Carl's Blog

Going to start today with a big breakfast and off to Hoover Dam.

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Side point.. The rental car is a sporty Mazda with lots of AI driving settings. I really like the adaptive cruise control; however, if you get behind a slow drive you will stay at that speed until you get away from them. Back to the regular schedule ramblings…

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The first view you get of the Hoover Dam is fantastic. I wish I had a dashcam to show you, but maybe this will encourage you to visit on your own.

On to some pictures…

The highway that was built over the dam is crazy.

Here are some pictures from Nevada and then Arizona.

Nevada

Right in the middle of both states

Arizona

I only took the 30 minute Power House tour. Which shows you one of the by-pass pipes they used to divert the Colorado River back in the 1930s so they could build the dam on dry land.

Then we went up a few levels to the power house.

The other tour takes you deeper, sees more tunnels and lasts about 90 minutes and you get to wear a hard hat. If I visit again it gives me something to do.

Time to head back and get some lunch and rest my feet. The next thing I have planned is a Big Bus Tour with a visit to the Neon Sign Museum. That’s at 8 PM.

I’m currently sitting in my room, listening to a thunderstorm rolling by.

I couldn’t sit still anymore so I headed out to shop, well look at shops. This is crazy… Between, underneath or beyond, I’m not sure, The Venetian and The Palazzo, there is this HUGE shopping area with various restaurants and retail shops. They made it look like a Venetian City. You can even ride a gondola along a canal.

So many ways to be entertained in Vegas.

And finally the final tour of the trip off to see the old signs of Vegas. Learn more here.

There is a lot of history in these signs and what is the current Las Vegas Strip is the new part of Vegas some of the oldest casinos are in the downtown area, such as El Cortez Hotel and Golden Nugget.

Now off to the welcome to Vegas sign to end the tour and my trip.