Day 152 - Reno, NV to Salt Lake City, UT - Varying Snow and Rain Mid-30's:
Drive, Drive, Drive. It's pretty much all we did today. The trip from Reno to Salt Lake is about eight and a half hours. With stops for the restroom, dinner, and the time zone change we arrived at Swain and Larissa's around 10:15pm. Jon was still at work so we sat and caught up with Mrs. Swain (it's the first time we've seen them since they were married). Jon arrived home around 11:45pm and we chatted for a bit before hitting the sack for the night!
Day 151 - Reno, NV/Lake Tahoe, CA - Snow Showers Mid-40's:
We woke up fairly early today and hit the road for Lake Tahoe. We had heard it was a BEAUTIFUL area and we wanted to check it out for ourselves. We left the hotel around 11am and made our way to the Lake. We arrived and went straight to Northstar Resort to check it out. It was a beautiful resort...rather ritzy and pricey but beautiful nonetheless. We wondered around the shops and stores for a bit before heading out. We spent some time wishing that we had our winter gear with us so that we could enjoy the beautiful mountains but we just couldn't fit it in the car when we were packing.
Not to far from the resort was the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park. We took a drive through and walked down to the beach. It was so weird to see snow, sand, and water all at the same time. I think it's the first time I've ever been to a beach in the winter! We took some photos but unfortunately the weather did not cooperate with photos. The sky was very cloudy and we really couldn't see the mountains :( It's another place on our list of stops we'll have to make in the future.
From here we made our way back to Reno. We took a drive through the mountains to get back (we took the interstate to get there) and actually passed over the highest year round open route through the Sierra-Nevada at an elevation of 8900 feet.
Once back in Reno we did a little grocery shopping and got Ben a new pair of gloves as his were left at home when we were there for Christmas. We then made our way back to the hotel and cooked dinner. After that Ben made his way to the casino while I worked. It was a long night for both of us but I got a lot accomplished and Ben left the casino a winner!!
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We skied at Northstar years ago. Isn't Lake Tahoe beautiful? Loved it there, another place we're looking forward to seeing again.
ReplyDeleteCurrently heading towards Cortez, CO, for a week, then up to Moab for another week, then to Zion - think our paths will cross? I see you're currently in Northern UT....hope we'll see you.
yeah! Utah! say hi to mr & mrs! Swain for me.... jon & larissa....& happy congratulations !!
ReplyDeletehey i stayed in SLC, too, with the Berry family. some were/are some aren't "latter day ain'ts"!!
my road warriors, glad that all is swell, ok, as if, but its still a root-a -loo tootin' time (called LIFE!) is had my all! be super safe. be silly. believe.