The Road Taken to Awesomeness

During the trip to Las Vegas, we planned to visit all the nearby tourist destinations. This included ‘the must’ visit to Hoover Dam. Hoover Dam wasn’t something I was really excited about, but wanted to visit for the sake of striking it off from my checklist. The road to the dam from Vegas had few viewpoints on the way. But we had to skip these to reach the dam before sunset. After our quick stop over at the dam, we headed back to Vegas. As we did not spend much time at Hoover Dam, we took the road to Lake Mead viewpoint on our return journey.

To my surprise, this view turned out to be one of the most breathtakingly beautiful views I’ve seen lately! I was totally awestruck and couldn’t stop admiring the beautiful scenery that included shades of blue with patches of brown and white. Blue is something that catches my eye the most and kind of gives me high! ๐Ÿ™‚ Simply amazing!ย  The chilly wind of December could not intervene my admiration for this wonder!

The road taken has definitely led me to one of my most memorable views! Hope the photographs do justice to some extent! ๐Ÿ™‚

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Lake Mead Viewpoint, Nevada
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Lake Mead Viewpoint, Nevada
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Lake Mead Viewpoint, Nevada

 

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25 responses to “The Road Taken to Awesomeness”

  1. Pretty awesome indeed! We did the dam and I found it pretty fascinating if not beautiful but missed the lake. DUH. So at least I’ve seen photos of it now!

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    1. Yes, though I wasn’t much keen on the dam, I really found it fascinating, specially the engineering! The lake view is beautiful! Hope you get to visit next time ๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you for your wonderful comment ๐Ÿ™‚

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  2. That is some serious views and fabulous to hear you had a good time. Where’s the bucket list taking you next ๐Ÿ˜Š

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    1. Thank you Gary!! ๐Ÿ™‚ Hehe, I don’t know where, I usually don’t plan much ahead. I just go to places with time and opportunity. But yes, my bucket list is a long one! ๐Ÿ˜€

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      1. It might come as a shock to learn my forward planning is about as big as yours then ๐Ÿ™ƒ Bucket lists are good too. What’s the next one up? ๐Ÿ˜Š

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      2. Haven’t thought of any. Will only start planning when long weekends are close by I guess ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

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      3. I had a theme idea….A to Z of Stephen King books or characters and places in The Dark Tower. Books I can get apart from the letter X ๐Ÿค” What do you think??

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      4. Wow!! That sounds fantastic!! You should definitely stick to this ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ I’m damn sure you can do great justice to this theme ๐Ÿ™‚ Also kind of a tribute to your all time favorite ๐Ÿ˜€

        Well for X, I think you’ll be able to relate to either a plot or a character from one of his books, or create one on similar lines may be? But, a very good choice!!! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

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      5. Lol…it’s the time thing that’s the problem…mind you I guess the posts don’t need to be massive, it’s just the amount one after the other that’s hard to contemplate. Especially after the NaNo experience. I was drained after that!!

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      6. But yes, my biggest one is to visit Europe! ๐Ÿ˜„

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      7. Some lovely places in Europe…in fact that could be said of most places around the world. Need a bigger bucket ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

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    1. Thank you so much! ๐Ÿ™‚

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      1. You are welcome ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. This Lake Mead Viewpoint looks so beautiful ! And you have captured it so well! I am putting it down on my bucket list now… ๐Ÿ™‚

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    1. Thank you so much! Yes, do visit, I’m sure you’ll love it! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  5. this is one of my favorite spots in the world! so glad you enjoyed the view! ๐Ÿ™‚

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    1. Thank you! Yes I did and it instantly became one of my favorite spots as well! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  6. Wow! These are just breathtaking! I can only imagine how vivid they must have looked to the naked eye. Great. And btw, how much did you win in Vegas? Don’t tell me you didn’t try. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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    1. Thank you!!! So glad you liked it! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Ya, I just couldn’t get over that blue!! Hehehe yes, I did try ๐Ÿ˜ฌWasn’t really lucky though, so lost everything ๐Ÿ™ˆ

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      1. You’re welcome.
        Tough luck with the trials. Better luck next time. ๐Ÿ˜

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  7. I’ve been to Hoover Dam and Las Vegas a few times, now I know where I’m going next time, awesome view and shots!

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