Las Vegas Trip Part III: Black Canyon Float

This is the third and final installment of the Las Vegas trip in picture book style.

Somewhere in between these events we went and saw The Lion King Musical. It was a good show and the costumes were impressive.

















On our second to last day we enjoyed a float trip down Black Canyon located directly below the Hoover Dam as seen here. Apparently few people get such a view as this since it is restricted for security reasons and regular boaters can not travel this far up river or they will be shot on site and the waters are patrolled with man-eater sharks :)













If the Hoover Dam is an impressive display of human engineering than this bridge certainly makes the list as well. It will open later this year and will help take an hour or more of time off of those traveling through the area because currently everyone must drive over the dam and it gets very congested. I imagine it will also become a popular bungee-jumping destination.







Here is a couple of Cheesers not knowing what cold water and perils await.














This is our noble and seaworthy vessel used to travel down the canyon.














Here is our fearless captain demonstrating what should be done in the case of emergency. She said the life jackets were not required but anyone could have one if they so wished. Of course no one did because that would be uncool.
















These ducks came to join us while we stopped at a beach to have lunch. They definitely were not shy.













Here is a view from the bow of our ship where the waves crashed over and soaked me to the bone with cool 50 degree water while Dani clung behind me to stay dry. That is my foot in the lower part of the photo.










This was an old gauging station. Some poor fella, I forget his name, had to travel along the steep canyon and then cross it on a little cable with a small platform hanging from the bottom to reach this spot. I hope he got paid well. Of course as our captain said this was during the depression and any job was a good job.














This shows part of the little catwalk he had to go along in order to reach the station. These boards are supported by metal poles anchored into the side of the canyon wall. A tad precarious? Perhaps.










If you look at the man in the very left of this photo you will see how wet he is. For some reason we never took a picture of me after the trip but I was as soaked and numb as this poor man. But, it was worth it and a lot of fun.

This shows a group of foreigners who just sat and talked the entire time in what we think was Portuguese . They didn't even look around at the scenery which was the point of the whole trip. I am not sure why they came except to steal the towels our captain handed out which I believe should have been for the poor fella soaked to the bone and myself. Instead they took the towels and put them around their head and on their legs to protect from the wind or something. Grrr!






Last. We ended our trip with a bang! Here is seen the volcano at Mirage. Dani had never seen it and it had been years since I had. It was fun.

The whole trip was a lot of fun and much thanks goes to my parents for inviting us. Now we just hope I.F. can catch up to the warm weather soon.