My son and I visit Hoover Dam and the impressive Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. Hoover Dam is one of the most amazing sites on planet earth and it should be on everyone's list of places to visit.
Thanks for the great memory! My mom and dad took me there in 50s and I never forgot that place. My dad held on tight and let me look over the edge. Now I need to put the bridge on my bucket list!
Since I live in Phoenix and have been through there many times the construction that went into that never ceases to amaze me. It's a modern marvel still to this day. Thanks for sharing.
Hoover Dam was the first man-made structure to exceed the masonry mass of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The dam contains enough concrete to pave a strip 16 feet wide and 8 inches thick from San Francisco to New York City. More than 5 million barrels of Portland cement and 4.5 million cubic yards of aggregate went into the dam....Bureau of Reclamation.
Visited there back in the 90s, thanks for the trip down memory lane! Incredible structure built in a very short time, wonder how long it would take the politicians to build something like that today. Another great video thank you
Hoover Dam was built two years ahead of schedule and under budget. You would never see that today. It would probably cost three times the budget and five years longer than scheduled.
Thank you Mr. Jones. Hopefully you will be able to come to the USA someday and visit some of our national treasures. We love your comment and we also thank you for watching our videos.
Tillmans jersey is the only one I own, read his autobiography and his mothers book multiple times. Pat was a different character. His take on the current situations, would be enlightening for sure.
We are pleased that we could show you a small part of this great country. Thank you for the nice compliment and my son and I also thank you for watching our videos.
I walked over that bridge a few years ago in the summer heat, no view like that anywhere in the world, brilliant place to visit nevada much more than just las vegas, would go again in a heartbeat
Cool video. My wife and I walked on the bridge back in October 2019. We drove over the damn and turned around in Arizona. We didn't go on a tour, too crowded.
My dad took me when I was eight or nine. It was amazing! Back then you could take the elevator to the bottom and it took like twenty minutes to go all the way into the belly of the beast. I don’t think they let you go inside anymore since 9/11 though. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Rachel....tours were resumed after 9/11 but Covid 19 has now put a stop to the tours. Maybe when they resume my son and I will take the tour and do another video inside the dam.
Absolutely incredable what man can achieve. It is mind boggling to thing how many man hours went into just the construction of the entire project. Thanks for sharing that mighty marvel.
Hoover Dam is really one of those places you really have to visit to fully appreciate. Last time I was down on the actual dam Lake Meade was near it's high water marks on the canyon walls. I haven't been down to walk across the bridge yet. I'll have to do that some day.
@@mixup98 always brother. And thank you for providing all the great content you do. People just DON'T realize how much unseen work goes into making YT videos.
Yeah I wasn't lucky enough to work on the new bridge, but I wanted to when it was under construction, just wanted to put my name on it for bragging rights, but have since driven over it many times, sure made life a lot easier than going over the hoover dam with all the traffic. P.S. its 900 ft to the river from the bridge, ALOOOOONG WAY DOWN, LOL.
Cool video I've never been that far west before, I know the video isn't the same as being there , but the shots you got are awesome. Cool seeing the overflows , and hearing some history. Hope you guys had a good holiday and hope you have a good new year , thanks again
Well, I have just watched another enjoyable Mixup98 video. I have never been out that way in America, but have read quite a bit about the Hoover Dam. Considering it was 1935, those engineers must have been quite something to have designed a dam like that for the mighty Colorado river. I have been to Colorado, as that is where my husband grew up. Anyway, you did a marvelous job of showing the awesomeness of this dam. I enjoyed every moment of the video. Thank you. (^_^) Happy New Year to you and your family. Kind regards. Liz.
Got a chance to fly over the Hoover Dam in a helicopter and they had just started construction on the bridge. Very cool from the air. This year we drove over the bridge.
Took the tour with my dad in 1977. Quite impressive! Still looks solid nearly 90 years after construction commenced. No base jumpers? We have them here - off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls. Only legal base-jump bridge in the US. Be well, stay safe.
I also have memories of my dad taking me to Hoover Dam when I was a little kid and honestly, it scared the hell out of me and I refused to go back for many years. Fortunately I got over my phobia and now I love visiting the dam. I hope you had a great Christmas and let's hope next year is better for all of us.
i saw hoover dam when i was 17 my parents and went to see las vegas and we saw hoover dam the guy was really paranoid i asked about the pillbox machine gun nests on it i knew they were there and he didnt wanna tell others lol i love history and hoover dam is american engineering at its finest
When I was about 8 years old my dad took me to the dam and when he explained to me the history of that machine gun pillbox I begged him to let me climb up to it so I could shoot the machine that I just knew was still in there. Oh, the memories.
I didn't know they built the Hoover dam with giants. That guy must have been 12 ft tall! I had a seat like that one on a swing set. OSHA would have shut it down if they were around back then! lol Thanks for posting..................
Always a pleasure big man , Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours , I looked down that very big overflow hole while is was there , it's huge , however I didn't get a tee shirt , keep em' coming , hopefully next year will be a better year .
Mixup, it's been awhile since I've visited the channel. (You know what RU-vid does to gun channels) I'm glad to see your subscribership has grown and you were able to get someone to help film like you had hoped. I enjoy your channel and the touch you bring.
Hello Mark, it's good to hear from you. Yeah, youtube isn't too friendly to gun channels and I'm always hearing from some viewers how they haven't been notified when I post a new video. My son is able to get out with me more often and he helps with the camera work, which sure is nice. Thanks for the great comment and I hope you had a great Christmas. Take care my friend and have a safe and enjoyable Happy New Year!
Interesting thing about concrete construction is that it's virtually ageless. That damn is nearing 90 years old but it looks like it was just built. It's like a photograph locked in time.
Man is that water low! Tell them celebrities in California and Nevada to shut off their fountain ⛲ . Lol. I was there in 82 and 89. Heck of a difference now. Got the willys watching you guys on that bridge 🌉.
My wife and I make it there every time we visit. Last time we took the boat tour to the back of the dam. You should do a video on North Shore Drive to Valley of Fire SP. Red Rock is cool too.
We just might have to take that boat tour once this covid goes away and they start doing tours again. If you have been on North Shore Drive then you have probably stopped at Roger Springs. Here is a video my son and I did at Roger Springs a few years ago: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OB1o8fPULw4.html
Very cool video guy's, too bad you couldn't use the drone for some unique shots. I remember standing at the spillway back in 83 watching the fish struggling against the current only to be sucked over the side into the spillway. That's one way of stocking the river with fish I guess. Great video ! Take care guy's stay safe.
Hi Hank....that drone would have been awesome at the dam. Illegal but awesome. If I recall correctly you and I went to the dam in '83 and watched those carp going over the side of the spillway. I sure wish I had some photos or film from those days at the dam. Hope you guys had a great Christmas and let's hope 2021 is better than this crappy year.
👍Sweet! I've heard theres enough concrete in the dam for a highway stretching from CA to NY. I'm surprised the wall over looking the Dam doesn't have a steel jump proof fence of sorts. Lotta crazies out there. Just sayin' Enjoyed the scenery. Thx ✌️👍☕️
Heck Tom, you're not afraid of heights are you? I actually have two of those jackets. If memory serves me correctly I gave Mark Keller 20 bucks for his jacket and I gave it to my wife.
It's true. The high-water mark for American greatness peaked somewhere in the late 60's. The Moon landing was probably the last real achievement of lasting greatness by America.
Cool place. Did you take the tour? Those dynamos on the lower level are amazing. Seems like when I was there (long time ago) you could actually drive across the dam. Can’t remember now.
I took the tour about twenty years ago and it was quite fascinating. Unfortunately they stopped doing tours due to covid but maybe someday when they resume the tours I'll take my GoPro and make another dam video :>)
Wow been a long time since i seen Hoover dam. WOW looks so lonely ~ That dam was always packed, with people walking, looking, riding there bic, cars ect ect >> Now they need a Tourist Attraction Cable Trolley rides going to and from > Like ski resorts
My son and I got to the dam early in the morning and there was hardly any foot traffic but by the time we left a few hours later there were a lot of people on the dam. A trolley ride across the river would be fantastic. Who knows....maybe someday.
Was there a few days ago, had to turn around because of pew pew in the car, apparently that's not allowed, not even locked up in a lockbox chained to the inside of trunk.
I have been living in Las Vegas for 35 years I am 75 now. I have been there 3 or 4 times. I know people who never been to Hoover Dam and lived here all of there uneventful lives. What a waste of a life. Casino Casino Casino's !!!
Mike O'Callaghan does not deserve to have his name on the bridge. He was a popular governor, intelligence office, but doesn’t deserve the same recognition of Pat Tillman who gave up a carrier in football to serve and die for his country. At least it’s an insult that Mike O’Callaghan’s name comes first.
Whoo-ee, I'll bet Dyson, Kirby, Eureka, Electrolux and all the other vacuums are insanely jealous of Hoover. PS -- Karen says you need to report that bronze guy parked on the rock slab for NOT wearing his mask. ;^)
Yes and no. Vehicles can still cross the dam to visit the Arizona viewpoints and parking lots, but all vehicles are required to turn around and re-enter Nevada. You must use the Tillman bridge to travel into the state of Arizona.
