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Without having said what this was an image of, it’s difficult to know. It could just as easily be a shot of some metamorphosed rock or perhaps the bark of a tree.
I spotted this particular specimen having left Grand Canyon West, gotten back onto Pierce Ferry Road, and heading north to Pearce Ferry and South Cove. In the background of this shot is Grapevine Mesa.
This image was taken after I took my walk. The bridge extends 70ft out from the canyon wall and the vertical drop at that point is over 4,000ft. As I’ve gotten older I’ve become more ‘height aware’. So most of the time I kept my feed above one of the two steel tracks that supports the glass floor, though I did take a few steps on the glass floor to pass some other people. It was freaky!
Ever since I had my own transport, I’ve taken off on these solo journeys – by car or motorcycle – to see what I could see. I was in Las Vegas in 2006 because my wife was attending a conference and I was tagging along. So while she was soaking up knowledge, I was soaking up vistas such as this one. On my way back from the Hoover Dam, instead of taking the direct, freeway, route, I sauntered north along […]
Of course, no visit to the Hoover Dam is complete without an aerial view. Now you can get a view from the Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. I don’t know if you’re allowed to stop on the bridge to take photos – probably not. As you can see in the lower left and lower right corners, the bridge was in the early stages of construction when I took this photo. Look at the cars winding down the roads […]
Despite the austere times of the Great Depression, public art works were still funded. Across the road from the Hoover Dam Visitor Center one finds the twin Winged Figures of the Republic by sculptor Oskar J.W. Hansen. Each figure is 30 feet tall. This photo is of the feet of one of the statues. While the upper part of the statues have taken on a green patina, the feet are within reach and the constant touching has resulted in the […]
