First stop for Day 2 - Shasta Dam for the DAM tour! I have to say, it was a pretty cool tour and it was free. We had to go through security, wear a tour badge, and we were loaded into a big elevator. We went down one side of the dam around 400 feet. If you look at the pictures below, the small triangle piece of grass is where we went down to and the small concrete sticking out the left side of teh dam is the elevator shaft (not small at all). We were then in a long tunnel that made a huge echo and that too was cool. On the grass area you could look up at the dam, the tunnels (not technical term) were to let more water out if needed. This side is not the main release of water, overflow only. The main tunnels (again, not technical term) are on the other side. The main water release sends water past these HUGE wheels under water and when the spin they and the generate power that is then sold to the goverment and finally sold to companies such as PG&E. Realy cool to see the huge generators spinning from the water pressure. The Shasta Dam is the second larged dam in terms of concrete materials in the US.
Dave enjoyed the DAM tour!
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