Sept 23 Las Vegas - Williams

Sept 23 Las Vegas – Williams

Left Las Vegas and headed to Boulder and the  Hoover Dam. Cost us $7 to park at the dam. The dam is a National Monument and is one of America’s Seven Modern Engineering Wonders. Construction began in 1931 and the last concrete was poured in 1935. It was completed 2 years ahead of schedule and well under budget. It was built under some of the harshest working conditions. It was opened by President Franklin D Roosevelt on September 30, 1935.

Lake Mead is the result of the damming of the river. It has a maximum depth of 151.4 metres but the exposed rocks show how low the dam is at the present. A chap standing near me said that it had not been to the height of water mark for 15 years.

We walked over the dam wall and had a good look around. They have constructed a new traffic bridge over the canyon that looks spectacular and we knew that you could walk to it but do you think we could find a place to park??? Went back to Boulder City and finally found the park. We had passed it twice but not realized that it was the car park to the bridge entrance!!! Saw the dam wall! Massive! How those men worked under the conditions they did amazes me.

Drove towards Kingman in Arizona but by now it was 2PM so we found this place to stop. It was called “Last Stop”. It is the home of the World Famous Burger – we all had one and they were very good – 8oz patty on it with smoked hickory bacon. Buttttt – There is more! It advertises Bullets and Burgers – The Ultimate Outdoor Machine Gun Experience. You can have 50 rounds for $50 with eg  a Gloc 18 or 50 rounds for $79 with a machine gun or 10 rounds for $100 with a Barret.50cal. The place had movie star and local history people painted murals. It was such a hoot.