• Lee’s Birthday Visit-CA and LV
    THE ONLY PLACE TO EAT
    Sculpture or RealWe were early morning guest (crowded by the time we left)YES, Lee had the PORK CHILI VERDE OMELETTE (per Guy Fieri)You should be reading the lower right -hand box!!!GUY, "Diners, Drive-in, and Dives" loved this place.Its the desert, not a lot of outdoor eatingElectric wires to the DamProviding electric to 3 states from the Hoover Dam: Nevada, Arizona, and CaliforniaThe Hoover Dam generates about 4 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of hydroelectric power annually.Last tunnelOverwhelming Electic- supplies power to over 1.3 million people in Nevada, Arizona, and California.O'Callaghan–Tillman Memorial Bridge-1,905-foot, the longest single-arch bridge in N.A.

    Boulder City, Nevada - FOR BREAKFAST

    August 15, 2025 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F

    Known as the “Best City By A Dam Site”, Boulder City (pop 15,000) 209 sq miles is about 26 miles from Las Vegas and the last stop before Hoover Dam. Its sole reason for existence was the need to house workers contracted to build the Hoover Dam in built by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Six Companies that worked on the dam. Because the Hoover Dam project represented a focus for optimism for our country during The Depression, the town was to be an additional manifestation of this optimism with clean-living, the prohibition of alcohol and gambling and good quality of life.Read more