13 of 22 – 2024 Fall Trip West Series. 10/1/24 Tuesday. We did a big road trip today to: Valley of Fire State Park, Hoover Dam, and Lake Mead. Valley of Fire State Park seems like it should be a National Park because it is huge and there is so much to see there.
In 2012, a rough road called the Arrowhead Trail was first built in this red rocky area to travel between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. In the 20’s it became known as the Valley of Fire when a AAA official driving through at sunset said it looked like the entire valley was “on fire”.
We went for a short hike in the “White Domes” area. It was very hot and hard to walk in the soft sand.
Hoover Dam National Historic Landmark
Lake Mead was created by Hoover Dam. It is the largest water reservoir in the United States. The water level has been going down for many years and it currently holds less than 30% of the amount that Hoover Dam was designed for.It is a strange thing to see a big body of water in the middle of hot treeless desert.
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