Erich, Alfie and I decided to head out to the Hoover Dam on our own, since Mum, Aunty Trish and Uncle Les were taking a tour out there and to the Grand Canyon after Erich and I head home in a few days. Just a few minutes out of Las Vegas, and we were in the desert again.
As we were approaching Lake Mead we kept an eye out for mountain goats
If you look closely you'll see some here...
ok, ok, they're just goats.. but they're wild Mountain Goats! I'm not really sure what I expected of the Hoover Dam, but I didn't expect it to be in Arizona..
or half in Arizona and half in Nevada anyway.. We stopped on the Arizona side to take a couple of pictures
It was too hot to leave him in the care, and the ground was so hot Alfie couldn't walk on it, so we carried him for a bit so we could take more photos.
In this pic we're on top of the dam. The white line is the old water level.
The dam from the Nevada side
Comparing the picture with the background shows huge change with the lower water level
Back in Las Vegas, Mum and Aunty Trish got into some mischief.
We met up with everyone and continued our meander through the casinos on the strip. Harrahs
Caesars Palace
Bellagio
At 7.30pm we watched the musical fountain display - very awesome..
After that we crossed over the road to Paris
then went through to Bally's and Margaritaville
then back to the car. After dinner at In & Out burger we headed back to the motel again. TIRED!
No comments:
Post a Comment