I’m surprised from recent reviews about just what people were thinking when they visited Hoover Dam. My wife and I took our 3 children to Hoover Dam en route from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon in August 2005. At no time did we expect it to be other than a visit to... (more...)
Released On: April 04, 2006: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner John Keys announces expansion of tour, opening of new exhibits at Hoover Dam Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner John Keys III announced today that, on Friday, April 7, the tour route at Hoover Dam will be expanded... (more...)
My wife and I signed up for the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and Ethel-M Chocolate Factory Tour before we left for Las Vegas. I shopped around several websites for the same tour searching for the best price. The day of the tour they picked us up outside of our hotel (The Orleans)... (more...)
About an hour away from all the lights and glamour of Las Vegas, lies a place called the Hoover Dam. This place is incredible. My first trip there was about 16 years ago. We had gone on a family vacation to California, so on the way home we stopped in Las Vegas. I was... (more...)
My husband and I got married in Las Vegas in December of 1999, and he really wanted to see Hoover Dam. I was not too impressed with the idea, but went along anyway. I am so glad that I did! Hoover Dam was a wonderously huge, beautiful sight to see! (more…) Read More →
Pea soup. it’s what i remember most about the hoover dam from my visit. not *actual* pea soup, you understand, but the colour of the Colorado river behind the dam. apparently they’ve had a lot of algae this year, and with the algae living near the top of the... (more...)
the first thing that has to be said about the hoover dam is that it is huge! it is situated on the border between nevada and arizona and supplies electricity to both states as well as southern california. when you think about it they need a huge electricity supply to keep... (more...)
