Day 4 Hoover Dam and Bridge

So we were up bright and early to 70 degree sunshine. Len had to dig through the back to find his shorts; it was too warm to wear blue jeans. We decided that because we couldn't check into the Condo until 4 pm we would head out to the Hoover Dam and check out the new bridge. 

This is the bridge that they build over top of the dam to alleviate the traffic jams that used to occur going over the dam.  Every since 9/11 they have set up a check point so everyone that drove across the dam had to be checked out. The first time we came to the dam the line of cars heading to Arizona was backed up at least 4 miles back to Boulder City.

So the first stop on the dam tour is the new bridge, they have a walk way up to the side of the bridge, then you can walk all the way across, as you can see from the pictures you get a really neat perspective of the dam and Lake Mead from the top.

After walking all the way across we headed down to the dam itself, we decided not to take a tour this time because we had been before as well, with it being Presidents day the tours were pretty much booked up. So we parked up above the dam in Arizona and just walked around the area. 

It is neat that the dam is equally divided between Nevada and Arizona.  So in the middle not only can you stand in two states at the same time, you can be in two different times at once.   It is interesting to note that Arizona is like Creston and does not observe daylight savings time either.  So half the year they are on Mountain time and the other half on Pacific just like us.

After touring the dam we went and got some groceries and were able to check into our condo. Len cooked a great steak for dinner, we had a hot tub and they early to bed.

 This is looking from the Arizona side, the two towers on each line is where the water come into the dam from Lake Mead and then is put through the turbines inside the dam to create power. The white marks on the rock are where the high water marks are. As you can see the water line should be up near the top of the towers. The Dam is equally divided on both sides between Nevada and Arizona. On the lake Mead side as well as on the bridge side. 

This is a picture of the Marina on Lake Mead by Boulder City. The high water park is supposed to be way up past the left.