Tahoe

Saturday morning at around 600am we headed out for Tahoe, our first stop.  The plan was to hang out there long enough to wear everyone out so we could go straight to sleep at our hotel in Reno that night.  Tahoe was STUNNING!  We once again were in for a trip full of windy mountain roads, but that seems to be standard for us now.  I just try not to look out the window when we’re in the outside lane. 

We dragged the girls down the path to Vikingsholm.  Promising ice cream if Lottie did it on her own two feet.  At the bottom they were able to dip their feet in the water before we trekked back up the mountain.  On the way back to our car we stopped at a waterfall.  Lottie discovered the secret to staying cool is dipping your hat in the water. 

Since we neglected to feed them an actual meal our next stop was Tahoe City in search of food.  And here is where priceless moment number one occurred.  While walking ahead of us with his Tahoe magazine a flock of geese flew over Dan’s head and pooped on the back of his pants and the magazine in his hand.  As he was cursing about this Gabby went up an grabbed the magazine and then got poop on her hand as well.  Apparently bird poop causes one to lose their filter and Dan eloquently informed her that she now had “shit on her hand.”  After scraping off what he could we continued on our restaurant search.  Lottie looked at Gabby who was biting her nails and told her “don’t put your hands by your mouth they have shit on them.”  Parenting award for Dan! 
We found a restaurant and made it through lunch although lack of food and sleep made for some unpleasantness from Lottie.  Afterwords we found a public beach and everyone but me waded into Lake Tahoe.  I wasn’t such a fan of the rocks and mud around the edge, but the view was incredible.

Then it was off to Reno.  What a dramatic change in scenery.  I have never wanted to get out of someplace so badly in my life.  Everything there just seemed dingy and depressing.  We took the girls for ice cream in our hotel’s casino, where conveniently they also have arcades set up.  This place was definitely not our cup of tea and the ice cream wasn’t even good.  We did meet a nice couple from Idaho who we kept running into.  They the first of many to tell us more efficient ways we could have made it to our destinations. 

I kinda wish there were a little more background in this one, but when people are nice enough to take your picture it's hard to complain.

First of many big trees.

Disappointing ice cream.  At least my iced tea was ok.

Hilariousness!  At least she didn't write that he got "shit on"

This creepiness was right outside our hotel. 

I could replace this with far more accurate descriptions