Fabulous Lake Tahoe

CHEERS! As Riley captained the boat, Tom & Bets absorbed the awesome views of Lake Tahoe. 11 am Somewhere out there is a bouy which marks the deepest part of the lake, and we were determined to find it. Floating on the surface, we found: a styrofoam cooler lid, one red and one blue balloon, a log, a loon, and a pier post.

We drove past the North Shore casinos on the Nevada side. According to local folklore, it was here that Frank Sinatra arranged secret meetings between President Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe.

1pm Riley tubed along the North Shore beaches. Near the Coast Guard station, we finally spotted to deepest point buoy. No big deal really, since the entire lake is more than 1600' deep.

Look familiar? This is Fleur du Lac on Lake Tahoe built in the late 1930s by Henry J. Kaiser, supposedly as a gift to himself after completing Hoover Dam construction. Oh by the way, Fleur du Lac is home to the Corleone family in Godfather 2...KA-BOOM Fredo!

Here's a view of our Lester Beach from the water.

Happy Family :-) Near Meeks Bay on the West Side...ah! Best day of vacation!

Clouds were building all day. At 2:40pm as we enter Emerald Bay:
1. Running critically low on camera battery at the most photographed part of the lake and
2. lightning and storms approaching.
[See the boat with the red canopy behind us? We rented an identical boat.]

Protected by Emerald Bay is a castle Vikingsholm, built by a Norwegian woman and now run by California Parks.

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