Sunnyside Resort Tahoe City

... airport we couldn't help ourselves as the gleaming slot machines called our name. No winnings yet. Michael and his roomate/our friend, Will, met us and have been giving us a fantastic tour of this unbelievable place.

The Lake Tahoe area is truly amazing as the range of activities and sheer beauty of the wilderness surroundings is staggering. We drove around the Lake the day before yesterday, traveling through scattered small communities that seemed to be ...

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 ...

... t fully aware of the starkness of the NV landscape I did have some notion we'd be driving through more or less NOTHING for pretty much the entire day. I wasn't about to send myself through that driving limbo on an empty stomach....
Apparently, Salt Lake City had other plans. After 30 minutes of driving around we found a drive-thru starbucks. By this point I was convinced that divine intervention had prevailed and delivered me my turkey bacon sandwich. I was ...

... at Crater Lake). At Tahoe, civilization encroaches along the shores of the lake. South Tahoe, where we stayed, is crowded with the usual shops and businesses, with hardly a glance of the lake. Going counter-clockwise along the lake, you next reach the Nevada side of the lake, dominated by casinos. (And no, we didn't partake – we are hanging on to our precious retirement funds!!). However, when we took a drive one day around the ...

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 ...

... my watch and realised we had to start heading back to the car. After a brisk walk we were back at the car and on our way to the hotel.

Lake Tahoe looked like a very fun place to stay and it was a shame we didn't have more time to explore. There are lots of State Parks and if you pay for one it is valid in all for that day. It must be beautiful in winter with the snow on the mountains. I can only imagine, hopefully one day we will be back again for the ski season!

... Mal ohne weitere Zwischenfälle getankt. Das ist nicht zum Lachen - mit unserer Kreditkarte und unserer Postleitzahl ist das hier drüben gar nicht so einfach.

Als wir dann auch Sewy's Existenzängste noch gestillt hatten mit Nutella, Bier und Knäckebrot sind wir um 8:00 pm endlich im Yosemite angekommen. Wer nun glaubt das wars und ab ins Bett, der irrt gewaltig. der größte Schocker kommt noch!

Vor einigen Tagen hat Sewy das ...

After Burning Man, we all needed some time to ourselves and some decompression. I joined two wonderful ladies I met at BM, Gwen and Liz, and we hit a hot spring just north of the lake. The Playa of Black Rock City sucks all the moisture out of everything, including you. You get what they call playa hair and skin, where every part of you ...

... previous I was chomping at the bit to get up the mountain. Misha some what a little apprehensive but she was effectively learning skiing for the first time! Checked in our Condo...hee hee... yep CONDO, and then headed out to pick up boots and ski's (well I just had to buy a new pair..... now I have two pairs haha... sorry Uni joke) and some food from the local supermarket. I was in my element going after all of the old ...

... just loved it, so I was thrilled that the boys could get to experience it. After checking in, we hit the road for a leisurely drive around the lake. OK not all around the lake because it is huge, but to a particularly scenic part that Jim and I had visited and fell in love with. It's a pretty scary road at times-very narrow and very steep, but the views are worth the drive. we went high above the lake and looked into a cove that has a huge waterfall and a wild Viking hall an ...