A Morning Walk on the Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail

A Morning Walk on the Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail

One of our favorite places to walk locally is the Historic Railroad Tunnel Trail in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. It’s a fairly easy 4-mile out and back, hard-packed gravel path on the abandoned railroad line that was built to transport materials and supplies for the construction of the Hoover Dam back in the early 1930s.

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Breakfast with Old Faithful... and I don't mean David!

 Breakfast with Old Faithful... and I don't mean David!

First, some hissing and smoke and rumbling. Then a spurt, then higher and higher and higher the water shot into the air. Its maximum height ranges from 90-184 feet (27-55 m). The eruption lasted 2-3 minutes and then the show was over. An encore was due in about 90 minutes.

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