It was 115 degrees at Lake Mead. We both drank two large bottles of water during our tour of Hoover Dam. The a/c in the gift shop and the restaurant was probably set at 90 degrees. We were both wiped out by the time we returned to the RV hours later.
A new highway with a bridge which the tour guide said would be the tallest in the world is being built so traffic an avoid the road across the top of the dam. Traffic is at a crawl due to the crowds now visiting the dam because a visitors center with IMAX theater, gift shop, and restaurant was completed about eight years ago thereby increasing tourist traffic by thousands a year. Several pedestrian crosswalks back and forth on the dam require traffic to stop.
On the way back, our driver pointed out a large herd of antelope lounging around the Boulder City Park.
