Vegas Trip - Hoover Dam

This post was long due! Memories from our Las Vegas Trip! When I look back at it, its almost 6 months now since we had been to Las Vegas!!! Wow. Time runs so fast!

Anyways, Since I had lots of photos to post, I have split this one big post into three posts.

• Part 1: Vegas Trip - Hoover Dam
• Part 2: Vegas Trip - Grand Canyon Visit
• Part 3: Las Vegas - The Strip

Well, it was a 5 day trip and it was fun. Here is the photo essay!

Las Vegas is the land of casinos. Don’t be surprised to find slot machines when you come right out of the Terminal Gates at the airport! You can find slot machines every - from Gas Stations (aka Petrol Pumps!!) to Superstores! More about Las Vegas in part 3 of this post.

Welcome to Las Vegas…

Welcome to Las Vega - Click to Zoom

We landed in Vegas in the afternoon, and immediately we were on our way to Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam is around 30 mins drive from Las Vegas. Hoover Dam is considered to be one of the greatest engineering works in history and is a must see!.

Here are some snaps…

Hoover Dam - Click to Zoom

We could go under ground !! (i.e, base of the dam where the generators are located) - Check out the massive generators!

Power Generators at Hoover Dam - Click to Zoom

This is one of the massive water intake pipes. It can house an entire school bus within it! Everything about this dam is BIG!

Water Intake Pipes at Hoover Dam - Click to Zoom

The power stations as seen from the top of the dam…

Power Station at Hoover Dam - Click to Zoom

Power Station at Hoover Dam - Click to Zoom

This is the Visitor center which was built recently…

Visitor Center at Hoover Dam - Click to Zoom

View from the dam…

View from the Dam - Click to Zoom

These are the water intake towers ….

Water Intake Towers at Hoover Dam - Click to Zoom

Water Intake Towers at Hoover Dam - Click to Zoom

And the dam…

Hoover Dam - Click to Zoom

There are two spillways at the Hoover Dam. This one is on the Arizona side of the Dam. The spillways at the Hoover dam are Massive, and they have been used only once when there was major flood.

Spillway at Hoover Dam - Click to Zoom

Since this was in late November, it was pretty dark by 5 PM… and we could not spend much time. We started back to Las Vegas and headed back to our Hotel (Monte Carlo).

Check out the Wikipedia entry on Hoover Dam.

More on Vegas trip in the next post….