{"id":9180,"date":"2021-08-11T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/?p=9180"},"modified":"2021-08-11T09:27:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T16:27:31","slug":"day-3-hoover-dam-tangled-tails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2021\/08\/11\/day-3-hoover-dam-tangled-tails\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: Hoover Dam &#038; Tangled Tails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After we&#8217;d chilled out (literally) following our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/2021\/08\/10\/day-3-meowing-wolves-pawn-stars\/\">Meow Wolf &amp; antique<\/a> explorations, we packed up the van &amp; headed out to Hoover Dam &amp; beyond. Henry write,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>After a while staying at the motel, we embarked to the Hoover Dam\u2014&#8221;The Zeus&#8221;\u2014which had a super low water level. <em>Dam<\/em>, that was a fun time! &#x1f61b;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR0-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9209\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR0-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR0-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR0-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR0.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick clip of our journey across the top:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hooverphenia\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u_stHJZgths?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry writes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Next, we went to the Nevada Southern RR for rail bikes, and on the way we stopped at A&amp;W, where we got a family meal pack that included a gallon of root beer in its own special flagon\/bladder!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/v6AW3hhomLVQ9Zt69\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We of course enjoyed touring the old trains, and all five of us hopped onto a rail bike for a sunset ride. <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/v6AW3hhomLVQ9Zt69\">Check out the pics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/v6AW3hhomLVQ9Zt69\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR3-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hen adds,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>When we were riding, Seamy&#8217;s poor tail got stuck in the axle, and we had to back up and unwind it. The rest of the ride [minus Dad &amp; Seamy, who walked back up to the station] was really beautiful, though a little ruined by the incident.<\/p><p>We got picked up by the Union Pacific GP-30-844 and some passenger cars + caboose. Seamy &amp; Dad rode down in the caboose, and we all rode back in the caboose. I got to sit in the cupola.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Happily, Seamy&#8217;s proud plume wasn&#8217;t badly injured, and it was back to flying at full mast within a few days. &#x2764;&#xfe0f;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/v6AW3hhomLVQ9Zt69\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9206\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/RR1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After we&#8217;d chilled out (literally) following our Meow Wolf &amp; antique explorations, we packed up the van &amp; headed out to Hoover Dam &amp; beyond. Henry write, After a while staying at the motel, we embarked to the Hoover Dam\u2014&#8221;The Zeus&#8221;\u2014which had a super low water level. Dam, that was a fun time! &#x1f61b; Here&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[38,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colorado-2021","category-photos","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9180"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9213,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9180\/revisions\/9213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jnack.com\/micronaxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}