Hoover Dam & Lake Mead

After my walk this morning and then a good hour and a half hangin' out at the pool, we decided to embark upon the Hoover Dam journey after lunch instead of the indoor bowling that the kids wanted to do. It was nice outside, I mean, come on!

It is about a half-hour away from Vegas, and the drive over there was relatively scary for Jo (good thing she wasn't with us in Utah). When we got there, we walked on top of the dam for a bit and took a couple of pictures, then paid some dough to take the tour which takes you down into the heart of the beast to show you the turbine generators, one of the original river bypass tunnels and some exhibits/displays. I think the kids enjoyed it, mostly.

Since we (I) pulled them out of school for this trip, it was the least we could do to edumacate them a little bit about American Ingenuity at Hoover Dam, eh?

On the way back, we stopped at Lake Mead at a beach there and let them screw around for another hour or more. They collected mussel shells, skipped rocks, and made a mud/sand aquaduct/damn system, and frolicked in the water. It was pretty windy, sand blasts and everything, but it was good to let them run off some steam before we headed back to the ranch.

Tonight, we're heading across the street for dinner, then might bowl a few games.

Funny, I've put only $11 into gambling so far. Where are we again?