Hoover Dam

Today we rolled out of Henderson and towards Hoover Dam, stopped 1 mile short of the Arizona border at the Hacienda Hotel & Casino. Not only did they have ample parking for trucks and RVs, it was quiet and warm enough to get a helluva-night’s sleep. We woke to very comfortable temperatures and slowly worked our way to driving off to see Hoover Dam.

The Dam was much smaller then it appears on TV. You expect it to be enormous, but in reality it is actually pretty mellow. Not to take away from what these people did back in the day… it was a huge feat to build it, I’m sure. We did get to drive over the Dam (something I did not think we could do anymore) as the RV parking was on the Arizona side. Unfortunately, the road to return back to the high-way is closed, so after traveling 1 full mile into Arizona, we were left with no choice but to drive back over Hoover Dam (for the 2nd time in my life!) and into Nevada to reconnect with the highway which brought us back into Arizona. Quirky huh?