Upstream view of Colorado River from the Hoover Dam

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Started out today doing laundry. Headed towards Nevada and the great Hoover Dam. We arrived late enough that most of the crowd had started to fizzle. The temperature was 105 degrees and the wind literally felt like it was burning our skin. After our RV was searched for explosives we were allowed to cross the dam and park at one of the parkings lots way up the hill. Not sure of his sense of humor, I didn't mention to the fellow searching our vehicle that if we had any explosives we would have already used them on this RV. We took the $11 tour, took the standard pictures and left on our nightly quest to find a place to park. We ended up at the Oasis RV park in Las Vegas. Talk about a nice campground, Hoke has already asked if we could stay here for four days. We rented a mini-van and cruised the strip so the kids could see in person stuff they've seen on TV a million times. I am pretty sure there were millions of people on the streets of Las Vegas and they all wanted to cross the road in front of us. We've decided to stay here one more night to let our driver rest, then head out COD (crack of dawn) before the heat starts to suck the life out of us and the RV. We have realized that we aren't going to get to all the places we had hoped and are slowly marking attractions off our list. We are all starting to get tired and cranky and on each others nerves, that is why we are having to stop and chill more often.

Roads of nothingness

Local authorities herding long-horned sheep on route to Hoover Dam

Ballard offspring at the Hoover Dam or Dam Ballards

Know why God didn't see fit to have us break down here? Read the sign: lotto, gun, ammo and beer. If they only had livermush, Duke's mayonnaise and SunDrop we would have no reason to leave.