september_1968_trip_to_west_coast (Part 2 of 3)

by J. R. Mathison

April 1, 2024


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Anaheim, California
Disney Land
Visitors and water fall


Anaheim, California
Disney Land
Peter Pan's Castle and Eugene


Anaheim, California
Disney Land
Pirates Cove behind Pan's Castle


Anaheim, California
Disney Land
Glass blower at work


Anaheim, California
Disney Land
Submarines - We rode in one!


Anaheim, California
Disney Land
Boulevard from Monorail


Anaheim, California
Disney Land
Entrance to Disney Land from Monorail


Anaheim, California
Disney Land
Downtown USA


Palm Trees and Country Side North of Riverside
I wanted a picture of Palm Trees so I snapped these.
I did not realize there were lots of Palm Trees in other photos

 

We left the Los Angeles area and headed East to Las Vegas on Interstate 15


Bud Mathison at a campground near Lake Meade, Nevada

Now September 3, 1968

We slept on the ground in the parking lot.
A noisy Coyote chased a Jackrabbit through our camp during the night.


Desert near Lake Meade, Nevada


Sailboat on Lake Meade
View from tour boat


View towards stern of tour boat


Power boat on Lake Meade
The white color of the shoreline was caused by high water.
High water to test the Dam right after the Dam was built.


Power boat and water skiier on Lake Meade


Power boat and water skiier on Lake Meade


Hover Dam spillway on Nevada side
from tour boat


Hover Dam
Face of Dam
from tour boat


Hover Dam
Power House water intake on the Arizona side
from tour boat


Sail boat crossing wake of tour boat


Lake Meade Marina
from tour boat


Hover Dam Transmission Line Towers
At top of Dam


Hover Dam Power House on Arizona side from above


Hover Dam
Power House on Arizona side from inside.
The view is of the electrical alternators.
The water turbines which turn them are vertically below the floor.


Hover Dam
Power House on Arizona side from same level outside


Hover Dam Power House on Arizona side from inside
Pictures inside a small room sitting on top of a thirty food diameter pipe carring thundering water.
The drawing with the brown background is how the water from Lake Meade flows through tunnels underground to get to the turbines which drive the alternators.


Hover Dam
Diarama model of watershed feeding Lake Meade



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