Lake Tahoe

A view of Lake Tahoe. The water is such a beautiful shade of blue.

This is an island in Emerald Bay. There was a man who lived in the bay for many years and would occasionaly row over to Tahoe City. One night a storm came in while he was rowing back to the bay and capsized his boat. He was able to hang onto the boat until the storm blew over. He realized he was very lucky to survive and he built this burial site for himself on the island. Unfortunately, he was never buried there. He was caught in another storm, but this time when his boat capsized he was drowned and his body was never found.

A view of Emerald Bay. This picture does not show how green the water is, but it truly is emerald green

Another view of Emerald Bay.

We drove to Virginia City from Lake Tahoe. This is a view of the main street which I presume looks much like it did 100 years ago. It even has wooden board walks. This is an interesting town because it is built on the side of a mountain. This is the main street, but you either go up the mountain or down the mountain on very steep streets to get to the parallel streets. Many of the houses have a victorian look to them with lots of gingerbread trim. The main street is mostly shops and bars. One bar brags that it is the oldest saloon in Nevada. What a fun little town.

Reno is our next stop.