Thanksgiving Trip - Day 7

Nearly everyone had left by this morning, so we didn't wait too long to check out of the J W Marriott hotel (0935). Andy was still here, so we met up and headed out to visit the Hoover Dam. It wasn't a bad drive, although we saw some early signs that the Thanksgiving travelers might make for bad traffic. In any case, we made it down to the dam by around 1100. We decided to take the Power Plant tour. This was a good choice, I think, because we got to go down to see the generators and the kids got to learn about the hydroelectric power generation there. We also walked along the dam - people were driving their cars across it too! The new US-93 bridge is getting built across the Colorado downstream from the dam. It looks just like the New River Gorge bridge [see West Virginia]. Wish it was done already - there would be less traffic. We got some souvenirs and then headed back to Boulder City for lunch at the A&W. The kids (and Andy) were in good spirits. We checked into our hotel in Henderson (the same one we used at the beginning of the trip) and the kids went swimming.  Yes, it was still cold... Meanwhile, I took Andy over to the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign and got him to the airport for his return flight. After a delicious fire burned pizza dinner (from Sammy's), we all went to bed. We need to get back on East Coast Time...