Las Vegas - Day 3: Hoover Dam (12/27)

We got to the Hoover Dam just as it was opening (which was a good idea since it really got busy later in the day). We took a tour of the dam and then walked thru the museum a bit. The dam certainly is an engineering marvel. Its size was awe inspiring.

But there were also a lot of cool animals. We spotted another Red-tailed Hawk on the cliffs above the river. We also spotted a lone Pie-billed Grebe hundreds of feet below us. We were able to watch from above as it dove and swam thru the water. It certainly was a view you almost never see.

But the best were the White-tailed Antelope Squirrels. They were all over the rocks alongside the river. They were so cute that the gift shop at the dam sold them in little stuffed animal form.