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Truckee Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Truckee, United States
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Shaun Palmer. Pro Snowboarder.
... I'm fairly confident it will be hard to beat for a good while longer. We climbed all day long, from Auburn at 1500' to Truckee at 6000', over a 7000' pass. It was difficult - extremely difficult - to do almost 9000 feet of total climbing in one day while ...
In search of.....
... out prior to arriving, in other words I scribbled down the address of two options and didn't both phoning ahead); the Lovely Truckee was in fact a historical Gold Mining Town (village) and there were no hostels! I only discovered this after walking to ...
Home Sweet Home
Well I'm back home for a couple weeks to do laundry, repack and see some of the smiling faces I missed so much when I was on the road. Thanks you guys for all of your support and comments. More fun and photos to come I'm sure. Stay ...
McDonalds is the enemy.
You might think I'd choose a more poetic title for Day 10, our last day on the road, but when I remember the suffering I endured from the middle-of-nowhere Mickey D's in NV its hard to think of anything else worthy of mentioning. Our ...
Cascade Lake
Rain killed our Aloha Lake aspirations. Hiked up Bay View Trail to see Emerald Bay and Lake Mosquito Heavy. Then out to Cascade Falls and some pesky Stellar's Jays and Chipmunks. Back to Truckee. Thai Food. ...
taking off
we have just woke up and took off into nevada at 8 in the morning. we stopped in fernly for mcdonalds and from there i drove all the way to winnemucca until we had to stop because our tires were not balanced.after that we drove all the way to salt lake ...
Day 1 - Mexicali to Truckee
... so late and we're soooooooo tired. Over 14 hours on the bike today (we left Mexicali just before 4 a.m. and arrived in Truckee just after 6 p.m.) and we can barely see straight. We're showered, ate dinner and are off to bed but wanted to post ...
Lake Tahoe
Two weeks before landing in California a message came through on Facebook... "My apologies, but by chance did you attend Indiana University? I had a circle of friends who started out in Reed Hall which included a Justin Rudwell who hailed from ...
Donners Pass
This is my roadtrip partner and I at Donner's Pass. It was very scary for someone who comes from plain central to conquer mountains. We walked the trails available, and I even snuck out a lovely pink rock which I gave to my mom as a souviner. She ...
Day 7 ... Do much Land ;-)
Hi Guys! America is so huge and so completely different. Listen alone to this ... the second time when we slept in the car was in Wyoming and we couldn't sleep because it was too cold. Our third night in the car was short after the borderline from ...
Digging Out
We slept in late this morning and relaxed. We knew it would be very cold outside so we decided not to ski today. When I woke up, the thermometer read 9 degrees so I think we made a good decision. My primary concern was to dig out the car ...
Squaw Valley USA
Spring conditions - Sierra Cement - is what it is affectionately called. Spring skiing in Tahoe is something that I grew to love in my youth. The snow, not quite firm, has the right consistency to keep it fast. The temperature is always pleasant. Toying ...
Just another day in paradise!
We had such a wondeful visit to tahoe. We stayed at The River Street Inn, a definite recommendation. Had awonderful day on the Tahoe Queen and ended our trip with amazing massages at Zenergy Wellness Spa and wished we could stay ...
Futbol & Family
Wild Cherries morning. Svelunds for the US vs. Ghana game. nap time dinner then Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at ...
I made it!
Ken's Fundraiser: http://action.acscan.org/site/TR/Events/GeneralACSCAN?pxfid=8181&pg=fund&fr_id=1050 A mere 74 miles however it took me right at 9 hours to complete them. As I write this there are still people that haven't finished! ...
Skiing at Northstar
We work up early and got ready to ski. Our condo is just above the gondola and lift so it was easy to ski down and take the lift. One of Austin's friends met us at the lift and joined us for the morning. It was lightly snowing but ...
Arrival
We packed up the car and headed out of Burlingame just before noon. Traffic was light until we got to the mountains. Somewhere after Blue Canyon, cars came to a stop and traffic crawled along until well after Donner Pass. We arrived at ...
Border restrictions from Nevada into Calif
I will be moving back to California and will leave Nevada and cross into California and stay in Truckee for the night before proceeding to San Mateo County California and wonder what border restrictions I will run into at the Nevada/California border in ...
Dec 13, 2012
Getting to Lake Tahoe
... to pop. I pulled over immediately and let her cool off. After that I barely limped to Tahoe. I got to Truckee where my family was staying and then turned up the last 2 mile stretch to the cabin we were staying in. ANd of ...
Boreal Ski - Lesson 1 @ Lake Tahoe
Location: Lake Tahoe Weather Conditions: Saturday - Raining/Snowing Sunday - Sunny and Partly Cloudy' I80 Highway Condition: No incident, no chains required What do you do when you see these conditions? You call your friends... and head to the ...
Pi Day
... cautious in the steeper sections. The day ended with the snow starting to come in quite heavy. We took our time down highway 40 to Truckee, where I was shown the two climbing shops and I ogled the gear inside. I have a want to get a few things but at ...
Winter Wonderland
Over night, Northstar received a couple feet of snow, and everything is now covered in white. We headed up the mountain and quickly discovered what it's like to ski in heavy powder. Slow! and lots of work to make turns, but it was fun to make new ...
Wanted: Petite Yellow Breasted Warbler...
... is quite bird friendly. Ten days in Tahoe might seem like a lot, but there are so many different sides to the area. Truckee River, Tahoe City, the Westside shoreline, South Lake Tahoe. I could easily see myself hanging out here for a month or ...
Boise and Truckee
... nbsp; The people of Boise are really behind his cause. On Wednesday, I toured St. Luke's Hospital and then drove to Truckee. St. Luke's is a great hospital. In many ways it is superior to Shands. The Emergency Room is large and ...
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