Day 24: We're Comin' Home

 Woodchuck to Gray Squirrel, we're comin' hoooome!

But not before visiting Hoover Dam, the eighth Wonder of the World and a big damn dam. It only costs us eight damn dollars to take the dam tour. We saw the damn turbines, the dam's transformers, and the big damn skateboard ramp that makes up the dam. Very interesting place, I hope to go back someday soon and take the dam hardhat tour. A few interesting facts about the damn:

  • The door that Chevy Chase falls out of in Vegas Vacation doesn't exist. In the movie, the door you see is actually a restroom door on the Arizona side of the dam.
  • Las Vegas only uses about 1% of the power generated by Hoover Dam.
  • Over 50% of the power generated by Hoover Dam is purchased by California.
  • I was here!

 

From The Road: Issue 8

Day 23: Vegas Baby, Vegas