The Fourth Festivities

For the Fourth of July Adam and I went to Tahoe with some friends from my work. We stayed in a big cabin in SW Tahoe. Downtown was crazy of course so we stayed up in the mountains most of the time. The weather was perfect. This is the dessert I made- honestly not that good, but it looked kinda festive at least.





This is the neighborhood we were in. I was able to take some fun walks. All the houses are brand new. I guess they call this the "burn zone". Awhile back this area burned pretty bad, so all the houses are rebuilds. You can see, theres no bottoms on all the trees. My favorite things about Tahoe, other than the gorgeous views of course, are the smells- trees and dirt, the huge pinecones, and the vegetation. One morning I woke up and just sat on the porch watching the leafs on the Aspen trees, glitter in sun with the breeze.

We played games and BBQ'd on the huge patio. The cabin had an indoor pool and plenty of cool features for indoor entertainment

The boys, Jedd and Mat, poseing for a BBQ shot they called "gay BBQing"

Here is goregeous Tahoe. The smaller lake in the bottom left corner is Fallen Leaf Lake. Adam and I took a little ride to Fallen Leaf earlier this day. We came up to this point to watch the fireworks. There are 3 major firework shows on the lake. The only one we ended up being able to see was in Incline Village, or North Lake Tahoe. So since we were in South Lake, we really couln't see anything! But the view was beautiful

This morning before we went home we went to Angora Lakes. A set of small lakes at the Tahoe Basin. Lake Tahoe is beautful and ginormous, but it really is just as much a part of the experience to explore all the surrounding lakes and hiking trails. You take a one lane windy rode and then hike 1/2mile or so to the Angora Lakes.

This is the first lake, really a pond

This is the second of the lakes, a little bigger with cute little stone and cedar cabins.

And this is the biggest or the main Angora Lake. The water was so fresh and clear

We found a rock in the water to sit on, but Adam was a little lenient of the "cold" water

You cant really see it but theres a waterfall flowing into the lake. One of these days I'm gonna hike up to the very top of a place like this.

We left our things for about 30-45 minutes and this little guy had gotten into our almonds! Adam said that chipmunks are gross so we should just give him the rest. We then spent 20minutes narrating this guy and his two friends lifes. We got the the Lake at about 10am and left in perfect time before all the crowds showed up!

Happy 4th of July!