Hoover Dam

Sorry for the lack of updates over the weekend. Thankfully, we are not dead and/or taken hostage by hill people. Instead, our adventures were so intense and our wi-fi so lackluster that I haven't been able to upload pictures. We're still on schedule, even though a winter storm is threatening the overall enjoyment of our upcoming time in Dallas.

After Vegas, our next stop was the Hoover Dam. We paid for the $15 tour, which goes down into the generators. That was totally worth it. Watching a movie produced by the Bureau of Reclamation (a real department of our government, apparently), I couldn't help but feel patriotic. In fact, it's incredible to see the kind of things our government and society were able to do. Not to wax poetic on this blog, but what happened to the nation that built the Hoover Dam? The nation that put a man on the moon? These are great symbols of what a government can do when its goals align with the people.

The Hoover Dam - http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/

This looks like it's from the future. BUT IT'S FROM THE PAST.

Generating power. It's hard to tell how big this is in this photo.

There's absolutely no way to get a good picture of the Hoover Dam without the ability to fly.

The surrounding area is beautiful.