July: A Lake Tahoe Family Time

In honor of her 70th, all of Mom’s progeny gathered in Lake Tahoe, the vacation spot of her youth. Having never been there before, there was plenty to see and do. Liz and I flew in late to stories of a bear having been spotted in our temporary condo neighborhood. Waking up Friday morning, there certainly was evidence that a bear had been about at our Christian campground.

Fairly early that morning we joined Emily and the Edwardses for a bit of a hike at Emerald Bay, down the big hill to the Viking House and back up a little bit to the pretty waterfall (also it was Kristen’s birthday) and then back to our car…which was Mom and Dad’s car, a rental mixup leading them to a weekend’s use of this extra large Escalade, a bit of a luxury albatros.

A bit later we reconvened with the entirety of the family for a walk on Rainbow Trail…for a family of walk-takers, this was an ideal vacation!

We spent the afternoon enjoying the lake outside Condo #1 as well as the excitement of there being a BEAR in a TREE right in the middle of our complex.

After a Thai takeout birthday dinner for Kristen we took a family walk around our condo complex and saw ANOTHER BEAR in ANOTHER TREE. In our complex!

Saturday Morning - Up and at ‘em and eventually off for a walk through a marsh and having a look at the nice houses of the neighborhood.

And then after a late breakfast or early lunch we headed over to walk around a busy place called Zephyr Bay.

And then we had our grand finale dinner at the Burger Lounge, drawn in by its big root beer mug sign.

Back at the condo, nice family sunset time…

One more bear appearance for our last night…

Sunday - Up early and over to the Tahoe airport for a flight to not Ohio but UTAH! We’ll be back soon with a Utah post!