Hoover Dam, AZ
We left Las Vegas after having an opulent and yummy breakfast at our hotel. Some 39 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas we reached the first highlight of the day: Hoover Dam. It is a concrete dam located in the Black Canyon of the Colorado directly on the border between the states Nevada and Arizona. The dimensions of this construction are isimply amazing. The dam is 726.4 ft (221,4 m) high which makes it the second highest dam in the U.S. Length: 1244 ft (379,2 m). Around 4.36 million cubic yards (3,33 cubic meter) of concrete was poured and built - enough to counstruct a five meter wide and 20 cm high concrete path from San Francisco to New York! It took only five years (1931-1926) to build this dam.We stopped there for a coke. Since the temperatures had reached 104.0 °F again this was a wise decision. Afterwards I took some pictures. Unfortunately the dam lacks a good viewpoint from the ground.
