May 3, 2013 - Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Wednesday, we decided to camp at Boulder Campground in Lake Mead National Park. Our choice was between a concessionaire campground where the RVs were lined up like a big parking lot but they had electric and water hooks and the National Park campground where it was a dry camp but there were beautiful oleanders surrounding each campsite. Wasn't a difficult choice to make since we could run the generator when we absolutely had to have air conditioning and in the mornings to make coffee. We spent one night there and then drove back to see...

Apr 4, 2013 - Two Strange Days

No journal was written yesterday so I'll just list our memories of two very strange days and let you have your chuckles. Yesterday began with a drug run to WalMart. For a guy who is both clean and sober, how could I spend $700.00 on drugs? Why are Linda's free? Back to campground to wait for the mobile RV repairman at eleven. Well eleven turned into three and he got right to work. Unfortunately, after his work was semi complete, he discovered a crack in one of the tanks that he had overlooked before, and he has no idea how to fix it....

Apr 2, 2013 - To the Beach We Went

Today's most strenuous activity was washing the truck, before taking a stroll down memory lane. We visited an A & W Root Beer stand and reminisced about visits to A & W drive ins with our parents on western vacation trips. Those were the days, but now we have AC. If only we can find some Burma Shave signs the trip will be complete. Next we took a picnic lunch to Boulder beach which is next to our campground and totally different than the beaches we know and love. Rocks instead of sand, no boardwalk mess or waiting line to get on the beach...

Apr 1, 2013 - Wasted Day

Nothing to report. Med Center for two hours and ER for three with a minor COPD exacerbation. All better now! Waiting since 3:00 for a lying RV repair man to show up. It is now 6:55 and my trusting wife who never worked with sub contractors is telling me to be patient, he will be here. Okay, she was right! He showed up at 7:30 and now he knows what parts he needs. We're sure hoping noon tomorrow is more truthful than three today was. If you're wondering what the trailer issue is, a minor driver error broke a sewer line. A few Lake Mead Pics...

Mar 31, 2013 - A Beautiful Lake

Today was a short ride from Williams, Arizona to Lake Mead National Recreation Center near Boulder City Nevada. The drive took us through some beautiful mountain vistas and across Hoover Dam to a beautiful lake created by the dam. This piece of beauty is man made and will be so difficult to wake up to. Perhaps some sunrise pics tomorrow.? Tonight's pics speak for themselves.

Mar 22, 2013 - Lake Mead National Rec Area

Now a little something about Nothing....no it's not from the Monty Python show. Halfway between Wickenburg and Kingman on 93 north was a very tall beat up sign on posts that said,NOTHING. Done a little digging to find something about Nothing. Turns out 4 men decided to start Nothing from nothing to create something called Nothing. Dont give up on me yet ,I couldnt dream this up by myself!!! This is what the plaque says.. Jump to full entry

Mar 18, 2013 - Lake Mead and Hoover Dam & Power Plant

We left Parker and traveled to Lake Mead RV Park. This is in the state park, but is ran privately. There are a couple of state park sites here with out hook ups, but have sere dumps. We walked around and on the new bridge but we could not bring Joe, so we took turns looking after him. Drew Took a tour the next day, in the bowels of the dam and power plant. Stayed here for a few days. It is a quick drive to Boulder City or Henderson. It has a pretty landscape.

Mar 10, 2013 - Hoover Dam

Four years ago we took our German friend Hartmut on a grand tour of the west. When we brought him to Hoover Dam, we were very surprised by what we saw. A huge bridge was being constructed over the Colorado River Basin and soon the road everyone took over Hoover Dam would be replaced by a four lane divided highway. We had no idea this was in the works. Today we headed back to see the completed road. When you drive over the bridge you have no idea how deep the river valley is below. But a pedestrian sidewalk on the edge provides a...

Apr 15, 2012 - Lake Mead, NV

Sun, 15 Apr: A short drive today, just over ninety miles from Laughlin to Lake Mead, NV. We bade farewell to Ray & Cathie and drove across the Colorado to Sam's Club in Bullhead City, AZ to top off Carpe's tank. We didn't really need fuel, but we knew diesel was considerably less money in Arizona than Nevada, so we added 36 gallons to "fill 'er up" (we even topped off Dinkum's tank...) Once filled, we hooked up Dinkum and headed north. We took Nevada 163 up to US 95. "Up" is the operative word as it is a long uphill grind from the Colorado...

Apr 5, 2011 - Lake Mead - day 2

Today we took a cruise on the Lake Mead Paddle Wheeler. For some reason, we didn't get a picture of the boat but it's your typical while boat with three stories, the first two enclosed and the upper deck in open. The big red paddle wheel on the back does the work. We were able to go right up to the dam before we turned around and went back to the towards shore. It was a great cruise and beautiful scenery but we did get conflicting information regarding the water levels and the number of men killed during the construction of the Dam. I would...

May 6, 2009 - Lake Mead, Nevada

Lake Mead is near Las Vegas, and it was, in a word, HOT! Both days reached the high 90s. Walking and biking was only comfortable in the early morning. Our campsite had full hookups and the air conditioning got its first workout of the year. The area is beautiful and we look forward to returning sometime when the weather is cooler. We were amazed at how many people live in the Las Vegas area. Hard to know where the water they will need in the future will come from. Currently, they are draining water from a huge underground lake but it isn’t...

Mar 18, 2009 - Hoover Dam and another look at Lake Mead

After a day of getting ourselves sorted out after returning from England we decided to head for the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. The Hoover Dam (or Boulder Dam as it was originally called) was completed in 1935 creating Lake Mead. More than 5,000 men worked for five years to erect the massive structure between the steep walls of the Black Canyon. When finished the dam contained enough concrete to pave a road 16 feet wide and eight inches thick from San Francisco to New York City. The dam was named Hoover Dam after President Herbert Hoover who...