Across the bridge

It's been another lovely day here in sunny, scenic, Las Vegas --- mostly because we spent a good chunk of it not in Las Vegas. Today, we drove to the newly-opened Hoover Dam bypass bridge, which connects Nevada to Arizona. It's the longest concrete arch in the country, and the second-highest.

We strolled along the pedestrian walkway, 880 feet above the river, with spectacular views of the Hoover Dam:

But we obviously couldn't get a real view of the bridge itself, being on top of it. For that, I turned to the interwebs:

Pretty cool, eh?

Finally, on the way back into town, we stopped at the Lake Mead overlook and met a well-camouflaged little furry friend: