Lake Mead Black Canyon Rafting

This will be our second float of the Colorado  River. This one starts just below the Hoover Dam.

Joanne at the base of the Hoover Dam.


Hoover Dam in all its glory.


This was the water intake pump for Boulder city when the Dam was being built. The pump was mounted on a rail car and raised and lower based upon the level of the river. What looks like a step on the left is actually a key for the cog mounted to the rail car to move it up and down the incline.


This used to be a side canon. It was filled in by the spoilage (discarded dirt) from the blasting.


Hot spring. 137 degrees!


Joanne back in the river. The temperature was 54 degrees.


Cleopatra Rock. Use your imagination and you can see her headdress and hands folder in front of her.


Old catwalk that was used from 1935 to 1939 for the river gauge caretaker.


The old balancing rock.


We enjoyed this trip but it was more of a boat ride. After doing both floats we would only do the first one out of Page, AZ of the Glen Canyon if given the choice.

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