Jacob by a bolt they used to make the dam
Hannah with a huge wrench
Maggie straddling two states
The whole family inside the power plant part of the dam.
Maggie, trying her best to hold up the new bridge for the Hoover Dam bypass....they hope to have it open by the end of this year, I think. It will certainly help with alleviating the traffic slowdowns...read below for more on this!DAY ONE:
We got up early in Tampa for our 8:30 flight. Angie got to the gate, sat down, ready to read the last half of "Hunger Games". Well, the book was not in my bag...must've left it in the van back at the hotel. Seeing as that was my plan to read during the 4+ hour flight, AND I had brought the sequel to that as my second book to read during our trip, I NEEDED to get another copy. So, $19 later, I was sitting happily in the terminal with a brand new copy. :-) It's THAT good of a book!
We got up early in Tampa for our 8:30 flight. Angie got to the gate, sat down, ready to read the last half of "Hunger Games". Well, the book was not in my bag...must've left it in the van back at the hotel. Seeing as that was my plan to read during the 4+ hour flight, AND I had brought the sequel to that as my second book to read during our trip, I NEEDED to get another copy. So, $19 later, I was sitting happily in the terminal with a brand new copy. :-) It's THAT good of a book!
The flight was very nice! Towards the middle of the flight, the attendants did a trivia game and they asked this question: Name the four states that begin with the same letter as their capital city. Between Mark, Maggie and myself (and a few quips from Hannah) we came up with the answer. Well, we were the first to get the right answer and we won free drinks for ourselves. The attendants were very impressed that a rising 4th grader came up with the answers! :-) From the air, we got to see the Grand Canyon and also Lake Mead/Hoover Dam! Pretty exciting! (see if you can figure out the answer to the trivia question!)
Two shuttle buses later and 50 minutes in line at the rental car place, we are driving our rental mini van. We find an old friend of a grocery store: FOOD 4 LESS and we got lunch meat and bread and some bottled water to help us survive the 105 degree oven that we've now plunged ourselves in. Then we start the drive to the Hoover Dam. We see signs saying there would be delays on Hwy. 93 S to Hoover Dam, but we had NO IDEA it would take as long as it did. About two hours later (20 miles) we get to the parking garage by the Hoover Dam! Whew! What an amazing sight! We told the kids that they were very good and patient on the drive there and Maggie's response was: "Well, not on the inside!"
We walked across the top of Hoover Dam and stood one foot in Nevada and one foot in Arizona and I think that confused Jacob because the rest of the night he kept asking where Arizona was and if we were still in Nevada. Poor kid...he's so tired and confused! Tomorrow will be a new day! We're comfortable in our hotel...everyone has a bed and we're hoping to wake up at a normal time for PST.
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