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RE: Bozzlife Roadtrip: Exploring Southern Nevada Part Two
You did good. You can't see squat from the bridge and you can't park and walk either.
I've only been across the bridge two or three times, it's a little out of my way most of the time. Pedestrians were awful on the dam before the bridge was finished too :) That checkpoint didn't exist at all until after the bridge was finished.
So. Really good choices. I think I'd have routed you through the Lake Meade National Recreation Area but that would have been another charge, except for us old people that have our National Park Pass. Actually, I bought a Pass every year til they just gave in and let me go for free.
I can't believe how low Lake Meade is. Makes me really sad. Snowpack in the watershed is like 125% so it should gain a little...
Good to know about the bridge! Now that I look at the map I don't think it would have been too far out of our way, but it sounds like it still would have been a pain to get a good shot. I think had we not done Red Rock Canyon that morning we probably would have taken our time working our way up from the dam to Valley of Fire. I didn't really mind the fees for getting into the parks. It was less than I was spending at the casinos, so it was still a pretty cheap day! We might make it back someday, though next time we will probably be hauling our travel trailer :) I have some pictures of Lake Mead I took from the plane on our flight out of Vegas. I will be sharing those in a future post. I think I have enough Vegas material for maybe one more post, two if I stretch it.