tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12098207.post116520142443561996..comments2024-02-27T06:06:12.136-06:00Comments on Mistress of the Dorkness: AU 2006: My Photo DiaryMistress of the Dorknesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03812184646282811013noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12098207.post-1165451426568538852006-12-06T18:30:00.000-06:002006-12-06T18:30:00.000-06:00;) I figured what you meant. I don't know if there...;) I figured what you meant. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if there is a different tour than the one we took... ours was only around an hour. You sit in a theater for a few minutes and watch a film about the building of the dam (really cool), and then you stand in a line for a few minutes waiting for an elevator... then you go down to two different areas with some equipment in them... one in the middle of the dam, one on on the side... then you go back up... <BR/><BR/>I'd really say only about an hour. After that we did walk halfway across the dam on top, took pictures at the midway point of the states, and back... but, even with the gift shop stop, we were probably only there a total of two hours. <BR/>Oh, and there's security checkpoint to get into the place to buy your dam tour tickets, so watch what you carry in.<BR/><BR/>You know, the only thing I can think is that the guide also included travel time to and from Vegas.Mistress of the Dorknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812184646282811013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12098207.post-1165450873110162662006-12-06T18:21:00.000-06:002006-12-06T18:21:00.000-06:00Edit: I meant "tour".Edit: I meant "tour".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12098207.post-1165450829741930292006-12-06T18:20:00.000-06:002006-12-06T18:20:00.000-06:00Since you went, I've gotta ask: We saw a guide th...Since you went, I've gotta ask: We saw a guide that suggested the Hoover Dam your was five hours long. Is it really and is there enough cool stuff for us geek-types to gawk at?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12098207.post-1165288199018536932006-12-04T21:09:00.000-06:002006-12-04T21:09:00.000-06:00It was really packed around the augi stand, that's...It was really packed around the augi stand, that's where I met most people last year, but, it was getting crowded and I meandered off with Craig Black to find Matt Dillon, then ran into my adesk discussion friends and never made my way back. You know how it is, good food, good friends, good liquor, time flies. ;)<BR/><BR/>Very awesome structure, the bridge they're building across the gap is quite breathtaking! <BR/><BR/>Hehe, I got to speak with Ed again briefly this year, he's too cool, glad to hear he made it out to the Dam as well, it's an experience not to be missed.Mistress of the Dorknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812184646282811013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12098207.post-1165287805676481922006-12-04T21:03:00.000-06:002006-12-04T21:03:00.000-06:00I expected to find you around the AUGI stand but W...I expected to find you around the AUGI stand but <BR/>Went out to Hoover Dam on the Friday pm, as you say awesome structure, and their was no escaping AU. In the queue for the lift ran into Architect/CAD Writer Ed Goldberg!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12098207.post-1165281104617036692006-12-04T19:11:00.000-06:002006-12-04T19:11:00.000-06:00Vegas is a neat city, isn't it? So many different ...Vegas is a neat city, isn't it? So many different forms of architecture and design that most of us don't get to see day to day.<BR/><BR/>The Hoover Dam was awesome!!! Just big, and the equipment and spillways, an engineering mind-wobbler for sure.<BR/><BR/>YES! it is, isn't it? I came away pretty darned excited as well. It's a good time to work in the field of design. It was great to meet you face to face as well. Really nice to have met all of the people that I did, I'm really thrilled about that. :-)Mistress of the Dorknesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812184646282811013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12098207.post-1165276313284738302006-12-04T17:51:00.000-06:002006-12-04T17:51:00.000-06:00Definately a great time. Super to have finally me...Definately a great time. Super to have finally met you and to experience all the sights n sounds of Las Vegas. I'll have to look through those Hoover Dam pictures, it's one place we didn't get a chance to see.<BR/><BR/>Looks like FM is coming into it's own at AU. I came away really excited about the future of several Autodesk products.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com