9/28/15 Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, Nevada

A nice relaxing drive in our new truck to Lake Mead RV Village next to the Hoover Dam and another state sticker on the map. Although it's 107 degrees, it cools quickly to the 80's at dusk as we watch a coyote spring through the park.  We have seen so many

Coyote in Campground

magnificent sunsets on this trip but this one rates among the very best.  Decades of drought have taken the lake down well over 100 feet making the once lake front campground a half mile walk away from the water.

Next morning we scoot over to Hoover Dam and marvel at the technology needed in 1931-1936 to build this colossal structure. They say there is enough

concrete in the dam to pave a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York. Standing atop it, it warms my heart to know that core samples tested in 1995 show no signs of deterioration.  Took 5 years to build which included first having to build tunnels to divert the raging Colorado River, and 2 coffer dams on each side of the construction site and then the dam itself.  Hummmm, that's about how long it is taking our builder to build two 3 story, 8 unit buildings and a club house....Sorry, just couldn't resist.

White Area Normal Level of Colorado River 

 Turbine Room At Bottom of Dam

Our Condo, Building Two