This is the new bridge costing 160 millions dollars to build. The only way across on 93 was to follow all the semi's over the top of the Dam. Good Lord it was a long lookee see down.
The very last time I was across the dam in person was while I was working at WKMH in Emmett about 1987? or so. MaryAnn Hosier had just heard from her son that his girlfriend was involved in a car wreck in Nevada and was in Phoenix and would Mom go get her? I volunteered to help drive. We did the round trip in 48 hours.
That was trip that I FINALLY got to see the Grand Canyon. The river looks green from the rim. It was so early in the morning, there were no Park Rangers to take our money at the gate so we just keep booking.
Drove to Phoenix, picked up the girl friend, Drove to Las Vegas by way of the Hoover dam. It was pitch black darkness, there was thunder, lightning, rain, lots of rain. We tippy toed across the bridge and were almost immediately blinded by the light from Vegas even though we were several miles from there as of yet.
Got into town, found a room, it was a party room because there were two queen sized beds and a very large refrigerator. The girls asked me if I want to go to the restaurant and get a meal. No! I want to collapse on the bed!
Next morning we stopped briefly at a casino for one of those inexpensive meals and I decided to play a slot machine but was soon persuaded to leave because the cockroach crawling all over it wanted to play. No problem.
We left Vegas drove north to near where the car wreck was. We actually got out and helped the girl pick through some of the wreckage and she found her drivers licence and other helpful items. Then we headed home.
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