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  1. Mrs. Robinson Mrs. Robinson is offline frobacca

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 4:01am)

    heading to Vegas again over Labor Day weekend and am hoping to go on a Hoover Dam Tour. any suggestions on companies or tours - either for me alone or a group (if i can get anyone else to go). any other suggestions on something different to do?
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 4:05am) in reply to Mrs. Robinson

    Labor Day plans? Doesn't seems possible, this year has flown by...have a safe trip!
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 4:10am) in reply to Mrs. Robinson

     
    Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson View Post

    heading to Vegas again over Labor Day weekend and am hoping to go on a Hoover Dam Tour. any suggestions on companies or tours - either for me alone or a group (if i can get anyone else to go). any other suggestions on something different to do?

    Drive to dam and park, take tour. Its a really good tour.

    http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/service/index.html

    Can you make a degen/grindier thread for us?
    Edited By: RichardHurtz Aug 6th, 2012 at 04:10 AM
  4. Mrs. Robinson Mrs. Robinson is offline frobacca

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 4:14am) in reply to RichardHurtz

    ^^ not going to have a car so i need a tour that picks up from the hotel.

    i worry too much about losing to ever have a true degen thread lol.
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 4:14am) in reply to Mrs. Robinson

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 4:43am) in reply to jesterwords

    Always wanted to do the tour, never have. Heard the hard hat tour is good, w/e that means

    Driven past the Hoover Dam twice, both times at night
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 4:43am) in reply to Zeppelin

    hoover dam is soooo lame.
     
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 1:24pm) in reply to Demitrius100

    The one time I did the tourist thing in Vegas and I passed on that. We went out to the Grand Canyon and did the skywalk tour. Good one-time thing, but wouldn't do it again.



    Eagle Rock - right across the canyon from the skywalk
     
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 1:31pm) in reply to SpankyHamm

    Where can I get some dam bait!
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 1:48pm) in reply to HK_MP5N

    Was at the Hoover Dam in March. Really enjoyed it. I don't know how much you really want to get into it but the Hoover Dam tour is $30. Or you can take Powerplant Tour for $11. http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/service/index.html

    Due to time we went with the Powerplant tour and it was pretty awesome. Def worth it. Everything you get to see is in that link.

    There were tons of buses there so I'm sure any bus tour will be pretty much the same and will pick you up at your hotel. If you do get a chance though rent a car. It's like 35 minute drive and there is some awesome scenery that you can stop at and take pics.

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 3:55pm) in reply to LeftyMark

    I had a bad experience trying to take a bus tour. My exes stepdad had booked it (so don't know which company) on his own. He had never been to Vegas before so had no idea how far it was to the Dam, and that we easily could get there by car (Her mom and stepdad had flown to Vegas, ex and I had driven so we had my car there).
    First they picked us up from the rio and we thought we confirmed that everything was reserved and what not but it turns out this bus was just a collection bus and the driver didn't have a clue about what we had paid for or not. So then we drove around for about an hour to all kinds of different hotels picking up other people. Then they dropped us off at some meeting point on the strip (like 2 miles from the rio, lol) where we were supposed to get into another bus. Turns out they said we only had reservations for 2 instead of 4 and that we would have to pay more on the spot. We were fed up at this point so just said screw it (at this point I had been looking up directions on my phone and saw how close it was, which made me even more fed up). We hopped a taxi back to my car, and just drove to the Dam. I don't know if her stepdad ever got any money back or not, and obviously this was just one abnormal experience, but thought it was relevant.

    Cliffs: shitty experience with an unknown tour operator. is super easy (and probably a lot cheaper) to just rent a car and drive there.
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 7:32pm) in reply to LeftyMark

    nice pic, ess.
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 8:43pm) in reply to norcaljeff

     
    Originally Posted by norcaljeff View Post

    nice pic, ess.


    That does look like me
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 9:06pm) in reply to ess286

    shame you are not going to rent a car because you are going to drive right past the choo-choo trains.


    http://museums.nevadaculture.org/ind...409&Itemid=436

    and miss out on the shops and diners in downtown boulder city. probably not stopping at the new bridge you can walk on. that pic of the dam at night is taken from the FREE parking lot on the arizona side. be sure to snap a pic of the awesome views of lake mead as the bus rolls past.
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 9:13pm) in reply to Stockage

     
    Originally Posted by Stockage View Post

    that pic of the dam at night is taken from the FREE parking lot on the arizona side. be sure to snap a pic of the awesome views of lake mead as the bus rolls past.

    It is, I was confused, thought I had a better view the previous time I went past the dam but that is all I saw. That is where security directed everybody
    Edited By: Zeppelin Aug 6th, 2012 at 09:14 PM
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 9:15pm) in reply to Zeppelin

    Yeah if you drive from the dam like 5 minutes towards vegas there is a scenic overlook sign and you go down a tiny road and then see Lake Mead. That alone is worth the car rental.

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 9:23pm) in reply to LeftyMark

    Should quit standing in the middle of your pictures. Tell the wife to move you over
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 9:31pm) in reply to Zeppelin

     
    Originally Posted by zeppelinzoso16 View Post

    Should quit standing in the middle of your pictures. Tell the wife to move you over

    Somebody has to hold the camera

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 9:51pm) in reply to LeftyMark

    I forgot you can walk to the dam via the abandoned railroad tunnels. pretty easy hike with a real prospect of eyeballing some bighorn sheep.
    http://www.nps.gov/lake/planyourvisit/hikerr.htm

    zepp, i was just pointing out you can park for free.
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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 9:55pm) in reply to Stockage

    someone chop out hugs and put "trail to dam tour"

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    Aug 6th, 2012 (8/6/2012 10:56pm) in reply to slapshot

     
    Originally Posted by slapshot View Post

    eff off, i was gonna post this
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    Aug 7th, 2012 (8/7/2012 12:57am) in reply to dams

    looool wp. jerk. lol
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    Aug 7th, 2012 (8/7/2012 5:30am) in reply to norcaljeff

    hmm there were a few tours that do both lake mead and hoover dam. i'll look into those - seems like its something i have to see at least once
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    Aug 7th, 2012 (8/7/2012 7:03am) in reply to Mrs. Robinson

    I did this, we took a raft/canoe trip that lauched right under the damn and it was a three day camping deal. There was a sauna cave and a bunch of cool spots and stops on the way. I had standing up intercourse on a trail out there in broad daylight, Good times.
    Edited By: I Fold Aug 7th, 2012 at 07:05 AM
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    Aug 7th, 2012 (8/7/2012 12:06pm) in reply to I Fold

    Never been to the dam, got a mile away and see checkpoint and turned around had some pot and at the time Neveda was not a MMJ state and no one in the car had a Driver License.

    We never intended on driving out to the damn but saw the sign it was like 19 miles away and we mid way through a smoke out section figured why not but 9-11 fucked everything so now have a stupid pig point.
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