Hoover be Dammed

We drove from Death Valley, south through Las Vegas, and hit the Nevada / Arizona border at the site of the Hoover Dam.


Before driving over the dam, a guard inspected the back of our truck and the Boler. He didn't find our explosives, so we were on our way to the dam. It was mid-afternoon on a random weekday in February, and the traffic over the dam was horrendous! I would hate to see what it would be like in high summer. We drove slowly over, looking for a place to park so we could go to the information centre. (You can't actually see anything at while you're driving over. The concrete safety walls are too high.) We kept seeing parking lots, with a sign for cars only, and a separate sign for RVs pointing further up the road. This happened at every parking lot until we were past the dam and in the middle of the wilderness again - I guess that was their subtle hint that they don't want any RVs to actually stop at all. We weren't that upset. It was crowded and expensive - to park a car costs $11, and the entrance fee is more again. We did pull over (illegaly) for a couple of pictures , and we were on our way with our money intact.

And now for something completely different.

Here are a few pictures of animals we've seen in the past few days. Some were wild, like this here road runner (meep meep!):


and some were donkeys:


K, that's it for now.