We left Visalia on the October 23rd with plans to stop for the night in Boron. By the time we got there, it was still early in the day and we had already toured that area, so we decided to continue on to Laughlin, Nevada. The following day, we visited with Ken’s cousin Verna and her husband Art then went out to dinner with them. Here is a photo of Verna and Art:
On Sunday, we packed our lunch and headed out to see Hoover Dam. In our past travels through this area, we had never seen it and Verna and Art had shown us some photos they had on their computer of the new bridge being built there to route traffic away from the dam. After crossing the Colorado River to the Arizona side, we came across this unfortunate truck accident at the bottom of the hill:
Here are a couple of photos of Hoover Dam and an informational sign about it’s size:
The next two photos are of the Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge as it appeared the day we visited there and of a sign that gives an idea of how the bridge will look when it is completed:
Art had advised us to return to Laughlin on the Nevada side, and we were very glad we did. Traffic was backed up from the dam about 5 miles to Boulder City of Phoenix people headed home from Las Vegas! When we got back to Laughlin, we visited with Verna and Art for awhile before returning to the RV to get ready to travel the next day.
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