Friday - October 28, 2011

Just outside Las Vegas is Lake Mead, a man made lake created as a result of the building of the Hoover Dam in 1935 and blocking the flow of the Colorado River. The Colorado River starts in the mountains of Colorado, flows through the Grand Canyon flows and then into The Gulf of California in Mexico. We decided to see the Hoover Dam and it was impressive. A big project undertaken at the height of the Great Depression, it gave work to a lot of people. Based on the number of electrical towers around the dam, it produces a huge amount of electricity. Probably couldn't build it today, as every environmentalist in the world would would protest its construction no matter how many people would be employed.













Lake Mead above the Hoover Dam





Looking down from the top








Lake Mead










Anyways, after this we decided to travel along I 40 going east. We originally thought we would go along I 15 and visit Zion National park and Bryce Canyon National Park and then the Grand Canyon because friends had suggested that they were extremely beautiful. However the former two parks will have to wait another trip. Going along I 40 we traveled through the everchanging desert to Flagstaff, Arizona. We found another 3D restaurant, a Mexican restaurant called Salsa Brava. Excellent Mexican food and according to Brenda it was here favorite so far.




This place is on Route 66 of the old TV series and the song's fame. Route 66 still exists in spots but not as a regular highway running from Chicago to L.A. but rather as other highways with signs indicating Route 66.













The road is fenced off with openings to allow the wildlife to cross under the road.