Hoover Dam, Baby, Hoover Dam!

One of the best things about living in Phoenix was it's proximity to Las Vegas.  If you Google-map it, it's just over a five hour drive.  If you go a little faster, maybe, than the posted speed limit, you can make it in about four.

I don't remember much about our first trip to Vegas, as it was fairly uneventful (I'm not much of a gambler) and I could only find three pictures.

This is the Luxor:

This was probably taken from the cab on a drive through downtown Las Vegas:

I think this is a shot from our hotel room, maybe it was the Excalibur, but I'm not sure.

But what I do remember in detail is stopping at the Hoover Dam!  On the border of Arizona and Nevada, the Hoover Dam is cool for so many reasons.  Political controversy, over a hundred construction deaths, amazing feat of engineering.  Plus, it's HUGE.

Here's a much better arial pic I found online:

There were many, many trips to Las Vegas over the months, but after we discovered Southwest Airlines 2-for-1 deals and didn't drive as much, we never spent as much time at the Hoover Dam again.  I can't believe I'm saying this, but just like Bali, Borneo and Australia, I really hope to be back one day.


I'll leave you with the lyrics from the Hoover Dam song by Sugar:

Standing on the edge of the Hoover Dam

I'm on the centerline

Right between two states of mind

And if the wind from the traffic should blow me away

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If the Mississippi should wash me away

Down to New Orleans

And maybe someday in my dreams

I'd wake up feeling the sweat

From the gulf in my mouth

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Standing on the edge of the Hoover Dam

I am standing on the edge of the Hoover Dam