Hoover Dam
Growing up in Southern California, I took for granted many things that people travel a great distance to see. Disneyland. Hollywood. Malibu. Venice Beach. Las Vegas.
I've been to those place so many times, it's just no big deal. The funny thing is, I've been to Vegas dozens of times, and yet I had never gone to Hoover Dam. Most of the time I was in Vegas for a computer convention or other business, and I didn't have time or transportation to go to Hoover Dam. I also didn't have much interest in it. While I appreciate the value of clean electricity, I dislike the idea of the major disruption to the environment that a dam causes. So I'd just never gone.
This last trip to Vegas, for a wedding, Connie suggested that we visit the damn dam. So we did.
I found it unexpectedly beautiful. Interesting architecture and a surprising effort put into its appearance. I've put my photos of it up on Flickr.
Next time you're in Vegas, if you haven't been to Hoover Dam, please take the time to check it out. There are worse things to do in Vegas. 
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Posted 10/21/2007 12:01:00 AM
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I watch documentaries and loved one I've seen one about the building of the Hoover Dam. It was an awesome engineering project, though many workers died in the process. I would love to see the Hoover Dam.
I should see if that's on NetFlix. Thanks for stopping by!
I worked for Hoover Dam for 12 years. It is an interesting place. Being a programmer, you can appreciate the computer room actually resides in both the states of nevada and arizona. To top it off, the computer room is also located in two time zones.
BTW, it is an interesting place to work at.
At least you could rely on the power. :)
I did notice the clocks on the Nevada and Arizona intake towers. There's something about time zones that strikes me as just being wrong. Same with daylight savings. If you modify a file at twenty after, then you set the time back an hour for the DST change, your file has a timestamp in the future! And if you live near a time zone boundary, and tell your friend across the line to meet you at Joe's at eight, which eight do you mean? It jest ain't natural! :)
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