Saturday – Dec 13
John & I left Glendale on Saturday at 11am, driving across the 14 to 395. We stopped for lunch in Mojave at the Smokehouse Cafe. It was a bit greasy, but ok. The sun was shining, but we could see rain nearby. The temperatures were dropping, but that didn’t bother me. When we left the diner, we noticed an odd car parked next to ours. It was full of trash! The only room to sit was the driver’s seat. I think the man at the bar counter inside the restaurant was the owner. I only saw him from the back. He had a very wrinkly tan hand; and, when a fly landed on it, he didn’t shake it off. Very odd.
Once on 395, we drove by Pearsonville (and I started to really miss the Night Photography workshop I took there in October)!. It was a full moon weekend, so I was wondering if Troy and Joe were out there! I didn’t call to ask.
We drove up to Bishop, where we got a hotel for the night. We stayed at the Best Western Creekside. Great hotel! I would highly recommend it! We walked over to the nearby Japanese restaurant for dinner. It was about 30 degrees out. My vegetarian sushi was good. The hotel was so comfy. It was a good spot to stop on the way!
Sunday – Dec 14
In the morning, we had Deluxe Continental Breakfast at the hotel, then headed out towards Tahoe. The weather kept dropping, especially over 6,000 feet. We stopped at Crowley Lake for gasoline, then in some cute little town for a late lunch at Rhino’s Bar & Grille in Bridgeport. My grilled cheese was ok, but it was a really cool place. If I lived there, I’d go for drinks at this bar!
Once we turned onto 207, we started to rise in elevation again. That’s when we encountered some snow. It was light and drivable. It got a bit stronger as we got into Tahoe. We checked in at 3pm, then went to Railey’s for groceries. Glad we got back to the room before the snow really came down! My car was covered in no time!
At 7pm, we went to the Solarium for the Welcome Meeting. We were the only guests there, but enjoyed talking to Alaina about Tahoe. We hung out there for a bit, then came back to the room and relaxed.
Monday – Dec 15
I woke up at 7:15am from the sound of the wind and some lousy dreams about work and my friend Keith (who I haven’t seen since he became a famous rock star). I wish he was still the Keith I knew in high school, but I am happy for his band’s success. I think I got stuck in a reminiscing loop about high school and where everyone is today. I am so happy I have such great friends to this very day from back then! I’ve made some great friends in my life!
I stayed up editing pix and watching TV. The snow came down really hard, and I didn’t go back to sleep. John finally got up around 11am, and we got showers and ate breakfast. After breakfast, we wandered to the lobby to send some mail. We looked at the car, wow! There was over a foot of snow on top of it… maybe two!
A little later, Jean-Marie & Steve arrived. They flew in from Orlando. We went to lunch at Sprouts (yum), then stopped at Safeway to get a few things. I bought packing tape so that I could hang some Christmas lights and also make a safe-bag for my camera (to protect it from the snow). I’ll work on that tomorrow.
Jean-Marie & Steve passed out around 6:30pm. John & I hung out in our room watching Cat People and Cats 101 on Animal Planet. I also posted pix from the past few weeks. See links below:
* John & Greg’s Birthday (Springbok Pix)
* Avila Beach Trip for John’s Birthday
* Karaoke at Koji’s
* Thanksgiving with John, Dad & Grandma
* Dad
* Anne’s Visit to LA
* Pix of My Hottie
* Janis’ Birthday
* Gracie’s High-Jumps
* Beautiful Black-Bearded Dagan
* Adorable Aurora
* Pretty Sandy
* Day 1 and 2 of Our Tahoe Trip
More to come soon! Tomorrow, we are planning on playing in the snow! 🙂