A couple of choices of hot items and the usual bagels, toast and fruit.
After some sustenance we headed off to the Hoover Dam. The last time we were in Vegas we just flew over the dam on the way to the Grand Canyon.
En-route the obligatory photo's were taken at the "Las Vegas" sign.
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| Girls at the sign. |
It's about a 45 min drive from our hotel.
Arrived and parked our car, eventually after being behind the slowest driver!!
Walk over to the visitor centre and pay our entry fee. Two for the power plant tour and one for just the exhibit. One of us doesn’t like tunnels or lifts, so the power plant tour was out for them.
The first part of the power plant tour was a video about the building of the dam.
Then off to the first lift ride, where they squeeze about 30 odd people in the lift and you go down to the diversion tunnel. You see this and then it’s back to the lift to the power plant area. This is a massive area with the hydro generators in it.
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| Diversion Tunnel |
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| Generator room |
Then it’s the final lift session up to the exhibit area. A look around there and it’s out to the observation tower for a look and photos and then on top of the dam itself.
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| The Dam |
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| New Interstate Bridge |
Grab a cold drink as it’s burning hot and back to the car.
We drive over the dam to the Arizona side, turn and drive back over.
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| Dam from Arazonia side. |
Now, I took some slagging as I wanted to drive over the new bridge at the dam, but I drove over it and back.
On the drive back to Vegas, we stop at a Walmart to get some sweets for back home.
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| Vegas on the drive back. |
A quick stop off at the hotel and we decide to try and get another bag for luggage from one of the outlet malls in Vegas. It’s just a few miles down the road. Get the car parked and wander over to the shopping area and look for bags. They are all extortionately priced so we don’t buy any. The only item one of us buys is Meg and a Juicy Couture top, the third of our trip!
Back at the hotel it’s swim time. Thinking the pool would be lovely and cool, no!
It was warm, but it was nice to just relax in the water.
We have salad and pizza for tea that we had bought in Walmart.
Head back down town towards the Freemont Street. We stop at a Target en-route to get a bag and we do!
Park the car near Freemont St and wander up and down the street. The last time Denise and I were here was our honeymoon and we stayed in the Golden Nugget. The Freemont Street experience wasn’t here then, so it was good to see.
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| The Golden Nugget. |
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| Freemont St minus the lights! |
We stop off at the Venetian to go to Madame Tussauds as Meg wanted to go.
The entrance fee is so much cheaper than London.
It was a nearly an hour wandering round. Beyoncé and Eva Longoria just couldn’t keep their hands off me! At the end of it, President Obama was willing to have his photo with the girls in the Oval Office.
Drive back to the hotel for a good night’s sleep as it’s a long drive tomorrow.
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