Tahoe Getaway

After talking to a couple of friends about the restoring power of a get-away, I rallied our troops for a very last minute trip to Tahoe before the kiddos went back to in-person school.  Luckily, we were able to book a pet-friendly cabin in Truckee with only two days lead time. With zero plans, we jumped into the car on Friday excited for our change of scenery.  We stopped at Nick's office in Sacramento on the way and were able to see where he does business and meet some of his colleagues.  While we were there, we went on a fantastic hike.  We identified everyone's hiking strengths: Emmy was our Photographer, James was our Trail Blazer, Juj was our Encourager, Hannah attacked the trail with ferocity (and also rogue trees), Nick was Speed Racer and I was our Walking Stick procurer.  We finished up with ice cream at a quaint little shop before going to explore Donner Lake.  We climbed down a rocky area to a tucked-away beach and waded in. Some of us (Hannah) went fully in after she was photobombing Emmy :-p.  James also got fully drenched, he is part boy, part fish, that one.  We had a delicious dinner at Garwoods, a place that I remembered fondly from childhood.  We skipped rocks on the lake while we waited for our table.  The following day we found souvenirs in downtown Truckee and had a picnic on a pier at Donner Lake. Being inbetween the summer season and the winter season, the crowds were light and it almost felt as though we had the lake to ourselves.  We pledged to return as soon as we could (some of us wanted to permanently relocate there!)