Lake Mead at Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam is one of the most incredible American engineering marvels. It just so happened that it was on the way and I thought it would be worth visiting. I braved the desert heat and went there. There is a bridge where you can see the entirety of the dam. I have already visited that and I was amazed at the size of the dam. This time I would like to get a closer look of the dam but I thought that maybe I should drive to it because it was too hot. I’m not sure if it would have made much of a difference since I still needed to walk anyway. I guess I still got to experience driving over Hoover Dam. Just remember that there are a lot of people walking here.
Waters of Hoover Dam
I ended up parking on the other side of the dam. There was some free parking but you needed to walk a bit. I wouldn’t say it is far but in this heat it might as well be thousands of miles away. I eventually learned the art of finding shade in parking but there is very little shade in this area, unless you go there later in the day when the sun is lower. From the free parking, there is a view point visitors can go to. This view point shows visitors what it looks like behind the dam. The waters of Lake Mead are stored here and it has nice shade of blue. You can also clearly see what I assume to be a waterline. I have heard about the news of how Lake Mead is losing its water and I think this is one of the clearest signs that it is. I thought it is a wonder that Lake Mead exists in the first place, it would be a terrible disaster if it really does go.
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