Lake of the Sky

Multiple years: Lake Tahoe (a.k.a., Lake in the Sky) is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is 6,225 feet above sea level and straddles the border of California and Nevada. The beautiful blue lake is the largest alpine lake in North America and largest freshwater lake after the five Great Lakes. To say the scenery is break-taking is an understatement.

Largest alpine lake in US

Barbara J. and I 

I have been to Lake Tahoe three times, though not since 2001. All my visits were in conjunction with the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) Convention in Reno, Nevada. One visit was with my friend Barbara J. (1994). One was by myself (1998) and one was with my mom (2001). When Barbara and I visited, we went to San Francisco afterwards. Same with my mom. In fact, we combined it with a trip to visit my Aunt Ginny (RIP 2025) in Arizona. When I went on my own, I went snowmobiling. Wow, was that fun. So fast. I fell off the snowmobile multiple times. 

Fun on a snowmobile

Dashing through the woods

Stopping for picture-taking

Alpine scenery

For some reason I can't find any pictures of when Mom and I visited Lake Tahoe. I recall we took a sleigh ride in the snow. We shared the ride with a scout for the Redskins. We drove to San Francisco afterwards. We spent a day in Monterey before taking a plane to Phoenix.