Calvin's dad and my parents came to visit us in Las Vegas before Halloween to see Calvin's swearing in to become a member of the Utah State Bar. The swearing in was short and simple; however, it represented many years of hard work. We were all so proud of Calvin and what he has worked so hard to accomplish!
While everyone was here visiting, Calvin's dad arranged for us to take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Hoover Dam. It was amazing.
This was our tour-guide for the day. He was an engineer overseeing some of the operations for generating electricity and replacing older equipment with new equipment (I think! Some of the tour was very technical).
We went into these special golden doors and down and elevator, into the dam.
Not just anyone gets to go through these doors!
Then we walked down this long tunnel, it has some famous tile work, I'm told :)
We came out into this area where there was some history about the dam and the turbines.
Here you can see part of the turbines that create the electricity.
We put on our hard-hats and ear-plugs for proper saftety.
Then we read this sign...reminding us to be healthy :)
Then we went on a tour all through the turbines and workings of this electricity-generating system of the dam. I mostly smiled and nodded my head. Calvin and his Dad got a lot more out of this part of the tour then the rest of us.
If you could see through these huge pipes, you could see the water flowing through them. I was wishing for a window to see through.
The truly amazing part for me was outside. The structure of this dam is just overwhelming!
Probably the very best part of our behind-the-scense tour was walking down this tunnel, about halfway up the dam, and looking out the little slats.
Overall, it was a great experience! We were so lucky to have Walter set up this tour for us. Thank you!
1 comment:
What A great Day! Glad we could be there with you ! Thanks Walter for including us! Heidi
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