We stopped at Lake Meade National Park because it fit our trip home, Since we are so close to Hover Dam a tour of the dam was a must.
Internet is really really slow. I have more dam pictures, I’ll go back and add them when I get a better connection.
We were at the dam at 8:00 a.m. visitor’s center opened at 9:00 and we were on the first tour of the day at 9:25.
More later. Back to try and update.
Here is one of the rotors out of a generator for a PM rebuild.
The dam has 17 generators.
This pictures is from the visitor’s gallery looking down the powerhouse.
One of the many tunnels inside the dam. There is a total of 9 miles of tunnels and rooms inside the dam. We were at an elevation of 705 feet above sea level and the top of the dam is at 1232 feet, so we were quite a ways down inside.
All the heights inside the dam are measured from sea level.
This is one of the inspection tubes that goes out to the surface of the dam.
This is a picture of the wood form that was used to this tube. Concrete was poured around this form and that the form was dismantled leaving the inspection tube.
This is looking out the end of the inspection tube towards the new bridge.
Another tunnel.
This is one of the passages that goes up and down inside the dam. I think the guide said one had 1400 steps and another has 1700.
Imprints of the wood used to form this tunnel.
Had to show more dam pictures. It is really cool dam.
This new bridge built after 9/11.
Parking garage and visitor’s center.
Bronze casting of the people who worked on the rock wall.
Today’s drive up to Virgin River.
Our campsite.
In site 145, a pull through I unhooked the car because we are going to the dam in the morning.
Not great cell coverage tonight, took me 45 minutes to get this uploaded from my IPad.
We are again at Cathedral Gorge State Park on our way towards The Carlsbad Caverns. Last year we spent 9 days here waiting out the weather while heading south. Significant thunder storms where in this area and we decided this was the safest place to stay. The major north/south road, Highway 15, was washed out just south of here and was closed for several days.
Rest stop campsite.
At home we don’t have neat clouds so I have to take sunset and cloud pictures when we are traveling.
Site 51, New Frontier RV Park
This is a new park and only a quarter full, used Passport America and got two nights for half price.
Did not do anything this afternoon, well not really I did work on the jigsaw puzzle Brian and Christine gave me for Christmas. Most days when I am driving I’d think about getting started on this puzzle and then after we were stopped I’d forget about it. It is a Shutterfly puzzle Brian had made of a picture I posted on the blog last summer. I got the outside border done before I had to quit for dinner.
Yesterday while at Cathedral Gorge we had a challenge with the refrigerator. It seems when the temperature gets over 100 it gets unhappy. With the sun on the outside of the motor home it had to be between 180 to 200 degrees on the outside of the frig. This morning while filling up with water I took some temp readings. At 
We are in site one a pull through.
They just finished a ten year updating of the electronics including the computer system.
They had made this sign so everyone would know where the tour’s start.
Here’s the challenge, the sign is with the yellow flags 150 yards away from the visitor’s center from where you could see the flags but not the sign.
Here is some information about the place we are camped.
