http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Nevada , Lake Tahoe en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:38:20 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:38:20 +0000 It is so rare in my case to spend a vacation with my family. My brother took me to a Helicopter Tour in Lake Tahoe it was the second helicopter ride that I had since High School I felt safe that it looked so fine or rather that therersquos a minimal chance of getting into a crash. George the helicopter driver said that the our transport is one of the quietest helicopter. It was only about 10 mi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-428798.html Lake Tahoe is one of the few places on earth where people feel an emotional response just by looking at it. Yosemite Valley the giant sequoias the Grand Canyon a perfect sunset on the Pacific Ocean ... these are a few other sights that occasionally can evoke the same response. But Tahoe often seems to strike the deepest chord. Tom Stienstra a guide to MOON Tahoe Camping HikingWe came ac http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-424316.html 29th June 2009. South Lake Tahoe Nevada.Sore Butt this evening we decided to go on a 11 mile bike ride up early so we could get in before it heated up hired two push bikes and headed off around a section of Lake. Through houses industrial anything else but lake in the end we had to take detours down to the Lake every time we wanted to have a look. Still a great ride had a look at a couple http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-413918.html 28th June 2009. Travel to South Lake Tahoe Nevada.Up and out of Reno over some big hills and down into Carson City another Nevada Casino town passed through quickly and onto the bottom of the Sierra Mountains forever crossing these a climb up to 7500ft and then dropped down to Lake Tahoe absolutely stunning not a cloud in the sky and the Lake flatter than a pancake followed the Lake ar http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-413907.html Well well well...... last week we were graced with the presence of Ma and Pa Wetton..... We spent the first 3 days skiing. Nat was instructor and her 3 pupils did exceedingly well With Nat's Ski School officially up and running it was all go on the mountain as we snowploughed parallel turned and fell down each piste in turn. We even had our own lookalike ski patroller with Dave in his red ja http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-386248.html Well its been a few weeks since we last updated the blog... since then we had a visit from the boys Kev Brass Mike and Flem... They came a few days after we arrived back from San Fran. In the 5 days they were here we had so much fun and were blessed with a huge dump of powder which was a god send for Kev and I to soften our numerous falls We took them to the infamous Womack's ribs joi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-378886.html Hello everyoneSorry we havent updated the blog for a while But we didnt want to bore you with more of the same until we had seen and done a little more.Also we would like to say a very big thank you to everyone who has sent us a message we enjoy reading your comments and they remind us of what and who we are missing and make us laugh so keep them coming.Well where to start we have done quit http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-367219.html Arrived in Zephyr CoveWe arrived today at about 1130am after landing at Los Angeles at 2pm yesterday.The flight went well and we made up an hour then nat got detained for 'secondary questioning' at the US Passport Control something to do with her bright pink fleece and dodgy student visa from a few years backAnyhow we picked up the shuttle bus to pick up our rental car Jeep Cherokee and hea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-364208.html Here are pictures from my student SAF chapter's 2008 National Convention trip. This year it was in nondescript Reno which was somewhat disappointing. We redeemed ourselves and our trip however by taking a small voyage around Lake Tahoe and then onwards to Sacramento. The majority of my pictures are from the Lake Tahoe region. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-344959.html Another snowboarding trip in Tahoe after weeks of hearing of people being snowed in we decided to go anyway. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-326953.html Lake TahoeAfter leaving San Diego we headed across to a new state Nevada James who has done this journey before directed us through the dessert. It was a long 10 hour journey but the views were interesting barron lands mountains and mirages being created by the heat. I had a bit of an error when I stuck my head out the window at 80 mph and forgot I had my seeing glasses on...I no longer have th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-308700.html TAHOE SIERRA NEVADA I have been in Tahoe for a week and a half I leave for AUSTRALIA in 3 days. There is so much to do here and it is so pretty For the first few days after I arrived it was cold and snowed constantly...it was the most snow I have ever seenSo far I have learned to snowboard eaten a California sushi roll IN California driven around the entire Lake Tahoe seen Sierra Nev http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-244872.html Yo. We're in Carson City NV. I'm at the library and they have me on a clock so I must be brief. What a ride. We climbed a 8574 ft peak through a bit of a snowstorm. For real. The roads were dry but it was hella cold and the wind was ripping around 30 to 40 mph near the top. The ride however was amazing. The coolest thing we've ever done. I can't post pictures at this library unfortunately. I'll http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-204665.html Today we completed Lake Tahoe on CA side so we drove counterclockwise around the lake. We started our day by searching for food. We drove back to Lake Tahoe from carson city NV. After passing several spots we thought we may be able to find food but most of them turned out to just lodges and resorts. We finally got our breakfast at a small restaurant on CA side named the old post office because http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-195806.html Lake Tahoe is a beautiful area with tall mountains green trees and a huge lake. The lake is colored a soothing bluegreen and stretched as far as we could see. We arrived at Lake Tahoe in the midafternoon in a good mood from the awesome scenery and were even more excited to find that our hotel was also a resortcasino chaching. With this said we knew we were going to be in for more fun g http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-179414.html This is my first blog ever....I mean I tried to blog before but it never seemed to quite work out for me. I have not set out on my journey yet we will leave in August from Lake Tahoe and drive to the Yucatan in Southern Mexico. The reason I was awarded an Ambassadorial Scholarship from Rotary International to study for oneyear abroad. My husband Martin will finish up his dive certifications http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-145893.html Sometimes people are drawn to different things...whether it be a beautiful person a good book a stiff drink or a certain place. For me it always has been...and likely always will be the opportunity for outdoor adventures. Over the course of five days in July I had the opportunity to live like a king...play like a child...and savor the moment like I haven't done in a long time. If you've never http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-75002.html After finally leaving California on May 30 we drove to Lake Tahoe. On the way we stopped at a rest area for lunch where I proceeded to make roast beef sandwiches while Alan was cleaning the windshield. Ironically two cattlehaulers pulled in and parked on either side of us. The cattle were mooing loudly and smelled a lot We closed the windows ate quickly and left in a hurry Dan flew to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-68180.html Today was by far the fastest passing day yet. Up at 6am next thing you know it's almost 1pm. Tons of things accomplished. Crossed a bunch off of the list even managed to get a few hours of good snow under the belt before the the final send off. Last drink in the bar picked up the mugs. Got some really good conversations about the trip with some great friends today. I really appreciate ho http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-52853.html I can't believe we are going on this wild and crazy trip. I have never really been anywhere or seen many things outside of my daily travels. I have been so excited and haven't been able to sleep much the last couple days. I keep thinking of things that we are going to do and how much fun we are going to have that I wake up and my mind starts racing. Not racing bad but racing in a good way. I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Nevada/Lake-Tahoe/blog-52752.html