Archives for March 2013

Another long day of travel, this time we couldn’t get a non-stop, so we first went to Charlotte before heading back to West Palm Beach. Nice airport in Charlotte, which is giving me some ideas for future flights from the east coast we have to do soon. Arrived back by 9:30 pm, a short drive home, a few hours to unwind before bed.

Because our client extended our stay for an extra day of work on Monday, Hubby and I decided to take a drive out to Hoover Dam. It’s been decades since the last time we were here, and there was so much road construction at the time, we had no place to stop and look around. Now they have a new bridge where the main road goes which opened up last year, and a much larger observation area. We took a nice, sporty drive, planning on doing the best tour we could. Unfortunately, we discovered that because of his imbedded defibrillator, we couldn’t take the two best tours because of the magnets and electricity proximity, so we ended up just wandering around the visitor center, the grounds, and of course, across the dam. Really a miraculous structure, and particularly amazing for the fact that it’s probably the last government project (maybe the only one in history!) that was finished significantly ahead of schedule, and under budget! Afterwards, we took a drive into Boulder City and found a nice little ice cream parlor, where we sat next to the pink-spotted cows and enjoyed a cone before heading back to the hotel.

Slept as late as we could, missed breakfast at the hotel so we went out to a nearby IHOP. Did a little shopping, as usual, then headed back to rest up for the rest of the day. Too cold to sit by the pool, unfortunately, but after all, it is still winter!