Too Much "Dam" Fun!

We have enjoyed 7 days of pure delight with our Great Basin friends!  The day we arrived at Lake Mead on our circle of the campground we spotted our hosts, Jerry and Deb Otto also hosts at Great Basin our first year there.  Nate, Anna, Evan, Anna's mother and 9 day old, Grace greeted us at their home with an invite for supper.  Anthony came down from Las Vegas on his day off on Tues. and again for supper on Sat. at the Boulder City Brew Pub with Nate and family.  Then yesterday Kate came from Death Valley NP and we all got together at Nate and Anna's for a dinner party and game night with a short visit from Charles who was on duty.  Our lives have been so wonderfully touched by such fine friendships!

In between all this excitement Jerry and Deb helped us find a nice little campsite with a good view of the mountains.

  We toured Hoover Dam, an amazing engineering marvel!  Standing above it and looking down makes one have the greatest respect for those who built it and the 96 men who gave their lives in the process.  Such incredibly dangerous work!!  The canyon it fills is so deep!!


We've had some lovely, sunny and warm days for great walks and time to sit outside just reading and relaxing!  We took these pictures of the lake on a cloudy day without the sun glare of the desert!

 We really like the town of Boulder City.  I especially love that they have a Line Dance Class I can attend tonight at 7 pm.  I can't wait!  At 8:30 in the morning Anthony will meet us for a hike on the Old Railroad Trail (with 7 tunnels) that carried supplies for the building of the dam.  If we make it to Hoover Dam there is an ice cream shop there at the end!  How sweet is that?