Finishing up the Skywalk part of the trip, it was back to Hwy 93 on the way to Hoover Dam. Again, not the first time for me, but it's been many years that I've been there. Figure, need to stop and show "Our" great Dam (they do have great ones in China) which holds back the very River that made the Grand Canyon what it is today. What I have forgot to write about, was that going to the Skywalk... there was still an Un-paved road to master of 20+ miles. This meant, we'd be doing this ones more the other way. "Good Grief"! Not as wild as the Pink Jeep Tour, but not that much different. Except the Mountain/Cliff's of course.
We got to the Dam around 5:30pm and let me tell you. It wasn't the Dam that left us breathless, it was the "Heat" ones getting out of the car. No wonder, the Lake was the lowest I've ever seen it. Dozens of feet from having or be even near an Over-run. Asking a cleaning Lady, why that is... she reply'd with " Been that low for the last ten (10) years"! Wow, made me feel kind of quilty.. because us in Southern Calif. use a lot of their water from this River.
Being able to tolerate this intense Heat for only a short time, we'd started thinking Las Vegas and a good Buffet for dinner. Coming closer to Sin City, we noticed that in the not so far away Mountains.. there was a huge Fire burning at the time. Judging by the smoke cloud, it must of burned for some time if not days.
I got off the Freeway at Las Vegas Blvd., to show Qing the "Strip" before looking where to eat. It was still light out, so it made less of an impact.. but that would change ones we finished eating. She'll see it in all it's glory at night.
After attacking the Buffet and filling the Gas Tank, it was off to the last leg of a long day's drive. It was now 9:45pm and my guess when we'd be home, was about 01:00am. Well, I was close.. we arrived home 01:20am on Tuesday. Just enough time to get a couple hours of sleep before going to work at 07:00am. As with any Trip/Vacation, it's always good to come/be home again!
Next planned Trip.. "Yosemite Nat. Park"!
We got to the Dam around 5:30pm and let me tell you. It wasn't the Dam that left us breathless, it was the "Heat" ones getting out of the car. No wonder, the Lake was the lowest I've ever seen it. Dozens of feet from having or be even near an Over-run. Asking a cleaning Lady, why that is... she reply'd with " Been that low for the last ten (10) years"! Wow, made me feel kind of quilty.. because us in Southern Calif. use a lot of their water from this River.
Being able to tolerate this intense Heat for only a short time, we'd started thinking Las Vegas and a good Buffet for dinner. Coming closer to Sin City, we noticed that in the not so far away Mountains.. there was a huge Fire burning at the time. Judging by the smoke cloud, it must of burned for some time if not days.
I got off the Freeway at Las Vegas Blvd., to show Qing the "Strip" before looking where to eat. It was still light out, so it made less of an impact.. but that would change ones we finished eating. She'll see it in all it's glory at night.
After attacking the Buffet and filling the Gas Tank, it was off to the last leg of a long day's drive. It was now 9:45pm and my guess when we'd be home, was about 01:00am. Well, I was close.. we arrived home 01:20am on Tuesday. Just enough time to get a couple hours of sleep before going to work at 07:00am. As with any Trip/Vacation, it's always good to come/be home again!
Next planned Trip.. "Yosemite Nat. Park"!
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