Hoover Dam

Well, my exercise in posting photos has me frustrated for right now, so I'll continue with the tale of my trip.

We drove out to Hoover Dam, getting caught up with tons of traffic which crawled along. The new by-pass will be for the regular folk who don't need to drive across the dam and that should help out with the congestion. There's a security checkpoint just before the dam, so that slows things up too.

At the Dam, we purchased tickets to see the power plant ($11). We first saw a movie about how the Dam came to be. Then we took an elevator down under the dam and then to the power plant area. Pretty interesting stuff. And then we ended up in the history center. Contrary to popular belief, no one is buried in the cement of the dam!

Of course we had to visit the Dam gift shop! Then it was back towards Las Vegas. We were in search of:

Yes, there's actually a Dunkin Donuts (Caleb is originally from Boston). We finally found it at 5:45. And the doors were locked! But, the sign said they were open until 6 PM. A muffled voice from inside told us to go through the drive-thru. So, Caleb ordered his iced coffee and we asked what kind of donuts they had left. "No donuts." Huh? Is not your name Dunkin DONUTS?! I suggested we go dumpster diving. No took me up on it. Caleb got his scorched iced coffee and off we went back to Primm.

Once back, we visited with some of MSM's family and then had dinner together. Afterwards, this Broad Abroad plunked herself down at a Blackjack table for her very first play. And within the first 5-6 hands, had gotten 3 Blackjacks! Beginner's Luck!

We ended up playing until 1:30 where we cashed in and realized we had won some. Not enough to purchase a small country, but enough to make us chortle.

On Monday, it was back to reality. We left in plenty of time to return our rental car and get through the lines in the airport. TSA was monitoring how the lines through security were moving and opening up more lines as needed. Hey, what a concept!

And then we arrived back at home. Safe and sound.