Tahoe Trip, Part 3

On Saturday we checked out of our unit around 10:00 and drove south down the west side of the lake to Emerald Bay... one of those exquisitely beautiful locations. The shot above is the mountain overlooking the highway and Emerald Bay on the west. The highway at this point is about as far above the surface of the lake as these cliffs are above the highway. You'll also notice that there is no snow on this mountain. Some of the taller peaks away from the lake have snow, but that's all there is for now. Hope they get some soon!!

We hiked down the 1 mile road to Vikingsholm down by the lake. It was built as a summer home by Mrs. Lora Josephine Knight in 1929. Click here for an fascinating story and some more photos.

Shot from the highway parking area of a paddle-wheeler touring the lake.

Same boat, different tour, from lake level.


Shot of the island about halfway down the trail to the bottom.

From some large rocks by the parking area at the top.

While at the bottom we also took a short hike over to a small water fall we remembered from a summer hike about 9 years ago. With the lack of rain, there is not much water, but still beautiful. Here are a couple of video clips.

Thanks for enjoying our Thanksgiving Tahoe trip with us!