Sunday, May 31, 2009

Sierra Nevada Idle

We're off for a long weekend in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Lake Tahoe with our very dear friends Steve and Diana. They have a fractional ownership place up near Truckee, CA which is about 30 minutes west of Reno and about 10 miles from Lake Tahoe. Here are some pictures of the 'cabin'.

Looking out the Great Room toward the golf course and the hot tub




The great room

This is the second floor landing just above the previous picture

S and D along with ourselves are serious foodies and Lady Di is an incredibly talented and well organized cook. She does large scale events I would not event even dream of doing.

However even the indomitable Lady Di can only do so much when the torch is out of butane :(
(It tasted great nonetheless)

LAKE CRUISE ON LAKE TAHOE

The day after our arrival we took a cruise on the lake, a favorite activity of Wife and I.

The rather hokey looking cruise boat
The Captain/Guide actually was filled with a lot of good information though and the food on board was shockingly good.

The water of Lake Tahoe is shockingly blue.
(because of something called thermal filtration which I will not bore you with)



The Sierra Nevadas surrounding the lake



If you blow up this picture you may be able to see that there is a small stone house on top of this island.
This was the 'tea house' a wealthy woman built for herself at the end of the last century. Her main house is across from the island on the shore.
WINE TASTING

Also with us are S and D's daughter Anne and her fiance Aaron. They are marrying in September so we did a wine tasting to determine the wines they want to serve at the wedding.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your pictures never disappoint! Looks like it would be a wonderful place to spend a weekend.

terri said...

Looks like a fantastic weekend. I could handle some relaxation in a "cabin" like that one. Of course, good friends and good food make it all that much more enjoyable, con't they?

WeaselMomma said...

Looks lovely and the wine tasting looked like an excuse to kick back.

Bernice said...

Sounds like a great weekend. Great pictures too.

Lakeview Coffee Joe said...

Awesome pics. That great room really is great! How could you possibly NOT just relax and have a great time there??

Anonymous said...

Wow, that water IS shockingly blue! I wish you had explain thermal filtration, though. Some of us would have been very interested...

Mike said...

Holy crap! That's definitely not the image that pops into my head when someone says the word "cabin." That's immaculate!

Sounds like you had an awesome weekend. I'm jealous. :)