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412 horsepower here!
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Andy with the 2012 Mustang GT
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This car is part of Hertz' Adrenaline collection!
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Very nice wheels
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I had a great time driving this all day
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Some scenery you don't see in Dayton
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A sign on the way to Hoover Dam
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A train in the desert - love it!
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Views en route to Hoover Dam
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What a great sign!
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We must be getting closer to the dam with the power lines
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Scenes from the Mustang
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A divertion tunnel inside the Hoover Dam
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Our tour guide for the Hoover Dam tour
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A nice diagram of the Hoover Dam in operation
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The Nevada side of the power plant - the generators are much larger than they appear
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It takes two crains working together to remove part of one generator
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Andy impressed by the power plant
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The first generator brought online at Hoover Dam, this one is used for power within Hoover Dam
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The terrazzo floors were stunning
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Inside the generator room
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A nail purposefully embedded in the terrazzo floor
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A photo of what the river looked like prior to Hoover Dam
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The walkways inside the Hoover Dam
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A tunnel leading out the front of the dam - we got to walk through this
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A view looking out from inside the Hoover Dam!
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A view from inside the dam looking at the power plant
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some serious power lines here
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A pencil mark marks where a crack was found 2-16-43
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Whoa!
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Andy twists to get some video footage
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Inside the Hoover Dam ready to look out
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Looking up the dam from the inside!
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It was pretty wild being inside the dam
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Luckily Deanna didn't drop the camera!
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Another view from inside the dam
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The tunnels inside the dam were made of concrete but they used cedar planks to build the frames - so they have a neat apperance
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I had to held Deanna back from touching the earthquake sensor
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Hopefully the elevator doesn't quit working
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Lots of stairs at Hoover Dam
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The elevator was designed with lots of visitors in mind
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The Bolder Canyon Project facts
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This bridge just opened in 2010
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On top of the Hoover Dam
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This would make one heck of a ski slope!
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Looking down from the top of the Dam
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You can see all of the layers in the concrete from this angle
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The power towers are at some strange angles
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Lake Mead - noticed the decreased water level
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The fancy elevator we came out of for the tour
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Right on the state line of Nevada and Arizona
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We just finished the tour of Hoover Dam
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Andy in front of Lake Mead
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Deanna and I at Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam
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Lake Mead - notice the 'bathtub ring' due to decreased water level
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The dam spans two states, Nevada and Arizona
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Part of the Hoover Dam visitor center
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'They died to make the desert bloom'
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96 people officially died building the Hoover Dam
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Lake Mead (behind Hoover Dam) was named after this guy
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The base of the flag - dedicated to the workers who built Hoover Dam
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Old glory flying high
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Where can we find the tour?
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A spare generator bolt - 181 pounds!
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A 105 lb wrench is used to maintain the generators at Hoover Dam
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It was 100 degrees at it was not even noon
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A piece of concrete from the first pour - June 6, 1933
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Some stats on how much money the workers made
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The Hoover Dam construction crew's grave
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No caption needed!
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The Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
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I walked up the steps and was greeted by this sign
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The views were unreal from the bridge
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Looking down on the river - a long way down
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Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam
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$240 million dollars doesn't go as far as it used to...
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Some views of the roads that go around Hoover Dam
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Welcome to Nevada!
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I rested on a rock after returning from the bridge while a stranger took my picture
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Oh yeah....
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I was trying to create my own sports calendar
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Deanna wasn't thrilled about getting out here for fear of snakes
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I couldn't resist pulling over near Hoover Dam for some photos
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Don't see this street sign everyday
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Kingman, Arizona had a stretch of the old route 66
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Our server Rebecca was great
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The food and service were excellent here!
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Get your kicks...
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A roadside attraction
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It was fun to stumble upon Route 66
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D outside Mr. D's on the old route 66
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What a great car...
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Cruising along in the Mustang
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Heading to the Grand Canyon
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A wildfire was burning near the Grand Canyon
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The Grand Canyon entrance ahead
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