Friday, September 19, 2008
Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam - what an engineering marvel. It's not just the dam, but also the visitor's centre, which is built right into the side of the rock.
There are all sorts of places to pull off the road to take photos and to wander across the dam. At the moment, the road goes right across the top of the dam.
But, they are currently building a new bridge so the traffic will not go across the dam. From the looks of the bridge, it's a good thing it isn't ready yet because I'm not sure Dean could make it across - even in a car!! It is one high bridge.
The engineering marvel part was kind of lost on the kids, or they were tired of having to pose for photos.
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- Taroko Gorge
- Doing our own thing at the hostel
- National Palace Museum
- Culture shock in Taipei
- Our last day in North America
- Some thoughts on the road
- Sunset in Marina
- Hanging out in Monterey
- Big Sur
- Route 66
- The Grand Canyon
- Eat your heart out Hanlon
- Hoover Dam
- Fun in Las Vegas
- Dante's View
- Dry, hot, beautiful
- Death Valley
- Furnace Creek Ranch
- Road through the canyon
- Art in the desert
- The thriving metropolis of Ryolite
- More wildlife
- Campbell & Kelly's new favourite road
- Rain in the desert
- Getting friendly with the wildlife
- Lunch break
- Who needs to hike to the summit?
- Time in Yosemite
- Nada Nevada
- Careless in San Fran
- My new camera
- Sightseeing in San Francisco
- Doing what we do best
- San Francisco
- Our next "campsite"
- A short day of travel
- A day at MacKerricher
- "Camping" in Fort Bragg
- Quite the bridge
- Enjoying the truly amazing redwoods
- Trying to follow the rules
- More of the Oregon coast
- Down the coast of Oregon
- One more night of camping
- High above Seattle
- The ferry to Anacortes
- The sun came out in Victoria
- Seeing the sights in Vancouver
- Off to Vancouver
- Zip lining in Whistler
- Staying dry in Whistler
- Comfy and cozy in Kamloops
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