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  • A glimpse of Donner Lake

    Donner Lake is one of California’s alpine lakes. This lake that lies on the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range can be seen from Interstate 80 as it passes through the high country. I-80 is one of those cross-country highways in the US, this one beginning at San Francisco on the...
  • High Camp, Squaw Valley

    The scenic snow-clad slopes of Palisades Tahoe

    Squaw Valley ski resort on the Sierra Nevada in CA and is popular among ski enthusiasts. It even has some Olympic history associated with it....
  • Big and Beautiful Shasta Lake

    Shasta Lake This is Shasta Lake. Shasta lies in northern California and also dons the sash of the largest reservoir in the state. It lies in the Shasta – Trinity National Forest Area and is not far away from Mt. Shasta, a volcano of the Cascade Range. The first...
  • Tahoe…Finally

    Lake Tahoe has been on our list of places-to-visit for a long time now. We just never got down to planning it. Then one evening hubby just announced out of the blue that we were off to Tahoe that weekend. Now who can say ‘No’ to an idea of...
  • Carson Pass

    One for the Scenic-Drive-Wishlist: Carson Pass Highway!

    The next time you drive down from California's Lake Tahoe, make sure to take Carson Pass Highway. See why >>...
  • Tahoe at Golden Hour

    Watching the Sun Go Down on Kings Beach

    Wondering where to watch the sun go down when you're in Lake Tahoe? See what it's like to watch a sunset on Kings Beach on the north shore. ...
  • Found: Fall Color in Hope Valley!

    Hoping to see some color in Hope Valley? What you need to know before you go, and some glimpses of color from the alpine valley >>...
  • Shiny Reno and its old-world glamour

    For a while we had been thinking of making a trip to Las Vegas. But something inside me kept saying it is not quite right to go see Vegas before we saw mini-Vegas — Reno, another casino city that lies way north of it. Something kept telling me that...
  • Catching Light: Pine and Needles and the Sun

    Catching the afternoon sun through some Pine needles. Place: Tahoe, California, USA Linking to the NF Meme — Catching the Light If you haven’t been to Tahoe yet: The heavenly ‘Heavenly Gondola’ ride Cruise on Lake Tahoe Visit the many beaches of Lake Tahoe Go for a stroll on Lake...
  • Are we there yet?

    “Are we there yet?”  If you have kids and are on the road quite a bit, you probably get this a lot. Now if you’ve  are on the way to Lake Tahoe and you are travelling from the Bay Area/Sacramento side, there’s a place where you can say, “Almost,”...
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