Dam

We decided on going to Joshua Tree Park.

To get to the park,
was around 2 and half hour.

When we were driving towards it,
we didn’t planned anything there.

So we were free to explorer it, on the go.

First we made a stop at the visitor center,
to check-out all the possible view points.

We decided on viewing as much as possible,
so we chose to visit all the things with the shortest walk.

When we entered the park,
we entered a desert again.

We saw a sort of mountain,
created with all kind of different sizes of rocks.

To have a nice view,
we decided to climb it.

Jan choose to take the mountain on the left,
and Marlise and I the one on the right.

It was a harder climb then we initial thought

It was worth it,
because we had a nice overview over the desert.

We took a lot of pictures,
of the surroundings and of each other.

After marlise climbed down,
Jan climbed to the same mountain as me.

In the meantime Marlise took some pictures of us.

After our ‘photoshoot’ was done,
we climbed down and started driving again,
towards the dam.

Our next stop was a dam.
The walk to get there was around 2 Miles.

Walking around in Joshua Tree National Park

From one side it had a rock feeling.

Here’s a picture of the dam,
but it contained almost no water.

Because that was one of the only places with water,
there was some animal life.

But they disappear as soon,
as they heard people arriving.

If you walk the other way back to the parking,
it had the feeling of a desert park.

After we saw most of that viewpoint,

we planned on going to a cactus viewpoint.

When we arrived at the cactus viewpoint,

We had a beautiful view over the scenery.

The sun was setting.

They were a special kind of cactus,
who loses a lot of funny balls.

Because the cactus park was located at the end of the park,

We chose to take the highway back to LA,
instead of driving through the park again.

Because there are no lights in the park and from the moment it gets dark,
you have to drive extremely slow in the parks,
because the wildlife comes out and walks over the street.

But before we left the park,
I took a picture the sun set.

After that it was time to drive back to Los Angeles

A new morning, a new day!

Because we were not sure if we would drive back to LA
after seeing the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon,
so we didn’t book an extra night in that hotel and we had to check out.

This time it was a quick check out, because you could do it over the TV.

After we checked-out, grabbed our luggage and drove to the Hoover Dam.

Before you can enter the Hoover Dam,
you have to go through a Police Check Point.

But I can’t understand why, b
ecause they don’t even look at you, they just give a signal/gesture you can drive along.

Once we were in, we saw the Hoover Dam and it’s quite an impressive dam!

It’s huge and Vegas is almost completely relying on that dam, to get their power.

After we parked our car, some luxury cars were passing us.
I can admit the sound was awesome, because of the echo the dam created.

When the guy in the Lamborghini saw I was making pictures,
he gave me the thumbs up and made some extra noise.

After they passed us, we had a look at the Hoover Dam again and its surroundings.

There are a lot of people trying to throw money in to the dam for good luck,

but a lot of the money doesn’t even get in to the water.

So it’s a funny sight too see it lying around on those rocks.

After that, we walked towards the Hoover Dam,
to have a look on both sides.

After an hour or more, we decided we also wanted to see it from the bridge.

So we had to drive towards an other parking, where you could take some stairs to get onto the bridge.

Once your parked and walked all the stairs,
the first thing you see, is that it is an Memorial Bridge.

After that you see, your going to enter Arizona, by walking over the bridge.
And of course if you walk the opposite way, back to the car, that you will enter Nevada.