Kyle and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on June 17. We had always hoped to take a big trip for our 5th anniversary, but Brooklyn was born 3 weeks before, so that was not really an option. We also decided not to go too far away because I didn't think I could leave the girls for more than 5 days. So, we decided to go to Lake Tahoe. Kyle's parents graciously flew out to watch the girls for us. (The girls had a blast and didn't seem to care too much that we were gone.)
We flew to Sacramento on Monday morning, then rented a car and started
our drive to Tahoe. On the way, we stopped in Kirkwood and did some
ZIPLINING on the ski slopes. We had a really good time. It was
something I have always wanted to do.
We stayed on South Lake Tahoe with our room on the Lake. Here is the view from our room.
On Tuesday, we hiked by a small lake (Fallen Leaf Lake), then we drove around the lake and found a place to do some Kayaking in the same lake. After kayaking, we took a drive that was on a ridge and we could see both Fallen Leaf Lake and Lake Tahoe - it was pretty cool. We also did another short hike to the Angora Lakes.
Fallen Leaf in foreground & Lake Tahoe in the background
On Wednesday, we took a drive around the entire Lake Tahoe (72 miles around). We started by taking a hike by Cascade Lake to the Cascade Waterfall. Then we drove up to Tahoe City (North West side of lake) and walked around. We then continued driving and hiked up to a former fire lookout near the stateline.
Lake Tahoe on top, Cascade Lake in the middle and the Falls at the bottom (Kyle was a little daring).
In Tahoe City
View from top of lookout:
On Thursday (which was my birthday!), we drove to Emerald bay and took a tour of a summer mansion built in 1929 (Vikingsholm). Then we drove up to Truckee where we went whitewater rafting! It was my 3rd time, but Kyle's first.
Friday we drove back to Sacramento and toured the Capital building, Sutter's Fort and the Old Town Sacramento.
A great trip with some great memories!
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