What a fun day! We visited Shasta Dam, this morning; a beautiful sight! We watched a movie about how the dam was constructed and we talked about Great Grandpa Landon who helped construct Grand Coulee Dam! Grand Coulee Dam is nearly twice the size in mass as Shasta Dam. Grand Coulee, at 11.5 million cu ft of concrete, is the largest dam in the nation and Shasta, at 6 million cu ft, is the second largest.
Papa and Grammie Landon live just up river from Grand Coulee Dam during the summer months. Sounds like a "must-do" summer excursion - a boat ride to the Dam! Put it on your activity list, Grammie! After the movie, we walked along the ridge of the dam and entered an elevator that took us down 500 feet to the 12th floor of 15.
Shasta Dam, Mt. Shasta in background
We got to walk through the massive tunnels and hear our voices return to us in an echo. We walked out onto the grounds surrounding the base of the dam and into the power plant to see the generators. It was very cool. The kids really enjoyed it and the weather was gorgeous so we had a terrific view of Mt. Shasta. What an experience.
We got to walk through the massive tunnels and hear our voices return to us in an echo. We walked out onto the grounds surrounding the base of the dam and into the power plant to see the generators. It was very cool. The kids really enjoyed it and the weather was gorgeous so we had a terrific view of Mt. Shasta. What an experience.
After lunch we loaded the bikes and drove to Turtle Bay Exploration Park where the Sundial Bridge crosses the Sacramento River. There is a great bike trail that crosses the glass-bottom bridge and follows the river. We all wore ourselves out walking and biking. Nicholas expertly biked down a pretty steep hill with Paul running after him on 'stand by' to clean up after his impending crash. :) But, he peddled right out of it! I had visions of him repeating my downhill bike accident - over the handlebars and cracking a collarbone. Great job, Nicholas!!
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