Sunday, August 04, 2013

Lake Tahoe Day Trip


Dawn and I visited Vikingsholm today (finally)!

To do so, we had to get through a number of obstacles:

  • Dead car engine
  • Rental car
  • Getting to the rental car
Ugh. But--so wonderful to finally get to see it!

It seems like our last vacation for some time, now that Dawn begins her final push through to graduation this week. Took the 4:00 p.m. tour of the Vikingsholm house, then visited the museum and purchased a Vikingsholm booklet and DVD.

Lots of people enjoying Emerald Bay...stand up and sit-down kayakers, lots of boats, suntanning, picnics, tourists, hikers. Once again remarked how much I love the smell of dried pine needles.

Afterward, we returned to Cake Tahoe for a "Cupcake Split" (just in time, before they closed at 6:00 p.m.) and a growler of the Tahoe Mountain Brewing Company's Local Lager, which received a "Silver Medal 2013 California State Fair". I think I like the Sugar Pine Porter better, but it's a personal preference. We also popped into Cooking Gallery, where I purchased a Dharma "Beautiful Bend" 12mm borosilicate reusable straw and case...they didn't have a cleaner at the store so I purchased one via the Dharma web site.

Left Sacramento around 1:00 p.m.; returned home around 8:00 p.m. 

No comments:

Post a Comment