Quote Originally Posted by Bob Miller
My wife and i just drove from Indiana to McMinnville, Or. Our destination was the Spruce Goose museum that houses Howard Hughes' airplane. We drove thru 17 states and revisited old haunts as well as some new places. We drove our full size Chevy Express van. I haven't gotten the nerve to see how much we spent on gas!
We were saddened to see how post 9-11 has changed some things like the Hoover Dam. But we were still heartened to see that many of our treasured places are still operating. Oh to be rich and in good health so that we could do this more often!
While it is true that the "old hardhat" tour of the dam is no longer an option, I actually think that the current tour is, in many ways, far superior to the "way it used to be." The docents work five seperate stations and if one has the time to do it all -- there really is more to see than before.

Plus, of course, the new bridge will provide a way to see the area that the old dam road could never achieve.

When you get the nerve, we want to see those numbers on the fuel consumption!

Mark