{"id":13463,"date":"2016-05-10T11:54:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T11:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=13463"},"modified":"2020-08-20T15:22:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T19:22:33","slug":"hoover-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/10\/hoover-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoover Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13464\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2204-Editcopy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A2204-Editcopy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2204-Editcopy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2204-Editcopy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2204-Editcopy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2204-Editcopy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2204-Editcopy-348x232.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After we went to the Grand Canyon we decided to stop at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/lc\/hooverdam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hoover Dam<\/a> on our drive back into Vegas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13465\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2206copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A2206copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2206copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2206copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2206copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2206copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The water was so blue and pretty<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13466\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2210copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A2210copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2210copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2210copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2210copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2210copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A nice pop of color in an otherwise brown landscape<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13467\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2211copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A2211copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2211copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2211copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2211copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2211copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty amazing structure. I can&#8217;t imagine what it was like to work on it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13468\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2212copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A2212copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2212copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2212copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2212copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2212copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fact checking as usual<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13469\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2214copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A2214copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2214copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2214copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2214copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2214copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lots of people died while working on the Dam, including a dog<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13470\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2218copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A2218copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2218copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2218copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2218copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2218copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure the younger kids would have enjoyed it, lots of walking and steps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13472\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2228copy.jpg\" alt=\"Q14A2228copy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2228copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2228copy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2228copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2228copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But a great trip with the olders \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After we went to the Grand Canyon we decided to stop at the Hoover Dam on our drive back into Vegas. The water was so blue and pretty A nice pop of color in an otherwise brown landscape It&#8217;s a pretty amazing structure. I can&#8217;t imagine what it was like to work on it. Fact checking as usual Lots of people died while working on the Dam, including a dog I&#8217;m not sure the younger kids would have enjoyed it, lots of walking and steps. But a great trip with the olders \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[836,838,839],"class_list":["post-13463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-arizona","tag-hoover-dam","tag-nevada"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Q14A2222copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13463"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17426,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13463\/revisions\/17426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}