Blogs from Lake Tahoe, California, United States, North America

Nancy's Entry: Yes, while I was getting ready this morning, Kevin walked to the nearest Starbucks and brought back some drinks for us. I guess it’s fitting given that we are listening to Howard Schultz’s audio book “Onward” as we take this trip. We woke up to sunny skies smiling over Salt Lake City. We left our hotel around 8:30, heading West toward our next destination of Lake Tahoe. I was grumpy because Kevin had packed the back seat differently and I couldn’t lean my seat back to a comfortable position. Rather than put up with my pouting, he made an early stop and fixed the problem. Once that crisis was over, we drove around the great Salt Lake and entered the desert. The salt and mineral deposits glistened on the ground like it had rained ... read more

For one week out of each of the past 14 years our family has taken a holiday ski vacation. As a rule we visit a new location with every trip, and over time we have become quite an experienced bunch of skiers/snowboarders. I won’t even try to list all the resorts we have been to, but suffice it to say that by now we have visited almost every major ski destination in western North America and many of the smaller ones as well. Last year we enjoyed a great week in South Lake Tahoe, skiing at Heavenly and Kirkwood, so this year we decided to come back and explore the north side of the scenic lake in the Sierras. Our trip began the day after Christmas. This was actually the same day a winter storm was ... read more

Lake Tahoe is an Native Indian word, from the Washoe tribe, that translates to The Lake in the Sky. At 6225 feet, 1897 meters the lake has some serious altitude for such a massive lake - Lake Tahoe is the world's second largest alpine lake. It was formed about 2 million years ago when a basin formed due to normal faulting (tension and separation), and was filled by three ice age glaciers. The lake and surrounding area are simply stunning and fills with millions of tourists each year. On our Independence Day trip to Yosemite National Park we returned to Sacramento via the South Lake Tahoe route and we were stuck in traffic returning from the lake to the city. In the middle of nowhere there was grid lock and plenty more tension. We avoided grid ... read more

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