Blogs from Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States, North America - page 2

This morning we are leaving Ely early and riding route 50 "The loneliest road in America" to Lake Tahoe. We decided to ride the first 70 miles to Eureka and then stop for breakfast. This had been something we had talked about doing for quite some time but had never actually followed through on. What this did was change my focus completely. Instead of thinking about the meaning of life, what was on the side of the road, or thinking of cows and trees, the only thing I was thinking about was what was for breakfast? Pancakes or waffles, easy over or poached, maybe corned beef hash. This was a tough ride. 70 miles passing one truck and seeing about 8 other vehicles. It was a scary moment when we arrived in downtown Eureka, Helli was ... read more

Well today was a great day and also a sad day. We started out in Lakeside OR at around 8am. I had read in a travel guide that there was a geyser called "Old Perpetual" just 1 mile north of Lakeview so wanted to see it before we left town Apparently it spouted 200 degree water 90 feet in the air every 90 seconds. How could we miss that! Russ needed a latte first so we headed to the nearest pub/corner store/coffee bar (as only the US has). The lady who was making the coffee was chatty and nice so Rusty said "can you tell us which was to the Old Geezer"? Of course, it is pronounced "Geyser" not "Geezer" so the lady started laughing. Unfortunately the "old Geezer" has dried up in the recent drought ... read more

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 around until we hit California (it's like a line in the sand, Nevada border has Casino's right to the edge, California nill). Only travelled a distance of 57 miles today so were at the RV Park way to early, booked in and then we were shooed away until 1pm. Lovely Park, huge spaces and all around us a sequoia tree forest (BIG pine trees). Settled ... read more

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 jacket! I thought skiing seemed easier to pick up than boarding, and less painful, but it seems a lot harder when you go off piste or hit moguls. On a snowboard you can just absorb quite a lot of it, and it seems easier having just one plank strapped to you feet than worrying about two! I got a little ahead of myself ... read more

Hello everyone! Sorry 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 quite a bit since our last entry, we were pretty 'green' but after a week amongst the locals I think we are finally starting to adapt and blend in. I would say 9 out of 10 Americans think we are from Australia! But they are all really helpful and we chat to them on ... read more