California - 14th October
Thursday 14th October
Hoover Dam
Departs at 08.30 will be back in Vegas at approx 12.00 noon. (This is an included Tour)
Visitor Center Presentations and Exhibits
Exhibit Gallery: This gallery houses numerous audio, visual and interactive exhibits, including a full-scale model of the huge buckets used to move concrete for Hoover Dam construction, a walk-though model of generator, and a detailed diorama of the dam. Also featured are interactive exhibits that allow you to test your skill at managing power generation, conserving energy, and other skills.
The Observation Deck: You can access this top floor of the Visitor Center by taking either the stairs or elevator adjacent to the entrance of the Exhibit Gallery. This floor includes open and enclosed observation areas that provide panoramic (and camera-worthy!) views of Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, the Colorado River and other features. On the open/outside deck, an audio presentation offers significant facts about the dam and its surroundings. Inside, view a model of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge that is presently under construction, and a sculpture portraying many of the benefits that Hoover Dam gives to the Colorado River Basin States.
Nevada and Arizona Spillways: On each side of the dam (toward the lake) are huge spillways that designed to direct high water from Lake Mead around the dam through tunnels in the canyon walls. The spillways are so large that a World War II battleship can be floated in each one!
The Nevada Intake Towers: On top of the Nevada side of the dam, an audio presentation offers information about the role these towers have in Hoover Dam's power generation process, and details about some of the artwork incorporated into the towers on the downstream face of the dam.
Top of the Dam: A walk along the sidewalks on top of the dam provides awe-inspiring views of the dam face, Lake Mead, the intake towers, the Colorado River, and other features around the dam site.
Winged Figures of the Republic: This bronze masterpiece is directly across the street from the Visitor Center. A presentation at this site discusses the concepts the artist had mind in creating the statues, as well as details related to the "star map" at its base. A detailed compass framed by the signs of the Zodiac, and bronze seals of the seven Colorado River Basin states are also featured in this area.
The Old Exhibit Building: If you continue walking toward Lake Mead from the Winged Figures plaza, around the corner, you will see the Old Exhibit Building. Originally used as a headquarters for soldiers protecting the dam during World War II, this building served as the dam's first visitor center. It contains educational exhibits and offers a narrative overview of the Colorado River Basin highlighted through a topographical model showing the location of dams and reservoirs along the river and its tributaries.
Departure Details
for
Friday 15th October
Luggage ready for collection INSIDE bedrooms by 07.00
(you do not have to be in the room the bell boys have keys), sorry for the early collection but the bell boys are slow here.
Depart for Visalia at 08.30
The journey takes us firstly to Calico the old silver mining town, this shall be our lunch stop, we then continue through the Mojave Desert, until we climb the Tehachapi Hills, and our afternoon stop in the town of Tehachapi. (for pie) Later we drive through the farming communities in the Central Valley as we make our way to Visalia.
Have a great time in Vegas, be lucky.
Richard
1- 702 – 557 -2373
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