Happy Birthday Dr. Suess

I’ve posted this before but my granddaughter is celebrating Dr. Suess’ birthday today in her kindergarten class.  They all had to dress as there favorite storybook character.  Savannah chose Curious George!

So to honor Dr. Suess…..here it is again!

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904. In Springfield there is a National Memorial Sculpture Garden in his honor.  Since Ed grew up in Springfield we usually take a trip back to the area.  I like to visit this special place when we do.


Dr. Seuss at his desk with The Cat in the Hat watching.



The Grinch and
his dog Max.











Horton


Yertle the Turtle

Hoover Dam and Mel’s Diner

Yesterday we met up with friends, Jeri and Terry and Steve and Carol and went out to Hoover Dam.  In all the times I’ve been to Vegas I’d never been out to see Hoover Dam. It was amazing. Hoover Dam was built in the 1930’s and was the largest government work program during the depression.  The dam was finished in 1935 and first started to generate electricity in 1936.  Today there are 9 generators on the Nevada side and 8 on the Arizona side. 

It’s so large I couldn’t get it into one picture.
These generators provide electricity for Nevada, Arizona and California. 
It’s one of the largest hydroelectric power facility in the US.


Lake Mead is the reservoir formed by the dam. 
As you can see from the water lines, the lake is very low.  While talking to guide during the tour we took, they are beginning to worry.  Snow melt in Colorado and Wyoming is what feeds the river so it should be good this year but they need several years to totally fill the lake.  In all the years, only once have they had to release water over the spillway. This water helps provide irrigation for crops in California, Nevada and Arizona.


Now they have a new marvel at the Hoover Dam. Highway 93 runs across the dam and to get to Arizona you had to cross the dam.  However, its only a 2 lane road and it sometimes took several hours to get across.  They now have a bridge that crosses the river.  It’s a longggg way down!!!


After spending several hours touring the dam, we were hungry.  We went back into Boulder City to Mel’s Diner.  Ed always gets a kick out of this since the actress who played Alice was named Linda Lavin.  It’s a very small little diner and we were lucky to get in because they closed at 3pm.  Only open for breakfast and lunch.  Food was very good and the company even better.



Group picture at the Lake Mead Overlook.

Family weekend at Emerald Cove

Stacy and her family arrived around noon on Friday.  After getting them settled in the trailer, we went up to the bar to get something to eat.  We had a wonderful afternoon, Jason took Ramey dirt bike riding.  After Pizza for dinner, we headed back to the bar for Karaoke. 




Here is Ed singing
“My Special Angel” to Ciera. 



It started raining during the night and continued to rain into Saturday morning.  Jason’s parents were boondocking up in Lake Havasu across from the park where the Winter Blast was to be.  With all the rain, they didn’t want to stay up there, so we were able to bring them into Emerald Cove as our guests. 



It’s not very often that Ciera has both her grandmothers together so she wanted this opportunity to get a picture.
The weekend is over now.  Everyone had a great time.
Looking forward to seeing them again in about 3 weeks.  
I’ll get more pictures then.

We have less than a week left here at Emerald Cove.  We are moving on to Las Vegas where we will meet up again with friends. 
Gonna by fun!!