Labor Day in Lake Tahoe!

For Labor Day this year, we decided to take a day trip up to Lake Tahoe. We hadn't been up there yet this summer and with the warm weather quickly fleeing.. well, we wanted to take advantage of the day off. So we contacted Dan's Mom and Step-father and asked if they would like to join us, which they gladly accepted. It takes about an hour for us to get to Tahoe City, which is on the north-west side of the Lake on the California side, and that is where we met up with Nana and Grandpa Charlie. Tahoe City is very pretty and has a fun little bridge, nick-named Fanny bridge, because back in the day the girls would come up in their short skirts and lean over the side of the bridge to see the fish swimming up into the lake and ended up showing off their "fanny's"!

Levi looking over the side of the bridge at the fish and ducks.

The view from the other side, of Levi looking over the side of the bridge!


The fish trying to swim up-stream into the lake.




The Truckee river, which runs right through Reno, begins at Lake Tahoe. We walked down to the river to let Levi throw some rocks!

There are ducks all over the lake and river and they know when little splashes from people come chances are it means yummy food. So, when Levi started throwing little rocks these ducks came a runnin'! At one point we had 5 or 6 ducks circling around us. Boy, were they disappointed when they realized he was only throwing pebbles not bread!


Playing in the river! Lake Tahoe is very cold, but, here in Tahoe City the water is very shallow and was warm enough for us to play in it a bit. This is where the Truckee begins. Another hundred-feet and we would be in Lake Tahoe.

Taking a short walk in the Lake with Mom!

The view of Emerald Bay. It's very pretty and a big tourist attraction.

All of us at Emerald Bay!!

After visiting Emerald Bay we had a yummy picnic lunch and then hit one of the trails down to what they call the "stream profile". Levi and Grandpa Charlie led the way for us!

The pretty trail!

The stream profile is a cross-section of the river that is behind glass and underground a bit. Supposedly this is a really cool place in the fall when the salmon come up-stream to spawn. We are hoping to come back then!

After visiting the fish we took Levi miniature golfing. Levi loves to watch golf on TV (don't ask me why, Dan and I both think it is terribly boring), so we figured he would really love this! And he certainly did!

Levi had us all trained very well, he would make Dan and I hit our balls into the hole and then we would take his turn, once he (finally) got his ball in the hole he would pick Dad's ball up, then my ball, then his. Always in the order! Levi had so much fun, and he even got a hole-in-one (with Dad's help of course)!

Outside the golf place there were a few different rides. Levi loved this 4-wheeler (although, you wouldn't know from the look on his face, we had to pry him away from it!).

By the end of the day we ended up driving all the way around the lake! We had such a wonderful day and were so happy to have Nana and Grandpa Charlie be there with us!!