NCal 02 Tahoe City to South Lake Tahoe

 

Reports on Rod are good; he’s talking again.  Supposedly he’ll go home (Los Angeles) and get more treatment and therapy.

• Addition to Blog:  In “My Favorite Websites” (right hand column) you’ll see “Lake Tahoe to Yosemite”.  This is a blog by another BAC member on this ride.

I was on the bike at 6:00 a.m. – had a date with Stephanie who was saving me one of the LARGE cinnamon rolls (and cappuccino) at the Tahoe House.

This was a short day; tomorrow is also - which is good since it gives us time to adapt to the high altitude. Although we basically rode (part way) around the lake, most of the time we couldn’t see it because of the large pine trees. These trees and their pine cones are much bigger than the Pine trees of East Texas.  --  The climb was certainly noticeable although I didn’t think it was difficult – I did not get into my “granny gear”. The descent, however, was pretty technical.  Some of the switchbacks were so steep that the posted speed was 10 mph.  I’m a cautious descender but went through them at 15 mph.

Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States.  At a surface elevation of 6,225 ft (1,897 m), it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevada. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America.  Its depth is 1,645 feet (501 metres) making it America's second-deepest (the deepest is Crater Lake in Oregon, being 300 ft deeper, at 1,945 feet (594 m) deep).^[2]

The lake was formed about 2 million years ago and is a part of the Lake Tahoe Basin with the modern lake being shaped during the ice ages. It is known for the clarity of its water and the panorama of surrounding mountains on all sides.

Once again we have a room with a view as seen on the right.