"2013-11-24T00:00:00"^^ . "4"^^ . "Wow.\n\nThat could be a review in and of itself but I'll write more. I've heard and seen pictures about the Hoover Dam all of my life but there is nothing like seeing it live and up close.\n\nAll of the difference was made by the tour guide. We booked the tour through Viator - the Ultimate Hoover Dam tour. The guide was very knowledgeable and very funny. The bus left from a nearby casino. We drove to the dam with the guide telling us stories about life in and around Vegas, and about the things we passed.\n\nThe dam tour was outstanding. The tour itself is conducted by the US government. They take you down into the \"pipe room\" where 10s of thousands of gallons of water per second surge underneath you. These drive the power plants on another floor.\n\nOne typically sees the dam on the outside, but to see the tunneling done underground and the mechanical works was really amazing. The amount of work needed to build this, the amount of jobs it created, was staggering. Looking at this makes me wonder why we can't fix bridges and tunnels in the country, or build new great projects through public works.\n\nThis is a trip you simply can't miss."^^ . "5"^^ . "2"^^ . "0"^^ . . . .