Best Western Topaz Lake Inn Gardnerville

... lake, we discovered many areas where you could pull over for lake and mountain views. It&#8217;s a beautiful lake and I can understand the appeal of living here -- if you can afford the real estate and like to ski in the winter. I&#8217;m not sure I could handle the thousands of tourists that descend in summer and winter, though.<br><br>To get a close up view of the lake and some of its coves, we treated ourselves to a boat tour ...

... there is also snow in tahoe high up but very pretty and obviously cold. they say that the weather will settle tomorrow so maybe we can get out and about and see some sights. we did get a couple of pics but the camera is in the car. tomorrow we head for san fransisco but will go round the lake for some views. so bye for now and we'll speak to you from san fran. we need to do some "shopping" for mike! x<br>

... homes. On the way back down we stopped off at Inspiration Point overlooking Emerald Bay. It looked like a nice area with a few trails. When we got back to the hotel I did a bit of research on hikes and we decided to head to DL Bliss Park and do the Rubicon Trail which follows along the lake to Emerald Bay / Vikingsholm.<br><br>We packed our lunch and swimming gear and off we set the following day. It was a really great hike and most of the way you had views of ...

... gefahren, um den See und die Gegend von oben zu betrachten. Einfach atemberaubend: der See ist 510 Meter tief und hat so viel Wasser, dass man ganz Californien 35 cm unter Wasser setzen könnte! Außerdem friert er im Winter nicht zu, weil er so warm ist. Unten, am Rand des Sees gibts es Sandstrände und Grillstellen mit Picknickplätzen. Uns tat das Herz weh, weil wir nicht mehr genug Zeit hatten das alles auszukosten, am Abend mussten wir ...

... as dry as a bone, really. So a soak in a natural hot spring was the best thing in the whole world, really. The next day, I took a gorgious drive around the lake and had breakfast with the girls. After meeting up with Z in Reno again, I headed back to San Francisco to gather myself and visit with Ericka and Anaya (her daughter) a bit more.

Hallo zusammen! Jetzt sind wir hier schon zwei Naechte am Lake Tahoe und beschweren koennen wir uns nicht wirklich. Unsere angekuendigten Mitbewohner sind bisher nicht eingetroffen, so dass wir zur Zeit ein 6-Bettzimmer mit Kueche, Gaestezimmer (nochmal zwei Betten) und Bad alleine nutzen koennen. An unseren ersten Abend lernten wir hier zwei Ami-Paerchen kennen mit denen wir im Opal, ein Club ...

... was nicer than other Embassy Suites we have stayed in, but it was busy and popular with families, so kids were running everywhere. <br><br>During our stay we took the paddle boat ride to Emerald Bay on the Tahoe Queen. Mark Twain and a few of his contemporaries joined us on the cruise and were eager to talk about their lives. Pretty interesting. The view on the cruise ...

... turn back. We took 208 to Yerington and checked in as this huge harvest full moon was rising over the mountains. Really great views all around. We checked into Casino West motel..got the mini suite for 58.00 we had some dinner at Dini's lucky club. finished off a few beers while watching MNF and then called it a night. We will upload photos when we can...we are having technical difficulties loading the shots via the internet, so stay tuned

After all the time spent planning this it was asking too much to expect a good night's sleep when the morning to leave finally arrived. I was awake early and was able to shower, breakfast, do all the last minute stuff and actually pull out by 6:30. That had the advantage of taking me through the Mojave Desert before the heat of the day. I never cease to wonder as I travel at highway speeds through the Mojave, what it must have been like for indigenous peoples and ...

Basically our full-size HHR has less space than our imtermediate Corolla - hence packing car was a complete nightmare - we could get two bags plus loads of stuff next to them in the old car&gt;&gt;but not in the HHR. And we had loads of nooks and cranies in the Corolla. We managed to get everything in...JUST and headed up I-80 climbing all the way into Reno which is set in this barren high desert wildnerness surrounded by mountains. Somewhere along the way ...