Big Dam

We took a trip to Hoover Dam and took the Dam tour. It was pretty cool. It is a huge Dam. The first thing is getting past a security check point. They checked all of our outside compartments and he talked about a strip search. That could of been fun.

 We had to park on the Arizona side of the dam. To do that you drive on the dam. That was pretty cool. $10 to park and $15 for the tour. 

 The water level is really low right now. The over flow spill way have only been used twice.

 The bridge above is the Pat Tillman memorial bridge. 

 There were 96 men killed building the dam. None of them are buried in the concrete.

 There are 17 generators inside the dam. The Dam is 726 feet tall and 1244 feet wide. It took 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete and 4 years to build it. 

 

There is a motorhome in the park that has a cool sign in it. That says "Retirement means to stop living at work and start working at living". So if you can, you should retire as soon as you can! Work is way over rated.

 

Throw-back Picture of the blog.

We were looking back at some old pictures and here is a good one. Peggy and I, Manchu, Danny and Heidi. I am going to have more throw-back pictures to come. Everyone should be a afraid.

 

 

Live Happy and Always Go Big.