CYNDIBLOCK TALK

We had a really neato day today. We spent it in Boulder City which is about 45 minutes outside of Las Vegas. It was built to house the workers of the then named Boulder Dam which name later changed to Hoover Dam after Herbert Hoover. The town was supposed to keep the workers from going into floozyville AKA Las Vegas. It is a really cool town that is straight out of the thirties.

 "the Eighth Wonder of the World," the dam stands 736 feet high, 1,244 feet wide at its crest and is 660 feet thick at its base. There's enough concrete in its structure to pave a highway across the continental United States.

Anyway. We went on a railroad trip and over the dam. It is so cool but very sad too. If you see in the picture, the white on the mountains in the background is what the water level used to be on the Colorado River. It is so low that things that used to be under water are now exposed. But we had a great time. The girls loved the train and I was really thrilled with the Dam.

Tomorrow is the 4th of July. A day filled with parties, happiness and shit. Oh yes, when my dogs freak out by the fireworks they will most certainly crap on the floor with fear to celebrate their own America 's birthday.

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• #1 Comment from lanamartyn 
  7/6/04 1:12 AM | Permalink

  the thing about dogs crapping on the floor made me laugh for half a day, I think I have to tell the story to smb else.....
  lana