Tahoe

Lou and Jaz invited us to join them in Tahoe when we last saw them at Graham and Greta's wedding and we readily accepted. Jasmine's family has a time-share in Tahoe and uses it as a good excuse to escape the beginnings of the cold Alaskan winter. Melanie is the Crocs account manager for California and was extended the offer to use one of here co-workers condos at Tahoe for the weekend. My reaction to this news was, "Cool, maybe we should make sure both condos are at least in the same town, Tahoe is a pretty big lake." To make a long story short, the two houses ended up being two blocks apart in Incline Village at the North end of the lake.

Thursday evening Mel, Alison, Sean and I flew to Reno where we rented a car, a first for me, and drove to Incline village to meet up with Louie and Jasmine. One thing led to another, and before we knew it, it was 4am and there were a lot of empty bottles of wine. Jasmine's parents own a winery in Alaska so we had an ample supply all weekend.

At this point I would usually say what we did each day, but all of our days in Tahoe were basically the same. We slept in until 8 because we stayed up way too late the night before. Ate a giant brunch. This was followed by an fairly successful attempt to be active. Post activity, we ate a giant and excellent dinner then stayed up way too late playing cards and talking. Highlights, I won $40 off the Ducks and lost it playing Blackjack. Mel and I climbed an excellent route at Lovers Leap with Mel and I swapping trad leads for the first time. Skinny-dipping in the lake was definitely a highlight with almost everyone joining in the fun.