Our last day in Vegas was spent hiking down to some natural hot springs near the Colorado River at the base of Hoover Dam. This is looking from the back side of the dam (little bit of Lake Mead showing) and viewing the new highway bridge in the background. When the bridge is finished later this year or early in 2011, vehicles will no longer be allowed to drive over Hoover Dam. The current road is full of curves and there is a security check for each vehicle going over the dam. The new highway will be faster and will allow people a view of the dam as they drive over...plus will get rid of the security risk.
Hiking down into the canyon. It was a six mile hike round trip to where we went and you could go a bit further down right to the river. We were thankful for a day where the temp was 75 degrees and not warmer.
There were many places along the trail where you had to use ropes to lower yourself down over cliffs and through crevices to continue on. It made the hike even more enjoyable!
Mike and Amy having a good time in one of the warm pools.
This pool was the hottest....felt just like our hot tub at home. The only thing that was a little unnerving was that there was a long crevice in the rocks behind where Mike and the kids are. We couldn't see the end of it and it felt a little creepy wondering if some "creature" would slither out through that crevice into our pool! All-in-all a great day!
Our last day in Vegas was spent hiking down to some natural hot springs near the Colorado River at the base of Hoover Dam. This is looking from the back side of the dam (little bit of Lake Mead showing) and viewing the new highway bridge in the background. When the bridge is finished later this year or early in 2011, vehicles will no longer be allowed to drive over Hoover Dam. The current road is full of curves and there is a security check for each vehicle going over the dam. The new highway will be faster and will allow people a view of the dam as they drive over...plus will get rid of the security risk.
Hiking down into the canyon. It was a six mile hike round trip to where we went and you could go a bit further down right to the river. We were thankful for a day where the temp was 75 degrees and not warmer.
There were many places along the trail where you had to use ropes to lower yourself down over cliffs and through crevices to continue on. It made the hike even more enjoyable!
Mike and Amy having a good time in one of the warm pools.
This pool was the hottest....felt just like our hot tub at home. The only thing that was a little unnerving was that there was a long crevice in the rocks behind where Mike and the kids are. We couldn't see the end of it and it felt a little creepy wondering if some "creature" would slither out through that crevice into our pool! All-in-all a great day!
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