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by Aki Damme-2
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I was out in Vegas back in March of this year and rented a car and
took a tour of Hoover Dam. The pictures don't do the
bridge justice. It is fu**ing HUGE. The guys (and gals) working on
the bridge have the biggest sets of you-know-what to
be climbing around up there. It's got to be at least 20 stories up.
If it's not, it's still one hell of a drop into the river from
up there.
And, after driving to the Dam, I can see why they need a bigger road.
The traffic was as bad as DC rush hour. It took
me over three hours to go 2 miles...right behind some yahoo who rented
a Cobra A/C who would let the cars in front
of him get about three car lengths ahead of him then he'd gun the car
and race up and stop...over and over and over while
he constantly reved the engine nonstop.
*sigh*...gotta love touristas....
-aki
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:46 PM, W.S.<mobacc@...> wrote:
> "Across the Great Divide" [New bridge below Hoover dam]
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/06/09/magazine/20090614LIVES_2.html
>
>
> As a bridgephile, and having done that "dam road" probably 10 times bunches
> of years ago (cage), I'm regretful at not watching this from the start.
> Slide 9 is the best overview showing the corkscrew road on the Arizona side
> behind the majestic construction.
>
>
> Bill S. / DC (on digest)
> '99 VN750 > Not ready to Evel-leap quite yet
> Green machines join the AMA.
>
>
>
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took a tour of Hoover Dam. The pictures don't do the
bridge justice. It is fu**ing HUGE. The guys (and gals) working on
the bridge have the biggest sets of you-know-what to
be climbing around up there. It's got to be at least 20 stories up.
If it's not, it's still one hell of a drop into the river from
up there.
And, after driving to the Dam, I can see why they need a bigger road.
The traffic was as bad as DC rush hour. It took
me over three hours to go 2 miles...right behind some yahoo who rented
a Cobra A/C who would let the cars in front
of him get about three car lengths ahead of him then he'd gun the car
and race up and stop...over and over and over while
he constantly reved the engine nonstop.
*sigh*...gotta love touristas....
-aki
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:46 PM, W.S.<mobacc@...> wrote:
> "Across the Great Divide" [New bridge below Hoover dam]
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/06/09/magazine/20090614LIVES_2.html
>
>
> As a bridgephile, and having done that "dam road" probably 10 times bunches
> of years ago (cage), I'm regretful at not watching this from the start.
> Slide 9 is the best overview showing the corkscrew road on the Arizona side
> behind the majestic construction.
>
>
> Bill S. / DC (on digest)
> '99 VN750 > Not ready to Evel-leap quite yet
> Green machines join the AMA.
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> dc-cycles mailing list
> dc-cycles@...
> http://dc-cycles.org/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/dc-cycles
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