Tahoe...not sucky!

After the glorious covered wagon experience, as if the trip could possibly get any better, we headed up to Lake Tahoe. The drive brought us in from the east up and over a mountain and as we were coming down the other side you began to see the most amazing, bright blue water. This water to be exact...

It is truly an amazing place. Not only is it the brightest blue lake I have ever seen...it is surrounded by tall evergreen trees, state parks and snowcaped mountains like these...

We had most of the day to spend there, so we parked the car and walked out to this little park/beach area. We walked around, had a little picnic lunch, played frisbee (which was amazing because every time I turned around to catch it I saw this....
I also learned how to do a handstand, an undertaking I have rarely, if ever, attempted, from the handstand expert. I mean, why wouldn't you do handstands with Lake Tahoe in the background?....it just made sense!
There was a bear. You always know when there is a bear because there will be a traffic jam for no reason and people out of their cars, standing in the road with cameras. The locals hate this. They are the ones in the back of the line honking their horns and cursing the tourists. When this happens the line does not move....people really abandon their cars and return to them whenever they please. Here is a picture of the traffic stopping Yogi.

More random pictures...


Lake Tahoe was a good choice. It didn't suck! In September my sister and brother-in-law are doing a cycling ride around the 70 miles of Lake Tahoe, to raise money for Type 1 Diabetes. You can click here to see their website, hear their story and support them in their journey.