about 11, I finished with that part where we ate at the Island Buffet in the Flamingo.
After we got in the car we went out to Hoover Dam. So many dam jokes would commence. I had no idea where I was going, just aimed Southeast. I hadn't done the drive from Vegas in a while and the city had expanded like crazy. Saw our first of 3 rollovers on the side of the rode up the sidehill. But in not a long time made it out to the dam. Dam it was nice. Dam was hot too.
Also driving the other way was interesting, the new bridge was open and I noticed I missed the turn off to the dam. So we held on and went over to Arizona to officially cross the bridge. This was my first time seeing the bridge complete. Last trip to the dam the arcs were almost complete. Problem with driving over the bridge was the wall were too high so you could not see sideways. But at the least one friend got a new experience, Arizona, which upon entrance we quickly exited.
Then back to the dam access road. We stopped at a nice pull out with a paved trail to the bridge. You can walk along the north edge, dam side of the bridge. They have some historical displays along the walk, which climbs about 50 feet. Awesome walk when it's 110F. But the bridge was windy, many hats blown down into the canyon. Also with a fear of heights I kept against the wall not the rail. Who know what it looks like strait down.
Back in the car made our way down to the dam. Parked in the dam parking structure, quiet day so in the shade. They asked if we had a pet in the car as we paid. There must be some stupid dam people killing their pets while taking a dam walk. On the exit I did a huge burnout. The dam garage floor is super slippery.
We went down into the visitor center and something happened. BTW the visitor center is pretty much pay to see. You go through dam security. The scanner guy looked at my visor. I've worn this visor for several years, or at least on just like it. He warned me I was in UNLV county. Shocked this is the first time anyone has ever reconized the symbol on it. A bucking horse for the Wyoming Cowboys, or Pokes as I call them. It was like dam Disney Magic.
So we did the short tour, which I had done before but my friends had not. First they take a Photopass picture. Then we watched the old movie. It has English subtitles, which cause me to read the subtitles and not focus on the film. Then the sort you out into two queues. One for the long dam tour, one for us on the dam short tour. So we got grouped up and waited for our turn down the elevator.
We went down with a nice dam guide. She said tons of dam jokes and answered a lot of dam questions. Then in a tunnel at the bottom were given to a new dam guide. She was enthusiastic for sure. Talked fast and a in a very varied tone with so much enthusiasm. Not quite dam crazy, but a little over the top. So learned about how the dam worked. Then back to the elevators. Went down to the dam turbine room. Learned some dam turbine facts. Took terrible dam picture in that room. Then back to the elevators where we were met by the nice dam guide again. I asked if there were any dam dam joke questions before Vegas Vacation, and she had no idea. Before that movie came out I don't remember any dam jokes on the dam tours.
Back up the elevator they let you into a museum. It's really nice. You can also go up to the dam observation deck on the roof, which we did after the dam museum. Took some pictures up on the deck, and then out the gates to walk on the dam. Took mor dam pictures. While in the museum I was drinking water like I had just reached an oasis. On the way back to the dam parking garage from the dam is a drinking fountain. Stayed there for a little bit. The water was almost hot but it was wet.
Then back in the car it was about 3. After boulder went South on US93, one friend wanted to take pictures in the middle of the desert like in the Hang Over. But a few miles down wasn't going to work great. You could always see something in the wide view and we weren't too interested in going further.
So back to LV went pretty good a little jammed up on I-15, but not quite the 5pm traffic. I think we just beat that. So we went to Ross. Not a place I wanted to spend time, but since I brought nicer shirts they wanted some too. And the Ross there is huge, well there two we went to the one on Sahara(I think). So it's nice to see compared to the tiny one near me. Got a shirt and some big shoes for DS.
Then back to the room we decided to do dinner right away, instead of waiting until later.
Never took the tour, but was engaged to a guy whose brother was a slot mechanic that lived in Boulder. We would always stay at the Gold Strike where he worked, but heard some other casino took that place over later.
A bit belated, but we accepted it! 
Just my snack. 
