During our trek down to Scottsdale we decided to stop last minute to see the Hoover Dam. What a mammoth man-made structure. It is incredible. On one side of the Bridge you can see Lake Powell and the Dam itself. On the other side of the bridge you can look down the cliffs to see the Colorado river at the bottom. The pictures hardly do it justice. However, I think the pictures capture quite nicely the fact that we have spent a mind-numbing and disheveling 9 hrs in the car with the kids. We were so tempted to pull out our suits and jump in Lake Powell.
Interesting facts on Hoover Dam:
-726 feet tall
-Maximum water pressure at base of Dam is 45,000 pounds per sq foot
-Three and one-quarter million cubic yards of concrete, which would be enough to pave a standard highway 16 feet wide from San Francisco to New York City
