I missed Hoover Dam.
Now, how do you miss Hoover Dam? It’s not exactly a small place, but I missed it. Now, let me give you the back story. Recently, I drove from Phoenix to Seattle to take a car there. I’ll be honest, I was on a mission to do it as rapidly as possible. However, in doing so, I missed Hoover Dam because I was too focused on trying to get to Seattle as fast as I could that I didn’t take just a little bit of time, even 10 minutes to stop and see Hoover Dam.
I remember seeing the signs for it a couple of miles in advance and telling myself that I didn’t have time. The drive from Phoenix to Seattle is about 24 hours total, so what’s an extra 15 minutes? Well to me, in that moment, it was everything. I could not even afford to