do!
I had said earlier to Jim that there was no way I was interested in doing the walk over the new memorial bridge that now diverts unscreened traffic from the dam roadway. You guessed it. He wanted to go see the view from the bridge, so we did the walk!
The wind was fierce, but due to the walkway, it was not nearly as daunting as I anticipated. It did result in the best comprehensive dam view. (Sorry, dam puns just come with the visit.)
Having walked the walk, no the bridge walk, not the dam walk, we headed north to Las Vegas. We made it here fine and got a nice campsite at Arizona Charlie's Casino and RV park.
We had a bit of rest, then headed for Las Vegas Boulevard--aka, The Strip. It was neat to see the places that seem they should be familiar because of our movie and tv experience. After lots more walking, through only a small portion of the street, I decided I had "done" Vegas. We had a nice dinner in a French bistro, drove the strip to take in the lights, and headed "home".
Some decrees that are self made are just not to be. Remember that tire incident back in Saguaro NP? Well this morning my ever observant spouse noticed something strange about that new tire. Further examination revealed that the axle is out of alignment and the new tire is almost ruined. Soooooooo, we will be in Vegas through Monday so that we can get the axles realigned. The good news is that we are in a place that is large enough to have a shop to get this done. A regular tire shop for automobiles can't do the work. So we are very happy Jim insisted on a place with shade. We can enjoy our weekend with Arizona Charlie. The other good news is that with time on hand, the Airstream got a good deep clean today for the first time since we began this outing, and I will have some practice time. The bad news is that this threw off our timing schedule and we will miss getting to meet and visit with our friends in Sacramento as planned. We are learning that on these large trips, some things can be controlled, some not. Whatever, one just has to go with the flow and accept even the things we do not like. Life lessons come in strange packages.........
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