Lake Mead & Echo Bay
The Road to Echo Bay…
Not far from where we live is the Lake Mead National Reserve, a place of incredible beauty where the Colorado River meets the Hoover Dam, and then turns into Lake Mead. Lake Mead itself has 550 miles of shoreline, and the landscape is a mix of rugged mountains, smooth desert and calm waters. I’ve not been too well over the last few days, I’m still getting rid of a cold, but it always helps me to get out of the house and get some fresh air, and a drive through the Reserve is always uplifting. The weather was perfect on Sunday, it was a warm 82F with a warm breeze.
Desert Cactus in bloom, Lake Mead National Reserve
Located within the Reserve is Echo Bay, a little bay and marina at the bottom of a mountain pass, approximately 40 miles away from the Henderson side of the Lake Mead National Reserve gateway. We often drive out this way as the drive is peaceful with scenery straight out of a wild west movie, and the little nautical themed restaurant at Echo Bay has great food and a friendly atmosphere (the old blog had a few photos of the inside of the restaurant).
Echo Bay from the top of the mountain
You may remember from the old blog and gallery that we liked to visit the Las Vegas Marina at Lake Mead to feed the Koi Carp, but since the water level of Lake Mead has diminished over the past two years, the Koi have spread out further along the lake. We were pleased to see that Echo Bay has it’s own Koi population and Skye got to feed them popcorn and bread.
Skye walking along the jetty at the Echo Bay Marina holding my finger.
Having used up all the popcorn, I tried to show Skye how to throw pieces of bread into the water for the Carp…
… but she decided that whilst the popcorn was for the fish, the bread was definitely for her… ;-)
We stopped by the restaurant and had a late lunch, then drove around the lake for a while before hitting the store for groceries. In the store, Skye spotted a bright yellow Easter chick toy and was so taken with it we had to buy it for her :-) The video below shows some of the day’s events.