View downstream from Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam & Death Valley

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March 25th 2008
12 & 13th October 2007 Hoover Dam to Death Valley Vegas held its grip on us until the end; despite our best attempts we managed a sluggish start only after an injection of high fructose corn syrup in the form of a Starbucks ‘coffee’. Shortly afterwards, we were back into the Dodge Beast and heading west towards the state border with Arizona, and ever increasing desert-ness (is that possible w ... read more

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