Right now you can drive over
Hoover Dam
but by year 2011 you will cross over where
the new bridge is being made. You can see the
cables being raised and the supports placed into
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The Welcome center
is built into the mountains, too me it is historic as
you will never be able
to drive across the dam again. We were lucky to be
here at this time. Homeland Security checks
all vehicles going into the dam area, that is one of the
reasons the bridge is being built, the other is
with all of the weight on the dam from vehicles, trucks
and buses the dam is cracking, wouldn't
want to have all of that water rushing down the
mountains into the valley. Also notice how the
lake has reduced in the amount of water it does hold,
the picture on the right shows where the
water level used to be ,notice the white area, that was
at one time the level of the water. We are
running out of water in the southwest for sure.
Below is the lake view of Lake Mead.
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the music to come on, you can see the water is clear and
the mechanism that makes the water shot out to the
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Once
the music starts the water dances, it is a sight not to
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Caesar's Palace and bottom
first sight when entering |
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Make sure you bring water when
walking downtown Strip, the heat can get to you, of
course you can always stop inside a casino to rest and
get a drink. We saw the Jersey Boys while here and
WOW what a show. |
The Paris Casino is a great place to Valet
your car then walk the stip,
since there is no parking anywhere this was the best way to get
around.
Boulder Station right down from the TT park
we stayed in.
Pahrump, NV
Taking the I-15 to the 160 west we end up in Pahrump
Terrible's Pahrump, NV
Chicken Ranch and Sheri's Brothel
Chicken Ranch Brothel
(this is where the "Best little Whore House movie was filmed starring Bert
Reynolds and Dolly Parton)
It is still a working Brothel
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