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Published: January 28th 2007
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A big chair at the village of Squaw Valley. Seufer6: Destination: Lake Tahoe
Monday, January 22, 2007
We drove here from San Francisco to get here yesterday. It took us about 3 hours to get to our final destination for this leg of our trip. We are staying in a nice house that has plenty of room for all of us, so it will be nice to spread out a little bit more than we have been. Our house is on Winding Creek Rd. and we will call it home for the week.
Today we woke up, did school work and got all caught up in spelling (2 lessons), math 2 pages, and well almost science! My dad, Emma, and Lilly went to Squaw Valley and Tahoe City to check things out so we could concentrate. When they got back dad told us we were going to make candles tomorrow. The rest of the day we pretty much relaxed for some more work tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Today we did more school work and mom said that we couldn't make our candles until we were done with school work. So, we finished up pretty quick. When we arrived at the candle shop there were candles everywhere. Our
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Candle making. teacher's name was Robin and she showed us what to do. First picked out our candle shapes: me triangle, Tanner narrow shape thing, Emma heart, Lilly star and dad diamond. Then we picked out our shapes of all different colors to go into our candle. There were so many shapes and colors we can't remember all of them. Then Robin taught us how to cut our own shapes out if we wanted to and remember if you ever make candles always move your fingers away from the knife when you are cutting! OWWW. We then went out to walk around the rest of the town while the candles were hardening. We walked all around the village at Squaw Valley. We got icecream and then went to the lake to do some sight seeing. When we got to Lake Tahoe it was so pretty we stayed at the beach area for awhile and took some pictures. Then we went back to the Resort at Squaw Valley and went swimming. The pool was aswesome (it was gym for the day) we made a circus and had a lot of fun in the hot tub as well. Since it was so cold there
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Candle making. they heated the pool! It was awesome.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Today we left right away to Mike's Rental shop to rent 2 pair of skiis and a snowboard for us. I went snowboarding and my brother and dad went skiing. We went on tons of runs but we did the run Red Dog the most. It was fun! Then my dad took us on an icy black diamond. I fell like 3 times on that long hill it was so icy. Oh but then we went to dinner with my mom, Emma, and Lilly at a place called Balboa's Cafe and it was nice. Then we figured out that here in Tahoe they had night skiing so we tried it out. We first went up a big cable car that took us to the top of the mountain and then skiied down in the dark. Lucky thing that they had lights on or we would have got lost! Then we went back home to watch King Kong and have a nice long nights rest.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Today we traded my snowboard in for skiis since I was going all day with just my brother. We
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Candle making. went on about 5 or 6 really long runs and we invented a game by mistake called "golf". There was no one on the mountain so we played for quite awhile. This is how you play first you take off your glove then you hit the glove with your skiing pole. We invented it by my brother droping his glove and making me climb up the steep mountain to get it and by then I was so mad I hit it back to him with my ski pole and then he hit it back. It was pretty fun! Then we met up with the rest of our family to do some more swimming. We made up another circus again it was pretty sweet. Then we showered up and headed to Lake Tahoe again.
Lake Tahoe is what they call an alpine lake. It is North America's largest alpine lake. It is 22 miles long and 12 miles wide. It is the 3rd deepest lake in North America--1,557 feet. The lake never freezes and stays a constant 39 degrees all year. The water all around the lake is crystal clear. It is a natural wonder. They say that if you
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Candle making. drop a dinner plate 50 feet deep in the water you can still see it at the bottom! We drove all 80 miles around it. It took us a while! While we were driving around the lake we even went to Nevada. We stopped at 1 beach to watch the sunset and do more beach races but the sand was hard to run in because it had tons of rocks in it. Then we went home to watch some T.V. and go to bed. We had a fun day touring Lake Tahoe and skiing.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Today we headed straight to Reno. It's full of lights and casinos! We were driving through town and couldn't decide what to eat so we went to a buffet at a casino called Harrah's that had what everyone wanted to eat! It was delicious!! My dad said most people go to Reno to gamble, we went to eat. I thought that was funny! Then we explored a little more and were going to see a movie but we missed that and we were going to go to a bowling place but they ran out of business. So we went to a
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A pretty beach on Lake Tahoe! park on our way home where there was a bridge and another park to watch the sunset it was beautiful! Then on our way home we stopped at Safeway to pick up a birthday cake for Emma but they didn't have a bakery so then we figured out that there was a Baskin Robins across the way but they were closed down! So we went to Albertsons where they actually had a bakery. Emma picked her cake out . It has flowers and it says Happy 5th b-day. We will celebrate tomorrow, go iceskating and open gifts even though her birthday is on the 28th!!!
Saturday, January 27, 2007
(last full day of month 1 road trip)
Today we woke up and just hung at home. Me and Lilly made pancakes for breakfast. Then, me Tanner and mom went on a 2 mile walk around the neighborhood. It was kind of chilly outside, so we wore hats and gloves. It was a nice walk. When we got home from our walk dad grilled hamburgers for all of us. They were yummy! After lunch, we celebrated Emma's birthday. She was so excited . Tanner bought her a My Little Pony
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Crystal clear Lake Tahoe water. and she loved it. I bought her a cute fairy doll and chapstick. She loved those too. Mom and dad will get her a gift when we get back to Colorado. We lit her birthday candles, sang her happy birthday, she made a wish and blew out the candles. Then we all at yummy white cake and had icecream. Finally me, Tanner and mom finished a reading book we have been reading for a while. It was a tricky mystery. Mom started packing things up for our trip back home to Colorado tomorrow. We took Emma iceskating and swimming at the resort for her birthday. Mommy and Lilly stayed at home. It was super fun. We skated and swam for about 3 hours. Emma is the best.
Tomorrow we will drive to Sacramento to fly back to Colorado for a few days. All in all our trip all around California was just terrific. We have been on the road for 26 days in California and not one rain drop has hit our heads. We have all gotten along great and have really enjoyed all the time we have been able to spend together. We are so lucky and blessed
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Swimming at the heated pool. in so many ways.
Here are all of the places we have gone since January 3rd. Hotel Del Coronado, Rosarito Beach Mexico, San Diego, SeaWorld, San Diego Zoo, Disneyland, California Adventure, Universal Studios, Laguna Beach, San Francisco and Lake Tahoe. Wow! That is a lot. We have learned so much on our trip. Next Thursday, we will fly to Phoenix, rent an RV for 8 days and spend 10 days in Scottsdale, exploring Arizona. We can't wait, but are also excited to go home to see our house for a few days too.
We will keep everyone posted.
Love,
Jessica
Rose
Seufer
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