Blue Lake Inn Lake Tahoe

... we grabbed our snowboards and headed to the local ski hill, Heavenly. Its pretty early in the season for Heavenly so just a few runs were open, but it was still a blast especially for how few people were skiing. Enjoying a cold beer from one of the mountain restaurants and reclining in some lounge chairs at the end of a run, we took a break while watching skiers and snowboarders fly down the mountain. Afterwards, we hit the grocery store to prepare for todays ...

Set the alarm for about 7am which was quickly snoozed until 8am.

After a quick book out we were on our way to purchase snow chains to get to Lake Tahoe. They had chains for $90 + tax or cables for $40. Needless to say the cables were purchased as they would be a 1 off use then a throw away item.

We set up the mountain and found a fair bit of ice on the road. Most cars didn't really care too much about that and just drove straight through. I decided I ...

... enough our hotel was adjacent to a Starbucks, and not a tiny little psuedo-starbucks stand, but a full scale one with tons of cushy seats and a huge drink bar. You'd think, or at least I did, that a normal-sized starbucks would have breakfast sandwich-making capabilities. We're both wrong on that count.
One mocha latte and no sandwich later, I climbed into the car determined to find a some sort of deli, bagel place or breakfast making-starbucks. While I ...

... lake, we discovered many areas where you could pull over for lake and mountain views. It’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’m not sure I could handle the thousands of tourists that descend in summer and winter, though.

To get a close up view of the lake and some of its coves, we treated ourselves to a boat tour ...

hi all, well, woke up to a rainy cold day and it didn't get any better. cold wet and windy with a temp not above 11 degrees. sound familiar lorraine and jim? the predicted snow up in the tioga pass was a reality so off we went via sacramento. ok.....quiz for you all .we went through some towns that have a musical theme. who were the artists that folsom, jackson, eldorado and lido are linked with? no cheating ...

That got your attention, didn't it?

Tits, knockers, bazoombas, gazongas, funbags... breastseses.

I don't know about the rest of the year, but during Street Vibrations, in the evening, the only reason for Virginia City's main street to exist is boobs.

Specifically, for women passengers to flash theirs in exchange for shouting. Excuse me, in ...

To get a feel for the area we drove around the lake on the first day counter-clockwise. Our first stop was Logan Shoals Vista. It was our first decent look at the lake and we were surprised with the clarity and the colour was spectacular. We drove on around the lake and noticed most places cost $8 to see. As we didn't want to stay anywhere long we just drove on making a note of places of interest for the following day. We drove around Dollar Point and there are some ...

Nach der anstrengenden Anreise gestern, haben wir uns etwas Urlaub gegönnt und sind bis 10.00 im Bett gewesen. Mit der ganzen weiter Planerei haben wir dann erst um 12.00 ausgecheckt. Wenn wir vorher gewusst hätten, dass wir das noch bereuen werden....

Wir haben uns wieder ins Auto gesetzt - zum Glück für Sewy ein Ford Mustang, die Reise wäre sonst nicht erträglich gewesen - und die Gegend erkundet. Wir sind zu einer höher gelegenen ...

... to take me a while, I beat at this point we have boarded for like over 4 hours nonstop and I have a bad knee, I start down and just backedge down and then it opens up a bit and it was a good run but didn't know it opened back up to that stupid flats point from the first run, I just unhook and walk back to lodge, luckily Sean is there and we head back to the house, hot tub was in my future!We have another great meal, Maya made lasagna and a few of Jill's ...

... the size of byplanes isn't easy! Second remembering that a one pot meal is probably going to be the easiest to complete in a reasonable time. Lynsey's Delia Smith impersonation was good but probably not practical!! After eating our meal in the car, we remembered that Lake Tahoe is bear country and we annoyingly remembered that we had to store all our food in the lockers, well away from the tent. Another fumble in the dark later ...