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Lake Mead at Boulder City, NV |
The road onto the Hoover Dam |
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The Road Across the Dam |
The generators which produce enough electricity in one year for 1
million people |
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Darn, that's a long way down |
A view looking at the Colorado River |
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Ingrid & her Mum at the Dam |
The great wall of the Hoover Dam |
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A view of an intake |
The upstream side of the Dam |
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Chris Steering the Bus over the top of Hoover Dam |
A view out the window of the Hoover dam from the co-pilot (
passengers seat ) |
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For any of you that has seen the Movie " Fools Rush In ". This is
where the baby was born scene was filmed.
( Selma, what a Babe...:) |
The co-pilot and drivers seat is situated a ways UP. It provides
some amazing views like this. |
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Another view of the dam |
Just leaving the dam and heading UP. Look at that winding road
heading into the mountains. |
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A view looking back t the dam as we head further up the road leading
us out of the dam area |
Just off highway 93 past the Nevada / Arizona line |
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Look close enough and you can see the Big Horn sheep. An officer at
the inspection station near the dam pointed them out to me |
Just leaving Arizona and entering New Mexico |
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A view of New Mexico from I-40 |
Albuquerque, NM. I was impressed with how clean this city was. I
always pictured it as a dirty sprawling city. It wasn't. |
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Just leaving Albuquerque. Note the Corvette to my right. |
Gallup, New Mexico |
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Gallup, New Mexico. The face of this mountain had some unusual forms
on it that looked almost like they were carved. |
Near Amarillo Texas. For the most part, Northern Texas looks just
like this. A little boring as compared to the West. |
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Another shot of Texas from I-40. |
Texas again off I-40. |
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A splendid view of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. The area is
beautiful and filled with small lakes. |
Another view of the Ozark Mountains. My Great grandparents and Grand
parents came from Arkansas. |
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Another view of the Ozark Mountains. This photo by the way was taken
from a rest area. I do have to say the USA has some gorgeous rest
areas. |
Looking out across the Rest area grounds. |
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Buffalo we seen in Oklahoma. |
A long horn steer in Oklahoma. Dang those horns are huge. |
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A view taken by Ingrid of the Meteor Crater in New Mexico. |
The Meteor Crater again. This thing hit 50,000 years ago and had
more force then one of our nuclear bombs. |
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Mum taking pictures from the crater. |
The meteor hit with such force and temperature that it vaporized the
earth where it hit and instantly created millions of small diamonds. |
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I stayed back in the coach and rested while the two women toured the
crater. :) |
A test capsule from NASA that is on display at the Meteor Site. |
