Well, things started smooth enough today. We left Henderson at a decent time (although later then I wanted) and got on Rt 93. We crossed over the Hoover Dam, but first stopped at the overlook that looks out on Lake Mead. We were going to take the dam tour to see the inner workings of it, but it was $30/person, so we decided to skip it. Besides, there was quite a line ahead of us. So we took some pictures from the top, enjoyed the air conditioned restrooms, then headed into Arizona. We took a side trip to drive through Chloride, which is a "living" ghost town (pop ~150 IIRC). Lots of old structures, trailers and vehicles. We saw no people though. It was, however, the first dirt road that I got to take DarkStar down.
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