Dam......hot

We woke up early since we are on Central Time. Ray brought coffee and Krispy Kreme doughnuts to the room for breakfast. We met the RV lady at 10 in the parking lot outside. We were a pretty funny sight as we wandered across this HUGE RV lot hunting down the site where Penny was waiting for us. Ray leading the way, followed by Parker then Preston then me – each of us pulling a suitcase, a backpack on our back and/or a laptop plus my hiking stick.

Our RV is a 2006 Fleetwood Fiesta, 2 slides, masterbed rm in back. Very similar to the Bounder from 2 years ago but hopefully not THAT similar. We were happy to say good-bye to “old UN-Faithful” 2 years ago.
We did a quick unpack.

First stop was Wal-Mart for food and supplies. $360 later we were on the road to Hoover Dam. We found a Starbucks!
The scenery is interesting. Certainly something we don’t see – Scrub/Sage brush, cacti. And we wondered what in the world these people do that live way out here in this dessert.

“Dam…Hot” pretty much sums it up. We arrived at Hoover Dam about 4pm in the heat of the day. We had to park in the RV lot which was across the dam and up the hill (a hill which we would later have to walk back up).

We walked down the hill and back across the dam to the Visitor Center. We purchased tickets for the tour, saw a movie, then Ray and the boys went on the Generator Tour while I waited in the Observation Deck. We met back up for a quick walk through that Center. The guide told us they only get 4.75 inches of rain a year. Wow!! We can get that much in a weekend. Oh the jokes were numerous…..best Dam Gift Shop…Dam Hot…”go stand in the Dam line”. The guides had a million of ‘em. Preston just thought that was too funny.






We closed the place down. Time for that walk back up the Dam hill!!! We stopped on the dam for pictures of us standing on the Arizona/Nevada line.

It’s been a long day with more to go. From Hoover Dam we have another 1hr 45 min drive to Meadview RV Park. Good luck finding Meadview on a map. We had started with ½ a tank of gas and begun looking for a gas station. We were really out in the middle of nowhere. We called the RV place and they said there was a gas stn 9 miles past them. We had enough gas but with a ¼ of tank left the generator which powers the back A/C stops working. The last bit of the drive was rather warm for Preston and me.

By the time we arrived at the RV Park we were all tired and very hungry. It was about 10pm Central Time. We quickly grabbed the rotisserie chicken and made sandwiches for dinner.

It has been a really long day. Wal-Mart, Hoover Dam, and Meadview. We quickly made up the beds and just fell into them.

Best parts of the day
Ray: Hoover Dam was amazing
Kerry: Hoover Dam
Parker: Getting the RV
Preston: the whole “dam” day (from our soon-to-be 13 year old)