| The three of us (Alex was already at
Debra and Tony's) stopped for lunch at this lovely restaurant in Tahoma
on the Lake.
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Here we are, with our lunchtime view over the lake. Boaters were
taken out to the their boats by a dinghy from the end of the little dock
pointing out from the front of the restaurant, opposite.
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The lake was cold. It is 6,200 feet high, and filled by snow melt! After
three years of relative drought, the lake water level is also low. The
line across the boulder about half way up is the normal water level.
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As soon as we arrived at Debra and Tony's,
they launched us into their boat for a ride along the lakeshore. Tony
dropped off the children next to these boulders, which the boys called
the "jumping rocks." Below is Charlie jumping off them, and on the left
is Alex.
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| Next, blastering!!
On the way back from the jumping rocks to the house, Tony gave each of the boys a good turn
on the inner tube, racing along behind the boat.
Below is Alex, hanging on for dear life, and Charlie is opposite, smiling
the whole way.
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| Maman with Alex on the boat, on
the way back into the dock at the house. Beautiful day, beautiful place, what else
can we say?
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On the way to Tahoe, we stopped in Truckee and explored the area. The
Truckee river flows north out of lake Tahoe and turns east in Truckee
toward Reno.
Charlie and Maman are looking out over the Donner Pass, with Donner
Lake in the background, Interstate 80 on its way to Reno on the left of
the lake, and the Union Pacific Railroad on the right. The two meet in
Truckee, just beyond the bottom of the lake. Then known as the Central
Pacific, this line was part of the first transcontinental railroad,
completed in 1869.
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Relaxing on the beach in front of the house. Maman is on the left,
and Alex is watching Debra and Jasper play. The water level was low
because of a series of winters without sufficient snow.
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Galen and Alex on either side of Tony as they prepare to go for a
sail. This is the life!
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The light was fading by the time Ian arrived, and these photos don't do
justice to Ron or his little clearing in the woods on the ridge.
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Finally, on the way to Truckee, Ian visited
his buddy Ron near Nevada City. Ron has lived on acreage he owns there
for about 25 years, and has studiously avoided the materialism of modern
life, preferring to live modestly where he is. His land still looks like
the hippy camp he first occupied all those years ago: only the cabin has
gone!
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